Finally, I have got round to blogging about the wedding. It was absolutely beautiful, Kate looked amazing and the day was perfect. I forced myself out of bed to watch it on Friday morning, and I am so glad I did.
I tuned in, in time to watch most of the family members make their way along the route from Buckingham palace, Calarence House and Goring hotel where Kate stayed to Westminster Abbey. I feel priviledged to have been able to watch such a beautiful royal wedding, in forty or however many years time I will be able to say: "I watched the King and Queen's wedding from my tiny student room in Southampton!"
It gave me goose pimples when Prince William turned to Kate in the church and said what looked like: "You look beautiful." And of course she did. Watching them together, exchanging smiles, grins and of course that first kiss upon the balcony reminded me that although they are part of the royal family, they are still human, they have feelings they do normal things like getting married. Not to say however, that the wedding was normal - not with that many people watching anyway!
Having said this however, the wedding surprised me a little at how ordinary and simple it was. Not negatively but realistically. Obviously it was this crazy massive wedding that everyone who is anyone knew about but it still had the beautiful white wedding dress, a church and two people that love each other. I'm not quite sure what else I was expecting from it but the traditional simplicity is why I liked it so much.
After watching Kate and Will on the balcony of Buckingham Palace looking truly happy and perfect i felt good and excited for the wedding celebrations that afternoon in Southampton. We went to a street party on Newcombe Road (ironically the road I will be living on next year), I'm not sure what I was expecting from it but it certainly wasn't what I saw when I turned the corner. There were hundreds of students filling the entire road from one end to the other, burger vans, massive speakers in several front gardens, dancing, alcohol and honestly happy people. The sun was shining and I don't think it could have been more perfect. I spent the afternoon with my friends celebrating the special day. Who cares if we don't actually know Will & Kate, it was a beautiful wedding and gave everyone a reason to be happy and to celebrate. It was a good day.
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