The Royal Wedding

[Kirkus]

Do we have this thread yet? Do we need this thread? Oh well, it's here anyway. :p

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Flood of royal wedding smartphone apps hits market
(AP) LONDON — Not feeling the royal wedding spirit yet? It may be time to download a countdown clock to your smartphone

More than a dozen smartphone apps are offering to bring fans everything royal wedding-related wherever they are — so they can check the days and minutes until Prince William and Kate Middleton's April 29 wedding, hoard news and pictures about them and instantly share their favorite royal wedding tidbits on social media networks.


Most of the apps are tailored for iPhones or iPads. Some are fairly informative: There are apps that feature live coverage of the wedding on the day, a weather forecast for London's Westminster Abbey up to 10 days in advance, and royal protocol in case, for whatever reason, you need to greet the queen.


More: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42245517/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/



I only have one thing to say about this story...

:wall:

[dryrunguy]

The following is floating about on FB. Thought it might be fun for us.
*****

In honor of the big wedding on Friday, Use your royal wedding guest name. Start with either Lord or Lady. Your first name is one of your grandparents' names. Your surname is the name of your first pet, double-barreled with the name of the street you grew up on. Post yours here. Then cut and paste it into your status.

I'm Lord Irvin Shortstuff County Road 14. :rolleyes:

[Kirkus]

The following is floating about on FB. Thought it might be fun for us.
*****

In honor of the big wedding on Friday, Use your royal wedding guest name. Start with either Lord or Lady. Your first name is one of your grandparents' names. Your surname is the name of your first pet, double-barreled with the name of the street you grew up on. Post yours here. Then cut and paste it into your status.

I'm Lord Irvin Shortstuff County Road 14. :rolleyes:LMAO. So should you be addressed as Lord County Road 14 or simply Lord 14? :hyst:

I would be Lord Marion Samantha Copeland.

[jadesa]

Eh, why not?

I would be Lady Kathleen Maximilian-Buchanan.

[dryrunguy]

Eh, why not?

I would be Lady Kathleen Maximilian-Buchanan.

That's monstrously sexy!!!

[craighickman]

The following is floating about on FB. Thought it might be fun for us.
*****

In honor of the big wedding on Friday, Use your royal wedding guest name. Start with either Lord or Lady. Your first name is one of your grandparents' names. Your surname is the name of your first pet, double-barreled with the name of the street you grew up on. Post yours here. Then cut and paste it into your status.

I'm Lord Irvin Shortstuff County Road 14. :rolleyes:

Sounds like picking a drag name.

That said, I'm Lord Timothy Chico XXIV. Though I could be Lady Magnolia Chico Melvina.

[beaujarkko]

Fun! My more boring one would be "Lord John Rex-Gascony".

And since I had two grandfathers, two "first pets" (they were a pair of dogs my parents had already had before I was born), and two streets I grew up on, the less-boring name would be "Lord Marvin Sammy-Couzens".

[luvs10s]

Lady Ethel Bully-Thames or Lord Stewart Dingle-Balance

(my Grandpop, our second cat and the street Mum and Dad lived on when I was born but we left when I was six months old)

[Ti-Amie]

Lady Amie ChiChi 7th Avenue

[beaujarkko]

Lady Ethel Bully-Thames or Lord Stewart Dingle-Balance

(my Grandpop, our second cat and the street Mum and Dad lived on when I was born but we left when I was six months old)

Teehee. Dingle-Balance.

[JTContinental]

Lady Amie ChiChi 7th Avenue

LOL

Lord Harry Honey-Dupont

[luvs10s]

LOL

Lord Harry Honey-Dupont


Ohhh, like it!

(oops. sorry JT - hit edit instead of quote)

[Miles]

Since my lineage goes back to India, I'm going to chuck the Lord bit and use:

Maharaja Krishnalal Cookie York The 6th

:cheesy:

[Jessie181]

The following is floating about on FB. Thought it might be fun for us.
*****

In honor of the big wedding on Friday, Use your royal wedding guest name. Start with either Lord or Lady. Your first name is one of your grandparents' names. Your surname is the name of your first pet, double-barreled with the name of the street you grew up on. Post yours here. Then cut and paste it into your status.

