Royal Wedding Walk

Being without a tv makes me know nothing about the Royal Wedding, which is a little upsetting since I live in London. Wednesday my history of London class went on a "Royal Wedding Walk" and it was very interesting! We started in Green Park and made our way to Westminster Abbey. Our teacher's daughter was the tour guide and she was so cute and petite, a little ball of fire. The walk included many different things about different royal marriages and the one that is about to occur. We found out little details we normally wouldn't and we found out raunchy details about Prince Charles and previous princes/kings..some things we could have went without knowing!!

The British, especially royalty, are very big on keeping tradition. Most marriages dealing with royalty are for political reasons, not for love. I think it is so great times are changing and that William and Kate are getting married for true love and Kate was a rags to riches kind of girl, not someone of high power. All of the family love and respect Kate and that shows a lot, whereas Prince Charles couldn't marry Camila at first because she wasn't a virgin. 

The walk ended at Westminster Abbey, where the wedding will take place. A lot of the traditions aren't being kept, but some of the important ones are. Prince Harry is setting up Prince William's stag (bachelor) party on the river and going to pubs you can only get to by boat, in order to keep the press away.

One really interesting stop we made on the walk was right in front of a club that my friends and I usually go to every Monday night, Mahiki. We were all on the walk together and we were laughing and saying, "look it's Mahiki!" and it turns out Prince William went there when him and Kate broke up a few years ago. Yeah, I go where royalty goes.. =)

-Cheerio!