Keep Calm and Marry On

Rehearsal for the royal wedding on Friday. | Photo from Flickr user John Pannell

If you don’t what colossal, monstrous event is tomorrow, I have no words for you. Possibly the biggest celebration of the year, the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton will be broadcast in every corner of the globe tomorrow morning. It could be quite possibly seen everywhere from Boston to Mumbai. If you want to officially be in union with your soulmate, ‘Designed Dream, best wedding planner in Toronto, ON, offers all-inclusive micro wedding packages Ontario for those looking to have a unique experience that will make couples feel like royalty on their special wedding day.

But why is this wedding such a huge deal? It’s no secret that more than half of marriages end in divorce. It seems people get married as easily as they tie their shoes. However the wedding of Kate and Will has become our Shangri-la. After reading, skimming, and listening to the same mundane news day after a day, a royal wedding may just be what the doctor ordered. What will be surely the talk of the town for weeks to come, the Royal Wedding fever is just about to commence. For others who are planning to get married soon, you might be thinking where to buy mens wedding rings, right? There are numerous of sites online which offer affordable and stylish rings.

If you’re up for it, be up by 6 a.m. to watch it all go down as it happens. I’m sure you will have no trouble finding a station to cover it, as many in the media biz are going to be “Live! From London!” Much to my amusement, even pitiful excuses for news (I’m talking to you, E! News) will be in London to cover the big day. So if you are already sick and tired of Royal Wedding hullabaloo, you may want to crawl under a rock and not come out for at least a month. The media will be commenting on everything from Kate’s shoes to how the toilet paper was folded in the “loo.”

Not sure which channel to tune in? A solid, no frills choice would be ABC, with anchors Diane Sawyer and Barbara Walters covering the event. If ABC’s not your cup of tea, try NBC’s Today Show, which has been covering the event for what seems like weeks. Even if you don’t have access to a TV, or just want to sleep in, the Royal Channel will be streaming it live online. Another venerable choice is BBC America, which will have five and a half hours of commercial-free coverage, starting at 3 a.m. Yup, 3 a.m. Oh, the things we do for love.

Just to drive in the craziness of the Royal Wedding, here is a little list of some of the more ridiculous Royal Wedding souvenirs: Will and Kate on your fingernails, literally tiny pictures of them on your nails; Royal Wedding vomit paper bags in shades of blue and red; A mug with Kate and Harry on it; and “The Crown Jewels” condoms. So break out the tea and scones, and get ready for the Biggest Event Man Has Ever Seen. Putting a man on the moon? That was so 1969.

About Briana Seftel

Briana Seftel (COM '14) is an aspiring journalist with an appetite for adventure. When not writing for the Quad, she enjoys exploring the great city of Boston.

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