I'm Lord Irvin Shortstuff County Road 14. :rolleyes:
haha. Sounds like fun!

I'm
Lord Matthieu Sadie Finchley

Oh yeaaah.

[winston]

Lady Hancock Taasha Princeton

[oploskoffie]

Since my lineage goes back to India, I'm going to chuck the Lord bit and use:

Maharaja Krishnalal Cookie York The 6th

:cheesy:

Nice! :cheesy:

So sayeth Lord Christiaan Ferdinand Orkz van Ketwich Verschuurlaan the 5th :rolleyes:

[tobiasfunke]

Call me Lady Alma Sadie Moreland!

[tinamarie]

I have absolutly nothing better to do with my morning than watching this:)

Lady Maria Margareta Luna-von Hutten

[oploskoffie]

Well, "THE dress" looks nice from what can be seen through the car window!

[tinamarie]

Well, "THE dress" looks nice from what can be seen through the car window!

it does! :)

[oploskoffie]

Ah, so soft spoken she is...

[tobiasfunke]

Kate is adorbs. MAKE OUT ALREADY YOU TWO!

[Moose]

I have not seen any of the wedding, but I just saw a picture of the bride. What an absolutely stunning woman she is today. And I was a little surprised by the décolletage.

[mmmm8]

I have not seen any of the wedding, but I just saw a picture of the bride. What an absolutely stunning woman she is today. And I was a little surprised by the décolletage.

It was by Sarah Burton from Alexander McQueen. It was rather demure for McQueen.

Loved the top of the dress. The drop at the waist was kind of weird

[Edmond Dantès]

Make it stop....

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkf08mgkX51qg4lyzo1_500.jpg

The French had the right idea.

[Ti-Amie]

I know times have changed but at this level of society they haven't changed that rapidly.

First of all the dress is ivory, not white, an acknowledgement of the obvious. Second of all she's not some fairy tale princess wrapped in layers and layers of fabric floating down the aisle to meet her Prince Charming at the altar. They've been together eight years. They know all there is to know about each other.

Middleton presented herself a a mature woman, not a giggling eyes agog girl. She was marrying the man who has been in her life since forever not someone she barely knew. I haven't seen one bit of footage (Joan Rivers has a show tonight on E! that I will watch) but I like that the fairy tale element has been left out.

And yes the dress is quite demure for McQueen.

[Ti-Amie]

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp201/savanna215/x610.jpg
Think Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice were upset about their mother not being invited? I guess this is the adult way to throw a tantrum.

[Jessie181]

Call me Lady Alma Sadie Moreland!
hehe. We had the same name for our childhood dogs

[Kirkus]

I went to bed early so I could get up and watch the wedding, then I slept right through it. :mad:

I think the Dutchess of Cambridge is a knock-out.

I love that they drove themselves, balloons attached to the rear bumper of the car, waving at the crowds.

[oploskoffie]

Think Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice were upset about their mother not being invited? I guess this is the adult way to throw a tantrum.

And still, if you'd ask me... FAIL!!! :cheesy: :cow:

[James7]

It was annoying when I wanted to turn on the news to see traffic and weather this morning and could only get the wedding on every broadcast news channel.

The drag name seems a little odd. I don't think it really works all that well.

Especially with the whole gender of the pet thing having been named by my sister when she was very young.

Lord Eugene Princess-Kingsgate (?)

Doesn't help that the next successor maintained the same naming convention: "Duchess (Morgan LeFay)".
Maybe I should go with the first pet I owned on my own... a chinchilla:

Lord Eugene Squeegee-Kingsgate

... nah. :lipsrsealed: Sort of works except for the whole pet thing. Leroy doesn't sound right in that context either.

[Kirkus]

It was annoying when I wanted to turn on the news to see traffic and weather this morning and could only get the wedding on every broadcast news channel.

The drag name seems a little odd. I don't think it really works all that well.

Especially with the whole gender of the pet thing having been named by my sister when she was very young.

