Buffalo Gal

Okay then…I am an incurable Royal Watcher of the British monarchy. I have read biograhies of a lot of the bygone monarchs and their familes…Geroge V and George VI in particular…oh yes… we cannot forget about the Tudor family..Henry VIII and his daughters Mary and Elizabeth I, the virgin queen of the 16th century. I have read about them also. I am also an incurable Brit-o-phile in my taste in films and literature as well. But—————————————
I got up at 4 a.m. and watched the entire wedding of William and Kate, now the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. With as long- lived as the royal family is..I think they will run out of Dukedoms and Duchess-doms. But they still have a lot of territory left for future royal chilren…Essex, Hampshire, Northumberland…the beat goes on but there are already Dukes of Cornwall, Kent, Edinburgh, York..and now Cambridge…what? the college or somewhere else?
I thought the wedding today..April 29, 2011..had a very different dimension than the wedding of William’s parents. You can see that this pair has known each other for a very long time…very unlike the artificialness of the relationship of Charles and Diana. He did not want anything else..he was committed to his mistress Camilla Parker-Bowles.
Today when the church officials who presided at the wedding went through all the “instructions” for a Godly marriage…”til death parts you”…..”faithfulness, love,”…..I thought I would have loved to watch the face of Charles since he lied in his vows about every single one of those admonitions. He probably did not even listen to any of them. How can a man–who is destined to be the “Defender of the Faith” be such a blatant hypocrite and still face himself in the mirror each morning. It takes arrogance of an unknown degree in my opinion. Charles’ sister Anne and his brother Andrew are in the same marital boat with their rotten-to-the-core and even -the -core- is – rotten older brother!!!! This is not judgement; it is discernment. If you know what the “fruits of the spirit” are that are listed in the book of Galatians (Bible) you know that Charles lacks almost all of them. Speaking of judgement..I would hate to be in Charles’s boots at the Final Judgement of Christ!!! But he, like everyone alive, is redeemable..but the decision to accept or reject true redemption is theirs alone and so far I see no signs in the arrogant Twit, Charles.
I think his mother’s memory was much on Wiliam’s mind today during that service in Westminster. Harry too…even though he is so casual he could not restrain his mischivous grins as he “stood up” for his brother. Their frienship is so apparent.
I am sure their Mother’s death sealed their close relationship forever.
I liked the music at the royal wedding. William had chosen at least two of the hymns in honor of his dead Mother Diana. One was a familiar one to me “Guide Me Oh Thou Great Redeemer” and the other one was played by the orchestra in Westminster cathedral…I did not recognize it but it was beautiful. I love the very traditional and British national poem turned into a hymn-like song..”Jerusalem” whose many verses were sung completely today.
I looked up the origin of the work by William Blake and it is based on a legend that the young Jesus came to Britain with an uncle Joseph of Arimathea (I do not think that man was his uncle but legend, you know..in the Bible it is that Joseph who gives his tomb to the family of the Savior after His crucifixion. The legend also says that when Christ came to Britain it was a momentary “heaven” and that is all in the song, “Jerusalem”. I first heart the song sung in the movie “Chariots of Fire” because those words are in the poem also….”Bring me my sword and chariot of fire”…words recorded in the old testment spoken by the Prophet Elijah who did ascend from earth in a fiery chariot into the Heavens. That was one other human who did not exerience physical death. To me this song is moving beyond moving in its majestic strains of the music it is set to. The words are a bit strange but the melody is marvelous to the ear of a genuine music lover.
It was a wonderful English touch today…..you could see the crowds singing it in the streets—everyone must know it from memory in England.
I also loved the Westminster male choir members singing a version of Psalm 118: 24…”This is the day the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it”.
Another big different demension of this royal wedding was the reading of as prayer composed by William and Kate and read by one of the presiding Anglican ministers.
“God our Father, we thank you for our families, for the ;joy we share and the joy of marriage. In the business of each day, keep our eyes fixed on what is real and important {I thought this was particularly William’s prayer in light of what happened to his parents} “and help us to be generous with our love and energy. Strengthen our union {again William’s parents came to mind}…”Help us to serve and comfort those who suffer. We ask this in the Spirit of Christ. Amen”
The Queen looked so happy and relaxed for a change; she has endured more with her own children than many “commoners” have. She must be well pleased with the marriage of her grandson to Kate Middleton.
The Pomp and Pageantry is SO English! All the uniniforms, special carriages and cars, all the horses!!!! I have a Ramona Quimby like question about those horses…..in the first book about Ramona by Beverly Cleary, Ramona a first day kindergarener listens to the teacher read “Mike Mulligan and His Steamshovel”. When it is done, Ramona asks a question that all children have probababy wondered about when hearing how Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel could not get out of the hole they dug. Ramona asked “But how can he go to the bathroom?” The teacher was so stunned she could not answer as all the kinderarteners looked at her expectantly. My Ramona question is “Why didn’t all those horses in the royal processions leave any manure on the road?”
I couldn’t see any of the usual piles of “horse apples” anywhere as one sees in other parades involving horses…especially Rodeo Parades. Are Royal Horses “potty-trained ” to wait til they get back to the stable? Do they feed them nolthing for 2 days before a parade? How do the Brits do this?????
Maybe none of the camera shots showed the piles of manure…that seems the most logical—or did they really NOT leave any of the normal deposits. Maybe royal horses do not fart either. We rode in an old fashioned school bus..horse-driven once many years ago, and the horse’s “powerful releases” as they pulled hard…. had the kids in the school bus in near hysteria because they thought it was the driver!!!!

But back to the RW….commenters on televisoion speculated about what the royals were doing in the big square room in Buckingham Palace as they awaited the balcony appearance and “first kiss” of the Newlyweds. Specualtion led to thinking the Queen might be sipping a glass of Dubonnet and Harry asking for a beer!!!! State Secret—nobody will ever know unless the butlers squeal and someone will eventually write a book as Paul Burrell did as Diana’ friend and butler.

I enjoyed the wedding. I got up early in July of 1981 for Charles and Diana but I had an ugly feeling about that wedding and marriage. I think William and Kate may just be different..at least, I –and all those who have high hopes for the Royals have for the newly married couple.