Salud, Kids!
Well, what's done is done!
It is official, William and his Kate are now, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
As my little blog does not have access to those official, McQueen (did they select this designer, just because it had the word queen in it? just sayin') wedding dress photos, I bring you another royal. Grace Kelly and her Prince on their day.
Kids, I am not going to kid you, this dress looks similar to the one worn across the pond today. Again, just sayin'.
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As promised, British-Brit-Brian has sent us several missives, but let us begin with this one, and it is not because he gives a small shout-out to the Sunshine State and my favorite nutmeg island, Grenada.
Contributed by: Brian Wilson
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Just been watching TV and the interviews with the public lining the processional route.
OK, many are Brits, but many others are from all around the world.
You will not be amazed to hear that many are from the US
Tennessee, Minnesota, New York, not forgetting Florida have all been interviewed.
But, what about a 23 year old, skateboarding, punk-loving boy from Harlem protecting the Queen? (story taken from The Daily Mail)
Denton John will have a front row seat for tomorrow’s Royal Wedding – as the only American protecting the Queen.
In his shining breastplate, red plume, sword and immaculately-pressed uniform, the 23-year-old New Yorker is a proud member of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.
He will be on horseback today to watch over Queen Elizabeth as she leaves Westminster Abbey to return to Buckingham Palace following her grandson, Prince William’s, wedding to Kate Middleton.
It is a world away from his childhood in Harlem as the son of immigrants from the small island of Grenada.
‘When I was young, it was all about skateboarding, punk rock. I was into everything,’ he told CNN in London.
It was only when he returned to his island roots after graduating from Harlem’s Wadleigh High School that he decided to sign up for the British Army.
While he will enjoy the pomp and ceremony, he still has an important job to do.
‘We are the Queen's Life Guard,’ he said. ‘We are the first line of defence if anything should happen to that carriage. We are very vigilant as soldiers.
‘I'll be taking in the sights and sounds, but I'll be very focused on my job,’ he added.
‘He is the only American in the Household Cavalry, and as far as we know, the only American in the Royal Wedding. It's our version of the "American Dream",' said Denton’s commanding officer Captain James Hulme.
‘I was always sure he was going to do something positive with his life,’ Loretta Lewis, his former teacher at Wadleigh HS on West 114th Street, told the New York Post.
‘He would come to school in a tie every day, always cool - and this was before mandatory uniforms!’ she said.
Denton said his parents will be watching the wedding on TV to try and pick him out.
‘My mum’s very proud,’ he said. ‘She’s telling everyone about this.’
All the best - Brian W. and Mo
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