The Royal Wedding!

I am sick sick sick of Royal wedding fever here in UK !! its on every TV channel, every Radio station and its even been on the news asking female spectators in London to wear a HAT !!! Its all too 'celebrity' and im sure William and Kate would rather get married on a remote beach somewhere hot !!!!!!!
As for flowers...i have read that Cornish Lily of the Valley have been ordered ??

Im not anti Royal tho.. im very proud to be British...but would like to see the Royals brought up to 21st century !!!
 
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goodie said:
I am sick sick sick of Royal wedding fever here in UK !! its on every TV channel, every Radio station and its even been on the news asking female spectators in London to wear a HAT !!! Its all too 'celebrity' and im sure William and Kate would rather get married on a remote beach somewhere hot !!!!!!!
As for flowers...i have read that Cornish Lily of the Valley have been ordered ??

Im not anti Royal tho.. im very proud to be British...but would like to see the Royals brought up to 21st century !!!
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Dito :) it is doing my head in
 
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I just sold red netting and red feathers to a lady attending a 4 am tea at the gated community near here (that I do flowers for monthly). So the ladies there are all getting dressed up and doing the royal wedding look at 4am to watch the wedding live.
 
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Eh... I'm not really into the Royal Family stuff. And it's a good thing, too, because I'd have to get up at 1:00 am to watch it all! But I am sooooo excited to see what styles they choose for decor. Lady Diana's wedding set the standard for decor, style, etc. for many years.
 
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Regarding flowers for the Royal Wedding......

Before it got lost in the move and destroyed in storage, I had a book of English Floral design authored by the lady who was in charge of the Royal Wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson. In that volume, it actually covered the Royal Wedding....and covered a few traditions.

If Kate follows tradition, there is one specific floral material that WILL BE in the bouquet, It is a sprig of myrtle taken from a tree planted by Queen Victoria. Also, technically, the bouquet itself is made by a member of the "Worshipful Company of Gardeners" which I take that to be a type of British Floral Organization. After thinking...I mnight have gotten the name of the organization wrong......it might be "The MASTERFUL Company of Gardeners rather than the Worshipful Company...

Regarding cost, from what was covered in the book, there is a fund called the "Privy Purse" which covers things like that. IIRC, the amount allocated from this, plus gifts of flowers from UK growers.....was WAY MORE than enough to cover the actual expense.

Some of the things to took for in the Abbey for florals to be placed on......that were decorated for Andrew's ceremony - The pulpit, the tops of the Henry and Catherine's towers, the arch leading into the North Transept, along the choir rails, on top the altar itself, There are two large stone triangles that were covered with florals.

All in all, it was a delightful book and some of the british techniques, I have put to use on more than one occasion.
 
We also made one yesterday for a school teacher to wear to class. Her students and her will be having tea and cakes today in honor of the wedding. She called it a fascinator. we googled it, took a look and went crazy with tulle, pearl sprays, feather, wire and a silk blossom or two. Cute! But they do wear them strangely on the side of the head. Seems like gravity would pull it out of the hair.
 
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daisy mae said:
We also made one yesterday for a school teacher to wear to class. Her students and her will be having tea and cakes today in honor of the wedding. She called it a fascinator. we googled it, took a look and went crazy with tulle, pearl sprays, feather, wire and a silk blossom or two. Cute! But they do wear them strangely on the side of the head. Seems like gravity would pull it out of the hair.
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Fascinator's are the in thing to wear in the UK for weddings, going to the races like Ascot and garden parties if they are again more formal. They replace wearing a hat and for people like me who look awful in hats they are great. Some fascinators are very OTT but can be fab.
 
Heres a link to an article about the bouquet (with pic)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/30/kate-middleton-homegrown-bouquet-wedding

Very pretty, traditional and English - so very appropriate. It's not so obvious in this pic but it wasn't perfectly round, lopsided really, which I don't like (maybe it was just the way she carried it - I only got a brief look but she wasn't holding it like a straight down trailing style bouquet) - the bridesmaids posies (tussie mussies) were rounder, so I thought they were prettier. Unfortunately the flowers used are really difficult (or impossible) to get hold of here in our warm climate but we will be looking for similar bitty flowers we can use.

Love the decorating with the huge trees.
 
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Fascinator's
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That's the best name. EVER. The hats and hair accessories today were outstanding and it would be great if the idea caught on here.

Hmmm..... maybe that's why so few Americans were invited as guests. We don't know how to dress for the occasion.... ;)
 
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Well, all I know is Prince Andrew and Fergies two daughters should have gone to a different milliner.. their fascinators were too outrageous even for them to wear.. gaudy all the way.
 
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Heres a link to an article about the bouquet (with pic)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/30/kate-middleton-homegrown-bouquet-wedding

Very pretty, traditional and English - so very appropriate. It's not so obvious in this pic but it wasn't perfectly round, lopsided really, which I don't like (maybe it was just the way she carried it - I only got a brief look but she wasn't holding it like a straight down trailing style bouquet) - the bridesmaids posies (tussie mussies) were rounder, so I thought they were prettier. Unfortunately the flowers used are really difficult (or impossible) to get hold of here in our warm climate but we will be looking for similar bitty flowers we can use.

Love the decorating with the huge trees.
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Actually, her bouquet was supposed to be shaped like a shield, so that's why it looked funny to you.
 
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shannonlovesflowers said:
I've been saying white phal all along. That is my guess- and I'm sticking to it.

But I wish she were carrying a bouquet of all lily of the valley. Very Delicate!
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I wish for a billion dollars, I wish for a billion dollars, I wish for a billion dollars, I wish for a billion dollars, I wish for a billion dollars, I wish for a billion dollars.........

It's not all lily of the valley- BUt maybe I'll get 1/2 a billion!
 
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Actually, her bouquet was supposed to be shaped like a shield, so that's why it looked funny to you.
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I hated the shape of that bouquet- HATE IT! My hubby even said "Humm, looks like a frisbee with a handle." I hadn't yet expressed my loating of the bouquet yet.

No where (as far as I've heard or seen) are they talking about the bouquet...Tons of stuff about the dress and the lace and Fergies kids crazy hats- but nothing about the bouquet. I love the flowers but I just hate the design. I just want to tear it apart and re-do it.
 
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The main designer for the wedding did the flowers for Charles and Camilla's wedding. Her flowers were primula auriculas - not a flower that is available as a cut flowers in the UK. The flowers in Kate's bouquet had the a very understated feel, very delicate and the lack of a focus ment there was now real strenght to the design but I felt they did go perfectly with the feel to the rest of the wedding. Because of how the economy is at the moment in the UK the focus for the flowers were local British flowers and something that would not be out of place at a village wedding, which is actually what they wanted but obviously they couldn't. Hence the trees in Westminister.
 
well, at least i called it right..........the spring of myrtle taken from the tree planted by queen victoria WAS used.
 
The flower budget, according to Mark Cullen, was about 1 million. He felt it wasn't enough.
 
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