What this wedding shows is that the royal family is open for business, but not in a great way. It’s widely known that it’s difficult to get access to the BRF, whether you’re a British designer or a celeb hoping to mix with them at an event. I use to work in the celeb branding/events industry in London and there’s no way any kind of money would’ve got you into W & K’s wedding.
Large charity donations by a mega celeb + repositioning M & H’s brand as international, well connected humanitarians = win win for both parties. I love a good wedding, but this wedding reeks of tack and vulgarity. I thought that the fake floral arch was actually quite beautiful but couldn’t help thinking that it was there as a ‘step and repeat’ backdrop for celeb arrivals!
This is not modernising the monarchy. Mark my words, there’ll be plenty of pay-to-play scandals to come.
THIS.
A lot of people suspected that money could buy you access, but it had to be A LOT OF MONEY and it provided very little access and you had to be super discreet about it.
Now they are merching cupcakes and private clubs and cars and middle-market Canadian jewelry and it’s A LOT more obvious. They did a freaking Jaguar ad!!!! Plus the guest list and seating placement, of course.
And, yes, it was deliciously vulgar. The whole point of the BRF is that they are supposed to be above tacky product placements and celebrity back-scratching. Harry and Meghan, however, are definitely not above any of that crap.
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