keepingupwiththebananadrama:

I just wanna point out that there were a few spots at the wedding. Some of them were oprah, the bishop, her mom, some people from Harry’s charity, and serena. Besides that all of the black people that had anything to do with the wedding were WORKERS, including the one who was opening their car doors at the church.

I feel sorry for Doria since Megs wouldn’t even invite any of Doria’s siblings. Doria’s family was literally shunned so Clooney and other celebrities could sit on Meghan’s side of the aisle.

Is the media ever going to bring up the fact that Doris family wasn’t there even if they weren’t the closet it doesn’t look good

nycrealroyal:

GOOD QUESTION! I felt sorry for her, she was there by herself, without one single familiar face (👈🏻 read again). And a comment that I will write on here: some people are complaining about Charles being a gentleman and walking and chatting with her. Just one question: What did you expect? Them to leave her walking by herself, in the middle of a total complete environment from hers, talking to her buttons. Really?!

nycrealroyal:

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Sure doll! You gonna be living out of taxpayers money, but you will be fighting for social justice. I wonder if Oprah took note to recite every now and then 🤔🙄

Once the “honeymoon phase” of this wedding is over with and they get into married life, I’d be surprised if she can spew her feminist agenda too loudly within the Firm. It’s too political, and she will have to learn she joined the wrong Firm if she intends to behave that way. This is perhaps where their marital discord will be one of the areas of a potential future divorce. Harry still has to behave himself and respect the Monarch. Blood is thicker than water.

nycrealroyal:

T.H.I.S.

Five Reasons I Think Harry and Meghan Markle Will Not Last – My Site

mysteriouslytransparentwitch:

Certain subjects get me into trouble. This one will. I do not write this with any personal animus toward the couple. She seems lovely. My heart goes out to him. However, I will always be honest with my readers about how I feel. If someone takes his valuable time to read my articles, the least I can do is to be authentic. Hence, I will tell you why I would be VERY surprised if this relationship lasted. I do not think it will last very long even. If it does last for a more lengthy period, I think it will start to go bad in a short time,whether or not we see it. If I am wrong, we shall see because this article was written on May 19, 2018.

Five Reasons I Think Harry and Meghan Markle Will Not Last
1.This is a very strong Chiron relationship. I have written many articles on Chiron relationships. I don’t know if I “discovered” how they functioned. I simply did thousands of charts and found that Chiron relationships function in a certain manner.People get very close very rapidly. One feels as if one has found one’s soul mate and/or one’s life long best friend .However, this extreme closeness may make one person feel too vulnerable. That person seems to “bolt”. The other tries to get him back to no avail. I, also, watched my own life and have seen many, many Chiron relationships follow the same pattern. People who have a strong Chiron relationship may stay married, but there will be a great, great deal of pain. In these current societal times, people do not stay married, usually, in cases in which they are very unhappy. In years past, people did.

2. This is a VERY strong Nessus relationship. Nessus makes for passion that is “off the charts”. I have seen this from doing charts. If I get a request for a reading from a person who seems like she will die if she does not “get” the other person, I know it is a Nessus relationship. Nessus relationships do feel as if one will die if the other person does not want them or if the other person rejects them. I have many articles on this and have experienced it myself(always the best teacher).

Nessus relationships begin with the passion of nuclear war and end with the cold act of poisoning. I exaggerate with the mention of poison, but I have seen people destroy the cars of the other person with golf clubs. I hope you get the picture. I think that every person should experience one Nessus relationship in their lifetime because the passion is so intense. However, it should not be marriage. (The Nessus asteroid did not show up on this chart because it was not added to this particular chart. I saw it on another chart)

3. This is a strong Uranus relationship. Uranus makes for attraction such as you feel the “earth moves under your feet.” This level of powerful instant attraction can make people feel as if they have found “the one”. However, Uranus, itself, does not tell us anything about the stability of the relationship. Without other factors for soul compatibility, the Uranus relationships will not have the bonding needed for a long term marriage. Aspects which give soul are Moon aspects, such as Moon trine Moon. Soul keeps people together. Attraction always fades if that is all one has.

