Music and Hymns At The Royal Wedding

Music

The bride processed down the aisle to the anthem "I Was Glad," written by by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, from Psalm 122. It was composed for the crowning of Prince William's great-great-great grandfather, Edward VII, at Westminster Abbey in 1902. As the choir sang, the bride made her three-and-a-half minute procession through the Nave and Quire on her father's arm, to meet the Prince. The recessional music was the orchestral march "Crown Imperial" by William Walton, which was also played at Charles and Diana's wedding.

Two choirs, one orchestra and a fanfare team performed the music at the wedding service of Prince William and Middleton at Westminster Abbey. These were the Westminster Abbey Choir, Chapel Royal Choir and London Chamber Orchestra, and a fanfare team of the Central Band of the Royal Air Force.

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Bridal dress

The bridal dress was designed by English designer Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen. It was made of satin and featured a lace applique bodice and skirt. Middleton wore her hair down, with her veil held in place by a tiara, loaned by the Queen. The lace, detailing a rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock, was hand-made by the Royal School of Needlework, based at Hampton Court Palace.

The bridal train measured 270 cm (110 in), and along with the lace, all other fabrics used in the creation of the dress were sourced from and supplied by British companies. The lace motifs were pinned, "framed up" and applied with stab stitching every 2–3 mm around each one. Workers washed their hands every 30 minutes to keep the lace and threads pristine, and the needles were renewed every three hours, to keep them sharp and clean.

The Royal Wedding-The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

On Friday, 29 April 2011, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge married Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey, at 11:00 am BST (UTC+1). William, who is second in the line of succession to Elizabeth II, first met Middleton in 2001, while both were students at the University of St Andrews. Their engagement, which began on 20 October 2010, was announced on 16 November 2010.

Following the wedding, the couple intend to continue residing on the Isle of Anglesey in North Wales, where Prince William is based as an RAF Search and Rescue pilot.

Confirmed: Kate Middleton's Wedding Dress is Alexander McQueen by Sarah Burton

Clarence House has confirmed: Kate Middleton's wedding dress is designed by Sarah Burton by Alexander McQueen. The dress, with its long lace sleeves, sweetheart neckline, and full skirt and eight-foot train, is earning comparisons to Grace Kelly's wedding dress. Kate Middleton's wedding dress is an ivory gown with lace applique floral detail

Burton was spotted helping Middleton into her car and adjusting her veil before she headed to the wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey. A team of 60 are rumored to have embroidered the dress, and apparently secret dress meetings were held at Hampton Court Palace.

Kate waves farewell to her life as a commoner

The moment for which Miss Middleton has spent almost all of her adult life preparing will finally arrive when she makes her three-minute walk down the aisle of Westminster Abbey watched by two billion people worldwide.

Up to a million people are expected to line the streets of London for the royal wedding, the most anticipated royal event in 30 years, on what the bride and groom described as “one of the happiest days of our lives”.

Many of the best-kept secrets of the ceremony were finally revealed yesterday when St James’s Palace published the order of service online so that millions of people can join in at home.

Prince William and Kate Middleton will risk getting soaked so crowds can see them in open carriage

Despite gloomy forecasts of showers in London during the morning of the royal wedding, the Prince William and Kate Middleton have instructed staff to stick with “plan A” for a processional carriage ride in an open State Landau even if showers are predicted.

An enclosed carriage will only be used if monsoon conditions are expected.

The bride and groom are fully aware that crowds lining the streets of London – many of whom have camped out for days – will be left hugely disappointed if they can only glimpse the couple through the windows of an enclosed carriage.

A St James’s Palace spokesman said: “The forecast will have to be pretty severe for the wet weather option to be used.

Prince William and Kate Middleton's new titles revealed

Buckingham Palace announced at 8am on Friday that the Queen had bestowed the title of Duke of Cambridge on her grandson.

His bride, Miss Middleton, will be known as the Duchess of Cambridge after the royal wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey.

A dukedom is the highest rank in the British peerage.

They have also been given the Scottish titles of Earl and Countess of Strathearn, which may reflect the fact that they met at St Andrews University.

Mexican teenager's hunger strike leads to royal wedding trip

A Mexican teenager who went on hunger strike in February in a bid to win an invite to the royal wedding has had her trip to London paid for by a wealthy businessman.

Estibalis Chavez, 19, staged her hunger strike outside the British embassy in Mexico City, in the hope of gaining an invite.

And now a Mexican lobbyist, Octavio Fitch Lazo, has agreed to lend her money for the flight.

Miss Chavez was repeatedly told by British officials that there were no more invitations available, but she refused to be dissuaded.

Kate Middleton's secret pain: I can't be a mum

The popular princess-in-waiting is devastated that she might never have the children she so desperately yearns for.

Kate Middleton is riddled with anguish after realising she and Prince William may never have the family she's always dreamed of.

She is said to be devastated since being told she can't be a mum, and will have to wait until her late thirties.

