The. Royal. Wedding.

[English Bloke]

T... The Golden Jubilee medal is a large round medal suspended from a navy ribbon with two narrow yellow-gold vertical stripes.

Err... Sorry Eagle, no it isn't.



It's a large round golden medal on a Red White and Blue ribbon.

The "other" medal Prince Harry was wearing incidentally is the the Operational Sevice Medal for Afghanistan.



There is also a very impressive painting of the Brothers "Wales" in Household Cavalry uniforms, it was painted by Nicki Phillips and commisioned by the National Portrait Gallery.

[EagleJCS]

Err... Sorry Eagle, no it isn't.

Oops.

I only caught quick glimpses of it. I just described what I saw.

[Pleater]

The old planes were Spitfire, Lancaster and Hurricane.

Then the modern Tornadoes and Typhoons went over -

No I wasn't watching I just happened to turn on the TV.

As my dad worked on Lancasters, and the old Typhoons and some others when he was in the RAF I expect I got a ghostly poke to turn on to see them.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[auld argonian]

The old planes were Spitfire, Lancaster and Hurricane.

Then the modern Tornadoes and Typhoons went over -

No I wasn't watching I just happened to turn on the TV.

As my dad worked on Lancasters, and the old Typhoons and some others when he was in the RAF I expect I got a ghostly poke to turn on to see them.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

Sorry..I was thinking "Lancaster" but typed "Lancashire"...probably because I've been listening to too much George Formby lately...

Best

AA

[Steve of Lansing]

WOW! Was that ever a beautiful wedding!

I have the day off from work and when I woke up and switched on the T.V., Kate was being driven to the abby, so I hurried out to the living room to watch the whole thing. I sent a text to my brother, who had to work today, about what I was doing, and a little bit later he replied, "Well? What's happening?". Seems there was a group of 7 or 8 guys, that would go do a little bit of work and then hurry back, waiting for updates. So from the point where Kate started walking up the aisle, I had to do a play by play for the guys at work.

Such a great day for the U.K.!

I gotta ask, though. What was the girl seated behind the Queen thinking when she picked out that hat?

[auld argonian]

Just caught a little bit of the festivities as I was sitting having the morning coffee. They were leading the crowd up to see the "first kiss"...one notably large Saltire being waved it the front of the crowd and I noticed one Canadian, one Cross of St. George and one Welsh flag amongst the sea of Union Jacks.

...so, incurable romantic that I am, let's hope that HRH Prince William snogs that lovely young lady a good one and they can have as nice and normal a young married life as they can what with living in the fishbowl of British Royalty.

ooooh...they just had a fly over by what looked like two Spitfires and a Lancashire bomeber...hope Alex Cunningham was watching...

Best

AA

[Bugbear]

Thanks, EagleJCS and Tim Little, for the descriptions of the uniform and Catherine's arms.

And hope your asparagus grows well, Pleater.

[Bugbear]

Did they ever show Sir Elton in any of the coverage?

[Morris at Heathfield]

I always thought it was pronounced "Bucknam Pellis".

In Dallas and Richardson there's a street called Greenville Avenue, where the St. Patrick's Day parade is held. I'm often tempted to pronounce it "Grenvul".

Oh, and...not long ago I found out my ancestral home was pronounced "Heffle".

[Chas]

Did they ever show Sir Elton in any of the coverage?

Sir Elton was seen walking twice and both times he looked very unsteady on his feet. He seemed to be placing his feet rather than just walking. Later during the singing of one of the hymns he was swaying from side to side quite noticeably.

I don't want anyone to think that I mean he was drunk, that is not what I mean at all. I fear that he might have an underlying condition. My wife said motor neurone disease. I only hope it is some kind of medication.

Regards

Chas