4. His Venus makes only one aspect to her chart. It is an aspect for a tidal wave kind of “love” but it does not have the lasting soul needed for a long term marriage. It is more of an aspect of strong falling in love, such that you feel you must possess each other. However,the planet Venus represents that which one finds beautiful. Harry’s Venus does not aspect anything else in Meghan’s chart, such as a personal planet like Venus, Mercury, Mars, the Sun or the Moon. Hence, I think their tastes will be quite different and this will become a problem. An example of tastes would be music. One person likes rap and the other opera. Another example would be how one “carries oneself”. One person may be reserved. The other may be demonstrative. This would be fine if Venus made aspects to personal planets. Without this, the people may not be attractive to each other—long term.

5. She has a very sensitive part in her chart and he does not support it. He, likely, will not understand it. It is her Moon/Saturn conjunction. This shows a very hard relationship with her mother. Also, Meghan may feel a great deal of self doubt and self criticism. Harry’s Jupiter squares this and his Moon quincunx it. Also, there is a Jupiter square Jupiter here. Jupiter square Jupiter would result in something like one person who loves to spend money and the other who is frugal. One person may be a dare devil and the other may be a homebody. It is an inability to understand how each “goes forth” in the world, if that makes sense. I digressed a bit from the aforementioned aspect—-Harry’s Jupiter squares Meghans Moon/Saturn conjunction. His Moon quincunx it. Harry will likely not understand the deep pain Meghan has and this does not bode well.

I could go onto to ten aspects easily but I am stopping the article here due to lazines

Five Reasons I Think Harry and Meghan Markle Will Not Last – My Site

Wedding Round-Up Post

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Cheesus, I have 100+ anons. Sorry, guys, I’ll be out most of the day, but I’ll do the best I can when I come back. 

Here’s the post I wrote yesterday. It’s super-long, so no pics:

Oh, well, I reached my posting limit, so I might as well do the round-up. (yes, this was yesterday)

Sorry about that guys. I’ll pace myself next time. I’m also going to start clustering anons and answering in groups as I’m hitting posting limits waaaaay too early every day.

Anyway, wedding roundup. I love overall themes and I think the theme here was “last minute save by the BRF.”

Remember when Harry reminded Meghan “you have a wedding to plan” during the Foundation Forum? Remember the invitations without his KVCO? Remember how we all wondered about the last minute cake and flowers?

Yep, it really was that slapdash.

Titles

But let’s start from the beginning–the titles. Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton, Baron Kilkeel. A rogue baron known for his outlaw marriages and divorces, Dumb-arton, and a small Irish village with a matching reference. You can’t beat that.

The DM is already starting with the “The Only Way Is Sussex” jokes.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5748627/Funnyman-James-Corden-host-royal-wedding-reception-Frogmore-House.html

The Program

Oops!

http://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-prince-harry-royal-wedding-order-of-service/

Décor

They really did just throw together a whole bunch of fake flowers. This looked positively nightmarish. I love the New Yorker description:

I walked in, through the “cascading hedgerow” that was wreathed around the church’s west door, and caught the full impact of the floral arrangements within. So overpowering was this that, to be frank, I wasn’t sure whether I should be taking notes or gathering pollen. If the guests had stayed in their pews for long enough, they would have ended up producing their own honey.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/harry-and-meghan-look-to-the-future-but-some-royals-never-change

Guests

The guest arrivals–Amal, Idris, James Blunt, James Corden, and a cast of millions…well, six hundred anyway. This truly looked like a red carpet with the guests posing and preening for the cameras.

http://deadline.com/2018/05/royal-wedding-photos-meghan-markle-prince-harry-celebrity-guests-arrivals-1202394501/

Interestingly, Pippa and Fergie seem to be classified as Hollywood celebs and Kate and the other royals aren’t.

This was the one part of the wedding that was definitely thought up in advance. That trip to LA in December was definitely Meghan putting together her dream celebrity guest list and getting the agents on board. Note that all of her agents were invited (of course!). This think looked and felt like a Hollywood party. I had an anon who said that it was “the Oscars she never had.” Yep, that describes it exactly.

No foreign royals (because they had no “personal connection” LOLOLOLOL). Very few non-US/UK people (even though they supposedly “own” the Commonwealth now). Few aristo friends (seated BEHIND the celebrity acquaintances, LOLOLOL). Tons of celebs that they don’t even know.

