Live Royal Wedding Blogging from Westminster - Best in Show
It is 4:35 PM and I am already in my pajamas and have my pillow on the couch. I am honestly ready for a lot of royal action. The "Royal Truck" pulled up an hour ago and Tink the cat and his pal dropped by.

They are dressed for the occasion and will only stay until Ryan Seacrest comes on as Tink prefers to blog with the E channel backing him. All they could talk about was the 15,000 canapés that were being served at the reception. They also verbally drooled over one of the two royal wedding cakes. William's cake will be made out of 40 pounds of chocolate and 17,000 biscuits made by McVities. Kate's cake will be a traditional fruitcake tiered extravaganza.

They are going to serve shepherd's pie at one of the royal wedding meals and I know how to make it. But I am too excited to cook so I am doing canned Dinty Moore Stew with potatoes on top, and oh yes cheddar cheese.

I already have the Royal beverage handy to keep wired all night. I know I am going to "royally" regret this in the morning.

Linda has decided to view the wedding on CNN because of Richard Quest - she would love to bear his children. I am also going to have opinions on hats and assorted things and it might not be pretty. We are also waiting with baited breath to see Uncle Gary.
Middleton’s uncle Gary Goldsmith was shunned by his furious sister, Kate’s mother Carole, after being exposed as a cocaine user. He has a hedonistic lifestyle on Ibiza, where he owns a £5 million villa called Maison de la Bang Bang. This should not be confused with Tony Soprano’s bar called Badda Bing.
Kate's mum has been warned that no chewing gum is allowed as she has already disgraced the Royal Family at William's graduation by chewing her cud. I am starting to agree with Robin Sneed that the wedding dress will be designed by Sarah Burton from Alexander McQueen.

7:25 PM- Entertainment Tonight is on and I am already crying at the scenes from Princess Diana's wedding.
8:29 PM- Sheldon had a smoking monkey on 'The Big Bang Theory’. Maybe I should just stop here and blog about how much I want one too!

10:45 PM- How much Seinfeld can I watch?
Midnight: Richard Quest has on one snappy suit and looks mighty fine. He just said my invitation was not lost in the mail and I have a front row seat with him. Bring it on Richard!
12:30 PM- The doors are open!
1:40 AM- Lots of huge beige straw hats and out of the 1900 guests I swear 700 are wearing an ungodly seafoam green. Animal repellent commercial on now. Maybe it works on bad hats also?
1:05 AM- Harry’s on and off girlfriend shows up. I wonder if she helped him make the bacon sandwiches for the after party before she got there. What is up with that pink? That is not hot pink. That is the same neon pink I wore when I was 7 months pregnant!
1:17AM- Worst outfit seen so far. A dirty blue jacket and skirt with black regimental décor and frog closure. The girl that had apricot cherry blossoms all over her was runner up.
1:29AM- Exactly what does Posh Spice Beckham have on her head? Is it alive? She has custom Leboutin shoes on though.
1:45 AM: One must never show cleavage bigger than your hat. Such bright colours - I am calling them cheeky monkey colours.
2:00 AM: Vera Wang just made a few comments on the clothing. Obviously by the looks of some of outfits she did not design any of them. Thank goodness the announcer of “So You Think You Can Dance” isn’t shrieking tonight. I don’t think I could take that at 2 am. Miriam Blake (Nick Blake) is my fave so far...looking very retro. Harry is coming!!
2:15 am- The groom and the best man are on their way. William is in red and the crowd is going wild!
2:30 am- We are all on pins and needles, because the bride will be coming soon. I am not tired at all but I am really going to pay for this tomorrow.
2:45 AM- The Middletons are arriving with Prince Charles and Camilla. I just found out I have a mouse living behind my fridge. Well I am never up this time of night. Noisy rascal! More bad hats alert! Camilla wears Jimmy Choo shoes? Wow!
2:50 AM- Fergie’s girls look like characters from Johnny Depp’s Alice in Wonderland. The Queen is in yellow. The flower girls look just like Princess Diana’s young lasses. The bride is next!
3:00 AM- The dress! It looks simple, almost like Grace Kelly’s dress as I watch her riding in the car. Her sister, the bridesmaid is in a very plain cowl neck front dress. Vera Wang says it is modern and I am kind of disappointed. She looks happy and she is wearing a tiara. That’s all that matters in the end isn’t it? Happiness and a tiara! The mystery is over Sarah Duncan from Alexander McQueen designed the dress.
3:15 AM- The wedding has begun. I am sorry but there is nothing like a wedding, royal or not.
Rev. Dr John Hall officiates. Camilla's hat looks like it is going into outer space soon.
3:17 AM- Kate’s father just gave her hand to William. The tears are on. Catherine has asked me if I think that William is going bald. I think so!

