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I'm not going to lie. I'm a fan of the royals; I love the history, tradition and pomp. I'm also a sucker for the Cinderella story and while Kate is not a poor Cinderella with a wicked stepmum (in fact, it seems she's the total opposite with her picture perfect nuclear family and parents who hit the big time due to her mother's flair for making kids party bags - must have been the coolest mother on the elementary block) she's been referred to as a "commoner" from a humble hard working class background who has met her prince and will now be a princess (wonder if her family has started making Prince William and Princess Kate party bags already?).
Ahhh ... so while watching all the coverage on the preparation for the wedding, including apparently having three designer wedding dresses ready to go, I started thinking wow, as a princess she can have anything she wants for her wedding; the dream wedding: horse carriage, tiara and golden slippers... the whole fairytale.
But then I got to thinking about all the things she couldn't have because she will be a princess and as a royal is restricted to the traditions and customs of the royal house. As a result, I came up with the following top modern wedding trends that Prince William and Kate can't do for their wedding:
1. Have a destination wedding
Almost 18 per cent of weddings in the USA today are destination weddings or "weddingmoons" as they are sometimes referred to in Australia. While we know the Prince and Kate are both fans of Kenya, where he popped the big question, for a destination wedding perhaps they would have chosen a spot like Italy were many of today's rich and famous tie the knot. Just in the last few years there have been the likes of Tom and Katie,Mena Suvari and Simone Sestito and Rooney and Coleen.
Personally I like Rooney and Coleen's spot the best on the Italian Riviera. It's like Tuscany on the sea. Check out the Cinque Terre Wedding website for a wedding that's even beyond a prince and princess' dream.
2. Surprise guests with a wacky wedding entrance or first dance.
It seems it's becoming more and more popular to treat guests to a surprise through performing a wedding entrance or first dance with a twist. The best example of this is no doubt JK wedding entrance dance that's received a mind boggling 64,896,415 youtube hits. If you are wondering what it would be like to see the royals doing something similar you're in luck. T-mobile has just launched a commercial with royal look-alikes wedding entrance based on JK's moves.
3. Have an inter-faith wedding
In 2010, the Washington Post reported that according to the General Social Survey, 25 percent of U.S. households were mixed-faith in 2006. This reflects a lot of inter-faith marriages.
However, as the Royals are the official head of the Church of England, and as the possible future Queen of England, Kate is required to be of this faith. Apparently, while Kate is of the Church of England she had not received her confirmation. On discovery of this fact, a private ceremony was promptly arranged just months ago.
4. Have a small and intimate wedding
According to UKBride the average number of guests at a wedding is between 50 - 100. Sky news reports that a mere 2,000 people have been invited to Prince William and Kate's ceremony. That's set to be one big fascinator jungle.
5. Invite who they want
St James's Palace has announced that more than half of the guests in attendance at the ceremony will be the couple's family and friends. While putting Prince William and Kate up as contenders for the Guinness Book of Records, "most number of family and friends" (imagine the Christmas present list!), this also means there will still be a good few in attendance including celebrities, leading politicians, heads of state and royalty from across the world that the couple don't consider "friends". Ow, well no doubt, having over 1,000 family members and friends in attendance will be enough to hide from the few non-friends.
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