Some thoughts on the wedding...

[sp1814]

Firstly, something I noticed from the BBC's (excellent) coverage - I noticed that amongst the flag-waving crowds, there were quite a lot of black and Asian faces, all enthusiastically getting into the excitement of the day.

How on Eafrth can this be possible? According to the usual bigots - they don't want to integrate into the 'British way of life'?

Secondly, I think we can safely say that Middleton, wearing McQueen was by far and away the best looking royal bride ever...

...at least in my book.

[Barmaid]

Both great points well made SP1814.

[jackthehat]

in response to you points, sp;
1. They have obviously been CGI-ed into the crowd scenes by the eft-wingers at the BBC;
2. Simply (and I mean that in a couple of ways) stunning.

:o)

[jackthehat]

*In response to your....etc

[jackthehat]

* left-wingers

(Excuse me whilst I go and hoover out the biscuit crumbs from my keyboard..........)

[jno]

tastes change; Diana looked good on her wedding day, but now it's important that a royal bride *not* look like Diana, for all sorts of reasons

[Davethedog]

Following on from Jack those that are thier are obviously A) Muggers B) Potential protesters C) Lost.

Seriously, somedays you are so proud to be British

[david51058]

Absolutely fantastic. It is one of the few things this country can do better than any other. I really don't know what planet the miserable po-faced republicans are on.
How can anybody not be proud to be British today?

[daftgrandad]

I would like to say,that I thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of it.
There is not a country on earth,in my opinion,that can stage an event like this.The
pageantry is a sight to behold.

[jno]

or (D) hiding in the crowd from immigration officers.

[sp1814]

After the opening of the Beijing Olympics, some mates and I were talking about how we can top that ceremony (which was admitedly...awesome) in 2012.

...and I think this the answer. Britain's trump card is pagentry. The whole day looked awesome, and that's our trump card. Get a bit of historical pomp and circumstance into the Olympic park next year, and it'll be great.

And seriously - Catherine looked amazing. Like a 50s film star.

[tiggerblue10]

She did look stunning. Apparenty it had hints of Princess Grace's wedding dress.

[rockyracoon]

I thought the whole think was awesome, the work that went into organising an event like that must be incredible. The bride looked stunning, the dress was beautiful. All in all, a proud day for the Brits.

[rockyracoon]

Oop, wish they had an edit button on here!

[rov1100]

The Union flag was there in abundance showing that its patriotic to wave it without being classed as BNP. The only black faces I saw were those in the invited audience at the church.

When Cameron says we're all in it together the degree of patriotism today shows how Britain once was and what we need to do to make it great again.

[jno]

what did it show we need to do to make it great again, rov?

[237SJ]

Why would there not be a lot of black and Asian faces in the crowd? I can`t see the relevance of the colour of somebody`s skin in whether they enjoy a royal wedding or not.
secondly, yes I agree about the Middletons. They all looked elegant and it`s ironic that a girl from an ordinary background should have more dignity and style than a lot of royal brides.

[spudqueen]

jno - Diana did NOT look good on her wedding day. Her dress was a fright. I was sooooooooo disappointed when she got out of that carriage. it was all crumpled and looked awful. By contrast, Catherine/Kate did look lovely today, a much more classy dress.

[islasmum]

We definitely displayed what Britain does best - ceremony. I thought Kate looked lovely, everyone looked so happy - aren't the Middletons a good looking family?! and I loved all the fantastic photography from the BBC - the cameras up at the top of Westminster were very effective. The only tiny complaint I have is although Huw Edwards did a very good job, as someone else had already said on this thread - it really should have been a Dimbleby commentating, as they have done so many times before. And a real mix of people in the crowd, no bar on age, colour, religion etc. A thoroughly good day so far..................with more to come, I hope. I stayed mostly on BBC1, but did flip channels a few times and thought that Philip Schofield was doing well. And what a beautiful dress! So simple and elegant.