Lord Eugene Princess-Kingsgate (?)

Doesn't help that the next successor maintained the same naming convention: "Duchess (Morgan LeFay)".
Maybe I should go with the first pet I owned on my own... a chinchilla:

Lord Eugene Squeegee-Kingsgate

... nah. :lipsrsealed: Sort of works except for the whole pet thing. Leroy doesn't sound right in that context either.
Sometimes your posts just really make me :hyst:

[Miles]

Lots of hats here:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/fashion/3554808/Royal-Wedding-we-look-at-the-celebrity-and-royal-guests-style.html

[craighickman]

It was annoying when I wanted to turn on the news to see traffic and weather this morning and could only get the wedding on every broadcast news channel.

The drag name seems a little odd. I don't think it really works all that well.

Especially with the whole gender of the pet thing having been named by my sister when she was very young.

Lord Eugene Princess-Kingsgate (?)

Doesn't help that the next successor maintained the same naming convention: "Duchess (Morgan LeFay)".
Maybe I should go with the first pet I owned on my own... a chinchilla:

Lord Eugene Squeegee-Kingsgate

... nah. :lipsrsealed: Sort of works except for the whole pet thing. Leroy doesn't sound right in that context either.

How about spelling it LeRoy? ;)

[Woody]

Have they had their first scandal yet?

[Moose]

CAPTION THIS - THE ROYAL WEDDING EDITION

http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/04/29/0429-kate-william-abaca-credit-1.jpg

[JTContinental]

CAPTION THIS - THE ROYAL WEDDING EDITION

http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/04/29/0429-kate-william-abaca-credit-1.jpg

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Speaking of royal wedding photos, the British Monarchy has an official Flickr page, and it is a major time suck.

[oploskoffie]

CAPTION THIS - THE ROYAL WEDDING EDITION



Too easy to Dumpsterize this thread with what I have in mind :o

[James7]

I think that is the idea. :rolleyes:

[tobiasfunke]

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp201/savanna215/x610.jpg
Think Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice were upset about their mother not being invited? I guess this is the adult way to throw a tantrum.
Honestly, I think Beatrice is the baddest b**** and I want to be friends with her. My friend remarked that she looked like a deer with that hat.

[Ti-Amie]

What surprised me was the Prime Minister's wife showing up without a hat. I mean really? The dress was nice and all but she still looked under dressed. Talk about a faux pas.

[jjnow]

The Fergie girls should go on tour with Gaga.

[Ti-Amie]

Honestly, I think Beatrice is the baddest b**** and I want to be friends with her. My friend remarked that she looked like a deer with that hat.

They both look pretty badass to me.

[tinamarie]

Lots of hats here:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/fashion/3554808/Royal-Wedding-we-look-at-the-celebrity-and-royal-guests-style.html

Thanks for the link, Miles!

Crown Princess Victoria looks lovely. Such a stunning woman. Her wedding last year was SO beautiful. I don't think she ever let go of Daniel's hand and both had tears in their eyes during the ceremony. Sigh. I don't know how I ended up watching pretty much all royal weddings of recent years. I had never planned for it, but somehow the hype sucked me in last minute anyway.

[tobiasfunke]

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkeunp5tPU1qzmsffo1_500.gif
D'awww

[Ti-Amie]

The reception dress also by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen.

http://i.imgur.com/hhZ6V.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/7IJ4n.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/dfE94.jpg

Driving to the reception.

http://i.imgur.com/S6ghS.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/LD6nf.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Ktl4V.jpg

[rabbit]

I am really proud to say I haven't watched a second of the wedding :p

[luvs10s]

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkeunp5tPU1qzmsffo1_500.gif
D'awww

I loved that moment...so cute!

[Kirkus]

I just now watched the wedding and stuff that I was smart enough to record. What fun! How exciting for the UK! I like that they kissed twice on the balcony. I also like that the rain stayed away.

Congratulations to Britain!

[Foxykhat]

I know times have changed but at this level of society they haven't changed that rapidly.