While Princess Diana was married at 20 and had produced "an heir and a spare" by the age of 23, Kate, 27, will have to put any hope of motherhood on the backburner until career-driven Wills has fulfilled his desire to become an officer.

With a wait of eight to 10 years before she can even begin trying to have a child, Kate is worried she will miss her chance. Certainly, her "dream family" of several children now seems totally out of the question.

A Review of The Movie: William and Kate

Sticklers for detail might have been confused by the opening of William and Kate – the Movie (Channel 5, Sunday), when Prince William’s arrival at St Andrews was introduced by an aerial shot of Christ Church, Oxford. But then, sticklers for detail were never likely to be satisfied by an 87-minute TV movie about the Royal family made for the Lifetime cable network in the US.

This was a St Andrews which its students called ‘school’, where they lived in ‘dorms’. These were rooms with so much dark wood paneling and so many Tudor beams that it would have been no surprise to see Diana Dors pop out in full Hammer Horror costume. And while this movie was ‘based on true events’, it certainly wasn’t based on true hairdos or soft furnishings.

Mr Hugo Burnand Has Been Choosen As Official Royal Wedding Photographer

HRH Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton have selected Hugo Burnand to be their official photographer at their wedding on the 29th April.  Mr Burnand will be take the official photographs at Buckingham Palace following the wedding at Westminster Abbey.

Mr Burnand has photographed Prince William privately before and was the official photographer at the wedding of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall 2005.  He also took the official 60th birthday photograph of The Prince of Wales.

A well known portrait photographer, Hugo Burnand has also photographed Lucien Freud, Lady Thatcher, Victoria Beckham and John Magnier. Mr Burnand regularly works with Conde Nast Publications including House & Garden Magazine and Tatler.

Her Majesty The Queen gives formal consent to the marriage of Prince William and Catherine Middleton

Her Majesty The Queen gave formal consent to Prince William and Catherine Middleton’s marriage today.

Under the Great Seal of the Realm, The Queen signed a notice of approval which proclaimed, in transcribed calligraphy, consent to the union of "Our Most Dearly Beloved Grandson Prince William Arthur Philip Louis of Wales, K.G. and Our Trusty and Well-beloved Catherine Elizabeth Middleton".

Tied to the bottom of the approval by gold braiding is a large red wax Great Seal of the Realm.

The law dates back to the 18th Century.

Kate Middleton's Royal Wedding Bouquet

The ceremonial fight for the bride's bouquet is a symbolic, entertaining, and occasionally violent staple of most weddings, but there won't be a throng of eager young ladies queuing up to catch Kate Middleton's lavish flower arrangement on April 29.

British royal protocol dictates that instead of being hurled skyward and giving one lucky and sure-handed girl a superstitious shove toward marriage, Kate's bouquet will come to a far more solemn rest.

As she heads back down the aisle at Westminster Abbey, having completed her nuptials to become either Her Royal Highness Princess William of Wales or another title of the queen's choosing, she will take a moment to lay her floral creation at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, a historic grave embedded into the church floor in 1920 to commemorate anonymous soldiers killed at war.

The Royal Wedding Cake

Fiona Cairns- The Cake designer

Prince William and Catherine Middleton have chosen Leicestershire-based cake designer, Fiona Cairns to create their wedding cake.  The wedding cake will be a multi-tiered traditional fruit cake, decorated with cream and white icing. 

The cake will be decorated with William and Kate’s new cipher – thought to feature the couple’s entwined initials – which will be officially released on their wedding day. 

Fiona Cairns was chosen for her creative style and beautifully crafted handmade cakes using traditional British ingredients.  

The cake will have a strong British floral theme using elements of the Joseph Lambeth technique.  The Lambeth technique is derived from a style of decorating where chefs and decorators use a lot of intricate piping to create 3-D scrollwork, leaves and flowers.  It is a popular method frequently used by wedding cake designers to create ornate wedding cakes.  

McVitie’s Cake Company will create a chocolate biscuit cake for the reception at Buckingham Palace. The chocolate biscuit cake will be made from a Royal Family recipe and was specially requested by Prince William.

Source: theroyalweddingwilliamkate.com

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Prince William To Wear Military Uniform For Wedding

In the run up to the Royal Wedding there has been much talk about Kate Middleton’s wedding dress and her choice of designer.

The spotlight has simply not been on William’s outfit, until now!

We now know that Prince William will wear his military uniform, but which one?

Prince William has served in the Army, Navy and Royal Air Force.  He is currently working as a search and rescue helicopter pilot.

Both Prince William’s father, Prince Charles, and grandfather, Prince Philip, wore the Royal Navy uniform on their wedding days.

Either way Prince William, in his military uniform, will be a hit with Kate!  ‘Lip Readers’ suggested that she said “I love the uniform, it’s so, so sexy” to a friend, at Prince William’s Army graduation ceremony a few years ago.

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