STRAIGHT FROM THE BATHERS, ROYALLY SPEAKING

Salud, Kids!

Can you feel it?

Excitement is swelling over in Merry Old England.

Well, dust off that tiara (I have to get mine away from my Cavi-Girl), grab a banger and scone...it's almost time for those old royal wedding bells to chime.


Our friend, British-Brit-Brian, gives us his views and slaps us harshly with the news that Gaz and I don't stand a chance in hell of being invited-even though two seats have JUST become available.

Well, neither he nor Mo will be tiaring up and taking seats, so there you go.

Therefore, let's get to it.

ROYALLY SPEAKING, WEDDING-WISE

By, Brian Wilson
Bath, UK
Rights reserved/copyrighted


If you and Gaz are already rowing across the pond - you may want to turn back as all the best places to view the Big Day are already taken.

I've already told you the bad news that neither you and Gaz, or Mo and myself have been invited to the Abbey - surely it must have been an administrative oversight?!

Well, the TV news and papers have told us that, for 2 days now, people have been camping out on the pavements near the Abbey and all the best viewing points!

There already is a camaraderie amongst these members of the public, people's places are "kept" by others (when they need to leave their spot to get food, drink, go to the loo etc) - typically British - you know that us Brits like to queue for everything!

I think that all this shows what us Brits really think of our Royal Family - some we may think of as a "waste of space", but people like The Queen, Charles, William, Henry, even Camilla and Princess Anne are held in high esteem.

The Queen, because she is Head of State - but has no political power (only the Brits could have invented this scenario) - Charles because he will be King - the others; well if you look at the number of official engagements they carry out and add to this the support (often carried in a "quiet way and not visible to the public) that they give to charities and local organisations, without asking for praise, means a lot to us over here.

I can understand where Republicans are coming from - but, if we had an elected President (not like yours, who has the same political role as our Prime Minister, but one that has no direct political power) all that would happen is that some ex-political (probably one who had lost an election) would throw their hat into the ring.

So we would end up with a "has been" - one who the people have already said "we have no confidence in you."

God forbid we have a President Thatcher, Blair or Brown - us Brits like our ex MPs and Prime Ministers to retire, possible write a book, but leave full time politics behind them.

Back to the Big Day.

I have just heard that Kate will not vow to obey William in the Wedding Service (do you have similar words in US?) - this shows just how "modern" things are now and that Kate is her own person.

Also, remember my note about who was invited to the service i.e. that many "foreign" dignitaries were invited by our Foreign Office; well our foreign Secretary (William Haig) has revoked the invitation to the Syrian Ambassador.

I know what you are thinking - "well that means 2 "free" places, what about us?" I will do my very best to secure you these seats, but (and this may shock you) I do not think I will be able to get you a seat - it is just too short a notice!!

I'll tell you more but, if you may want to go on The Times web site -or any UK paper.

If you have an ipad and subscribe to The times, then they will have on-line coverage, reports, photos etc

Anyhow, I'll tell you more tomorrow - Mo and I will be raising a glass, hope uoi can join us

Brian and Mo

##

Kids, don't leave us now. More to come!!

Don't forget to get yourself a copy of my eBook at Barnes and Noble, eBook Store. The Bainbridges of the Palm Beaches. Available on Nook, iPhone and iPad. Check it out!