3:40 AM- The sermon is finally over. If you want to hear long tedious sermons attend the Anglican Church. I have nodded off during quite a few. William just told Kate how beautiful she was. Sigh…
3:55 AM-The British National Anthem is sung. Now I am really crying remembering my family. God Save the Queen! I still think Kate's sister's dress is far too casual. She looks like she is going to a prom!
4:10 AM- They walk down the aisle and they look so darn happy. Grace Kelly all over again. The crowd cheers! Congratulations Kate and William! The procession to Buckingham Palace begins.
3:30 AM- They all arrive at Buckingham Castle and the Duke and the Duchess of Cambridge will seal everything with a kiss. Please let them live happily ever after.
The End
Images and Text: Linda Seccaspina
Image of Wills and Kate: Mail UK


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Comments
10:45 PM- How much Seinfeld can I watch?
That green is awful
Indelible.. who in their right mind sold them their hats?
I am going to call them cheeky monkey colours hahaha
Ink: MY son said that after his big wedding haha
She belongs to the prime minister hahah
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13236409
I am watching CNN
ELTON!!
HUGGGGGGGGG
Aretha's inauguration hat has nothing on those chapeaux!
Ink.. its like a private party.
Black ugly hat alert
My favorite raucus British commentator had the NERVE to talk about someone's coke habit and nasal reconstructive surgery! OMG!
Thank you all. Now I know the origins of my people's church hat fixations as well as I know our judicial origins in British common law!
robin: I am sure it will be blue or seafoam hahaha
I made the mistake of googling the queens dress and got Jimmy Kimmel...you don't want to know what I saw there.
INk.. there had better not be trouble
It's Charles and uno who. Riding in a rolls that was presented to the Queen in 1950. Dang. Is there anything that is not historical here?
What does he see in her?
OMG. It is the bride and it is the dress. I am glimpsing it. It is a lot of delicate, intricate lace and diaphanous veil. I see the bouquet.
Her last ride in a car as a commoner. She will leave the ceremony as a royal, perhaps the next Queen of England.
Incredible moment.
Not your machine made lace, either. French chantilly lace made in 1936 by hand.
I was so worried that we were tong from Holly Hobby to Olive Oyl, but the girl pulled it off. That veil is killer good.
There will be more of his snappy jazz tunes, so be ready to boogie.
Ahh my Anglican church with the boring sermons
I do like her dress though, very classy.
sigh...I can't believe I'm watching this shit.
It must be because you all are talking about it and fast moving text catches my eye. Conversation is intriguing. That and I'm a fucking lemming this early in the morning.
I am like the two old aunties who have been snickering and snorting, back in the corner.
Sorry. I am so bad. My bad.
You needed to see Fergies girls.. Now that was a Kodak moment.
Who dressed these girls? Fergie?
Btw, I missed Beatrice and Eugenia. And Posh. I was still sleeping.
Just like Cinderella's stepsisters..:)
She was decidedly NOT invited, and may only attend certain functions where her daughters have an important milestone or role. Whoo! The wages of royal sin....
Okay, I really must get ready for work. I'm such a commoner.
Oooh, I like her sister's dress. Now I can't look away. Shiny things! :)
Oooh. We'd better be not joking about those girls. They are 5th and 6th in line of succession to the British throne, ahead of Prince Edward.
Catherine: It is the spitting image of Grace Kelly's dress
I will think of these two young people, at a pinnacle of their lives, so ready and so well formed to lead lives the likes of which we cannot conceive, no matter how much the magazines and the paparazzi publish.
As they take their place in history, so have and will we. Good night all.
Robin: I am still wide awake haha
I must say that not have red headed Fergie there puts a damper on this thing for me. Otherwise it is quite a show.
Robin is sleeping.:) I have to go to the Post Office so I might as well wait another few hours and then go to bed.
Zanelle: I loved the movie The Queen.. Did you see Fergies kids?
Right out of a Tim Buront movie..:)
I like that they took out the word OBEY from the vows.
I love John Oliver
you should have called.... my french canadian mother used to make a mash up between shepherds pie (trying desperately to cook for me scottish da) and tortierre or as we children called it..."torture pie".
loved living through the night with you......uh, except for the recipe portion...don't bother trying to get on the food channel.
xoga
