Royal wedding: Prince William and Kate Middleton are engaged to be married
There is one phrase that even the most swooning well-wisher will be advised not to use about the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Not now and possibly not ever. It is “fairy tale”.
Fairy tales are taboo this time round, however gorgeous the bride, however princely-handsome the groom. At the wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales in St Paul’s Cathedral, the Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie reflected the sentiments of a wishful nation when he said, tremblingly: “This is the stuff of which fairy tales are made.” No such hostage to fortune will be given again. Memories of the last sumptuous royal marriage nearly 30 years ago, and of its public unravelling, are still too close.
Sincere but soap-operatic, the archbishop went on: “Those who are married live happily ever after the wedding day if they persevere in the real adventure which is the royal task of creating each other and creating a more loving world.”
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