First of all the dress is ivory, not white, an acknowledgement of the obvious. Second of all she's not some fairy tale princess wrapped in layers and layers of fabric floating down the aisle to meet her Prince Charming at the altar. They've been together eight years. They know all there is to know about each other.

Middleton presented herself a a mature woman, not a giggling eyes agog girl. She was marrying the man who has been in her life since forever not someone she barely knew. I haven't seen one bit of footage (Joan Rivers has a show tonight on E! that I will watch) but I like that the fairy tale element has been left out.

And yes the dress is quite demure for McQueen.

Well put Ti! I so wanted this to end so I did not have to hear anymore about it. It reach its boiling point for me when watching the NBA Playoffs on TNT and one of the announcers brought it up and mentioned how much days and hours were left. Meh

Kate is beautiful but not in an absolutely BEAUTIFUL way. She has no ZAP to her, kindly to demure/mousey in a way, but I think she's perfect for William and that if his mother was alive she's be proud of his choice.

The dress had to be demure considering all the English and Westminster Abbey rules LOL. I did not like it at first glance but it grew on me as I saw close ups of it. I hated the veil though.

Foxy

[Miles]

Hello Pippa!

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/05/01/article-0-0BD360F400000578-674_634x902.jpg

[dryrunguy]

What's all this James Middleton scandal business? So I guess there are some semi-nude photos of him floating about, and the tabloids/gossip folks are having a field day with it.

[Kirkus]

What's all this James Middleton scandal business? So I guess there are some semi-nude photos of him floating about, and the tabloids/gossip folks are having a field day with it.To dumpsterize or not to dumpsterize.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gdeMX0BXPOQ/TbyShMFX_2I/AAAAAAAABis/rjS_UMM4sak/s1600/james_middleton_header.png

[dryrunguy]

That's it? Okay. I realize this is a bit undesirable for the royal family. But at least it's James Middleton and not Prince Charles. Or worse, Camila...

Or even worse, the Queen. :eek:

[James7]

Huh? :shocked: I clearly missed something...

[nelslus]

To dumpsterize or not to dumpsterize.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gdeMX0BXPOQ/TbyShMFX_2I/AAAAAAAABis/rjS_UMM4sak/s1600/james_middleton_header.png

Well, HELLO! James Middleton. I sure as hell would crown all of THAT. YUMMMMM. :cheesy:

[Moose]

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp201/savanna215/x610.jpg






Princess Beatrice put "the hat" up for auction on Ebay for charity - and right now, the bidding is up over $30,000.00 (U.S.). Hey, but free shipping :)

http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/05/18/0518-princess-hat-ebay2.jpg


Bea had released a statement on the hat ... saying, "I've been amazed by the amount of attention the hat has attracted. It's a wonderful opportunity to raise as much money as possible for two fantastic charities. I hope whoever wins the auction has as much fun with the hat as I have."

[Kirkus]

I hope whoever wins the auction has as much fun with the hat as I have."I'm sorry? I hope the thing was dry-cleaned before it was put up for auction. :shocked:

[mwoods]

I'm sorry? I hope the thing was dry-cleaned before it was put up for auction. :shocked:

The winner probably hopes it wasn't.

[Martini4me]

http://i54.tinypic.com/2vtozcx.jpg

Life imitates art?

[Kirkus]

The winner probably hopes it wasn't.Oh, right! True that. :yes: :cheesy:


http://i54.tinypic.com/2vtozcx.jpg

Life imitates art?
:overhead_clap: Bravo!

[luvs10s]

Hehehe I got that email too. rofl

[oohsalmon]

http://i54.tinypic.com/2vtozcx.jpg

Life imitates art?

Art imitates life ;) Not the original Cinderella colors.

[Kirkus]

Art imitates life ;) Not the original Cinderella colors.Party foul.

[Jessie181]

I was wondering that. Wasn't Cinderella a blonde?

[mmmm8]

Don't know how much I trust the Daily Mail, but, according to the below, Kate Middleton is big tennis fan and her mother is godmother to one of Tim Henman's children. They're trying to get her into the Royal Box

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1391940/Will-Tim-Henman-make-Kate-Queen-Wimbledon.html?ito=feeds-newsxml