Zanelle: That was it for the kiss??? I was so dissapointed haha
I was just too tired to so anything. This blog getting it ready took the life out of me hahaha
Zanelle: I saw he loved the planes more than the kiss hahaha
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Susie: We missed ya
But it was fun. But you are right I am exhausted hahaha
HUGGGGGGGG
8)
Just stab me now and put me out of my misery..:)
HUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
A Walrond.. I just hope it lasts
You must be exhausted ...
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R Poetess: You were smart..:)
Well at least I hope they played some Stones and some Beatles at the reception (after what those boys did for the economy alone). I'd love to see the Queen cut the royal carpet!
Am away in a remote village in the State of UP - no electricity, no TV, no nothing, no sound even - and so this means a lot to me
Laughing and wondering and wishing I was home this day
Hugs and keep it coming. And show me the cake where is the cake??? Did Tink eat it???
Rolling: They only showed ideas of the cake but the biscuit one looked fabulous. God thing you have internet.
P.S. A balding prince young enough to be my son gave me a moment of blissful schadenfreude.
I am happy they rode to church in a P.U. tho.
If Ya No-Show these photos we'd never know.
I hope no theologians argued `bout skin tone.
I'd be suspicious of the Queens fruit-cupcakes.
I hope they get through a night without a kiss.
If Ya 'get' an erotic dream the night before`Oy!
tease.
Now is when that cute couples troubles begin.
I hope they do live happily. One wife forevers?
That ain't easy. That's worst than jest one mule.
If they said ... "I do" ... They need a gerontologist.
I wish them happiness. We No seen any Amish hats.
annaliese: Its going to go all day. I was sad no kiss the bride at church though
Another Steve: When Harry gets married you can do it.:)
Dianaani: I need sleep in the worst way. One more to go to the Po.
Naomi: ahh I can sweet Maggie's face.. ahhh . I just did not understand Pippa's dress
Cranky: I am sure there has been previewing here haha
Rated.
rei: we all had a lot of fun last night
http://www.boingboing.net/2011/04/29/kid-has-right-idea-a.html
One day I'll have a laptop and can simultaneously watch TV and sit in a cozy fashion with the computer too....
Youngest and I got up and watched together, now he wants out of school : )
Hugs!
[Congratulations, Linda! I am glad Emily found this article. Now let's see if Tink can stumble onto this post. His response probably will be... "what wedding?!"]
love BBT and Sheldon, of course, He's my fav! smoking monkey or not.
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Fergie's kids should be shot for those hats!!!
I'm so going to watch Fergie's new show on OWN(yes, Oprah's network!!!)
Sooooo Tink Picked and Rated!!!!
This was fun Linda. As I said to you privately, they should have you there as a live correspondent ... well, there and elsewhere. To hell with Joan Rivers.
I hate to be a grumpy gus about the royal wedding, but honestly I could care less. Monarchy is a thing of the past. It's about time people get over it. How much are the Brits paying for that antiquated apparatus anyway?
Spain and Britain ought to do away with the monarchy. The monarchs are figure heads and the people wind up paying for what in the end is glorified welfare. Think about it. What do the royals do? The real person in charge is the prime minister.
America fought a revolution against tyranny and monarchy, so I don't understand why Americans get so excited about it. To justify their curiosity, people say, "Well, we don't have anything like that here." Precisely! The royals satisfy Americans' obsession with celebrity, and the royals are celebrity to the highest extreme.
Seeing a picture of all those union jacks as an expression of patriotism lining the streets reminds me of what Britain's own native son Sam Johnson said about patriotism: "Patriotism is the refuge of scoundrels!"
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What was up with Camilla on that balcony with the child. Was she playing games, or exasperated to the point of defenestration? I do have to admit that in every shot, I never saw the little girl bridesmaids look...happy, so maybe Camilla was saying "I'll hurl you over the balcony if you don't cheer up and SMILE, dammit!"
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Fun!
Oops.
Recorded an episode of the X Life instead. Drunken brawl at a pizza parlour. The skating dude gets his ass kicked by the moto-x dude.
Ah, well...there's always Harry. Or is he shacked up with one of his army shagging buddies?
Rated.
rated with hugs
36 hours without sleep