A Royal engagement

Nov 23rd, 2010No Comments

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WE are positively delighted here at B&G to hear about the recent engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Set to take place during the spring or summer, the wedding is sure to be the most hotly anticipated event of 2011.

In Ipswich parties celebrating the Royal wedding could match the joyous scenes that marked the nuptials of the prince’s parents 30 years ago.

As the prince and his fiancee start discussing their marriage plans with officials, already putting together a list of possible wedding venues and dates, people across Suffolk are waiting with bated breath for more announcments to be made.
Council chiefs said they are already considering how the county could mark the occasion, bur said no formal plans will be put in place until the couple announce when and where they will tie the knot.
Royal aides will now consult the Queen, senior royals, Miss Middleton’s parents and others before reporting back to the happy couple, who will make the final decision.
A spokesman for Ipswich Borough Council said while no plans are yet in place, they would be supportive of communities who wanted to get together and mark the occasion with street parties and other events.
Twenty-nine years ago, on Wednesday, July 29, Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul’s Cathedral in London.
Hundreds of people across Suffolk marked the occasion in style with bunting, balloons and celebratory cakes.
Possible venues for Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding include St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, where the Queen married, or even St Clement Danes, the RAF’s main church in central London, as the prince is an RAF search and rescue helicopter pilot.
The couple are thought to favour March for their big day, but dates in the summer may also be picked.
Felixstowe councillor Cyril Webb, who remembers the celebrations at Prince Charles’s wedding announcement, said: “We have got some super things to look forward to with the wedding and the Queen’s Jubilee.
“We have had some ghastly times and tragic things happening in Afghanistan and so on, and I think this is something that will give us a bit of a lift. It’s what we do in this country.”
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