Will the sun shine & what will that dress be like?

Apparently these are the two most pressing questions in the world this morning. It's got to be a good day when questions like that are the things we're most concerned about as a nation.

For my part I am a very British royalist. That is to say I'm supportive when they're good and derisive when they're bad but like all Brits I believe that the continuity of our historical traditions is the one thing that sets us apart from the rest of the world. We may not be the oldest country in the world but for such a small island there isn't anywhere that we haven't had an impact (good and bad).

Ultimately this continuity is maintained by having a monarchy that flexes and changes to fit it's role into whatever the world may be expecting of it. 30 years ago, could you imagine the Royal family allowing trees in the church for Charles and Diana's wedding? It seems our Monarchary learned some big lessons from that era and while the change may not be something that they've found particularly easy, it is something they've suceeded in doing.

The eyes of the world are upon us - 180 countries have taken the live feed of the events and there are over 6000 journalists in the capital. There's a whisper that Her Maj may bestow a new title on the current Miss Middleton, and if I was a gambling man, I think a flutter on the queens hat being blue, and Prince Charles not becoming King would both be worth a flutter. But I digress into rumour and conjecture.

We're having a street party, but unlike these buffoons, ours won't be until about 1pm after the wedding itself and is likely to involve beer and bar-b-q's.

I mean it's 7.30 in the morning for heavens sake!!!!

All that remains is to thank the lovely bridesmaids for being, so, Ermmm, lovely? And to wish the happy couple all the very best of British luck for their future together. So ladies and gentlemen, charge your glasses and please be upstanding for their royal highnesses, William and Kate. Here's to a great time for one and all.

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