Another (Sort Of) Royal Wedding

Remember this?

Issue dated July 7, 1986
 

Prince William turned four on June 21, 1986; one month later he served as a pageboy at Uncle Andrew's wedding to Sarah Ferguson. Now it's his kids' turn. Kate's sister Pippa is getting married on May 20 and her royal niece and nephew are in the wedding party. George will be two months shy of four years old, Charlotte will have just turned two on May 2. Will they steal the show? Almost certainly, and they'll probably look way cooler than William did during his "official debut:"




Prince Harry is also attending, either with or without girlfriend Meghan Markle. I've seen articles saying that of course she'll be there, indicating the strength of the relationship, but there is also reporting that Pippa is sticking to a strict "No Ring, No Bring" policy. Will Harry and Meghan eventually go the distance and tie the knot? No way to know, but once royal in-law Pippa is married, royal romantics will turn their eyes to Harry and wonder longingly, when, Harry? When?

After all, Harry is now older than his father Charles was when he married Diana. At some point soon it will be time to get on with it, if not with Meghan then with someone else. In the meantime, now that Kensington Palace has confirmed the royal kids' participation in Pippa's wedding, will she get a People cover story? It wouldn't surprise me.

A Visit From The "Other" Grandparents (Get Thy Royal Rump to London, Charlie)

Kate's parents, Carole and Mike Middleton, have visited their new grandson in the hospital, the only visitors so far in the 24 hours since the baby was born. The Daily Beast's Royal Watch blogger has some interesting comments about the visit. First this:
How fantastic to see Carole and Michael Middleton enter the hospital in London this afternoon to visit their new grandchild.
While Prince Charles blithely continues his tour of York in Northern England, adamant that he will stick to the Royal Family's ludicrous "no-fuss" policy which involves not visiting each other when they are in hospital, Carole and Michael show how things are done in the real world.
No wonder William calls Mike "Dad". The Middletons have faced ridiculous levels of abuse for being too posh, too rich or not posh or not rich enough, but here's the facts - a pair of very successful middle class business people are now the grandparents of the future King.
That truly is a remarkable transformation at the very top of British society.
Carole and Mike looked absolutely delighted as they made their way out of a black cab - could there be any more democratic mode of transport? - and up the steps to be greeted by medical staff.
No wonder Kate is planning to spend her first weeks of motherhood surrounded by these honest, hard-working and utterly refreshing people. 

Followed by this:  
The royals no-hospital-visit strategy because "we don't want to cause a fuss" isn't working anymore. Its absolutely ludicrous that Charles is cutting ribbons in York not visiting his heir's heir. Worse, it risks making him look like he doesn't care, when in fact he does.
Get thy royal rump to London, Charlie. The fuss is already happening. The disruption is already unimaginable. And, whisper it, Carole and Mike with their open, generous style are a bigger draw than you. 

Interesting.