My favorite part was the DM describing Oprah as “US chat show queen.” LOLOLOLOL.

Guess the DM was right about that six-hour meeting with Doria and the pile of presents. I imagine we have an interview in the near future. I bet the BRF is thrilled to pieces about that. Not.

I gotta say, I was expecting celebs, but I wasn’t expecting THIS MANY celebs. This was a full Hollywood takeover.

But the aristo crowd still put up a good showing. Everyone looked lovely (even Fergie!). Eugenie and Bea looked cute. Chelsy, Joss, Pippa and Cress were gorgeous (even if Pippa did look like the Arizona iced tea can). Kitty Spencer stole the freaking show. She looked amazing.

Was Fergie the happiest guest there? She was positively ecstatic.

https://us.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2018052048764/jack-brooksbank-sweet-moment-sarah-ferguson/

BTW, Chelsy and her friend smh-ing at all the celebs in attendance was one of my favorite moments. You can tell they are trying to figure out who all these people are. That was a big contrast, the celebs were all greeting each other in a very showy way and the aristos were all taking their seats and wondering what exactly they had wandered into.

The family looked great, if a little recycled and mournful. There was a marked blend-into-the-background effort here. Everyone seemed to be trying to be calling as little attention to themselves as possible.

I’m not sure I like Sophie’s new love for the ¾ skirt, but Louise looked great. Zara looked amazing, it a little shell-shocked by the fact that this seemed to actually be happening. Kate and the Middletons recycled like crazy and managed not too laugh maniacally through the whole thing, a testament to Middletonian good manners.

The family show saved this from being just a crap celeb wedding. Charlotte’s wave stole the show.

But the theme of the wedding was clear from the beginning. Tons of celebs and they were given preferential treatment over even old friends. The architecture of the chapel worsened this effect as there was clearly a VIP seating area. Oprah’s “I can’t choose my own seat? Don’t you know who I am?” moment did not help. Well, we know what Slutsex’s priorities are now. God, what a pair of assholes these two are.

But I love being able to use that nickname. Thanks, HM!!!!

Anyway, the DM did a seating graph, just to make sure everyone got the point.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5748561/Royal-wedding-whos-sitting-best-seats-Harry-Meghans-marriage.html

Here are the pics of Meghan’s side of the aisle. I think the Royal Housewives crowd would have done a better job.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5748085/Meghan-Markles-closest-girlfriends-support-wedding-day.html

The Groom Arrival

Boy, they looked like they were going to a funeral. I think the goal here was simple elegance and this is a uniform that Harry consistently gets praise for…when he uses it for Remembrance Day. It is very somber and sad. I think they should have picked something else.

Notably, there were no “cute” Will and Harry moments. You could cut the tension with a dull knife at this event.

Time tried to go for “sweet” brother moments, but they had no luck.

http://time.com/5260147/prince-william-prince-harry-royal-wedding/

People compared the brothers’ two wedding appearances and the difference is striking.

http://people.com/royals/royal-wedding-compare-prince-william-prince-harry-best-man/

The Bride Arrival

I thought this was actually well done. No Spencer tiara, which was a good call. They looked lovely in the car and I’m sure Doria got a Cartier nose ring for the occasion. Nothing but class for these ladies, lol.

Elle, by the way, thought the “diamond” nose ring was the epitome of “chic.” I can’t handle it, the coverage for this fiasco is amazing.

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a20106901/meghan-markle-mother-doria-ragland-royal-wedding-dress/

The tiara looked fug as hell, but the arrival in the car was not bad. For a minute there, I thought they might pull this off.

Then Meghan got out of the car.

The Dress

Well, I got the designer wrong (Stella ended up doing the evening dress), but this was exactly the silhouette I was picturing. She tried out the bateau neckline with that fug Theory top in Wales.

Never in a million years did I think she would pick the house that designed Kim Kardashian’s wedding dress, but there you go.

https://www.eonline.com/news/937038/meghan-markle-kim-kardashian-and-more-stars-who-wed-in-givenchy

http://people.com/royals/royal-wedding-meghan-markle-audrey-hepburn-givenchy-brides/

As I suspected, it looked meh and underwhelming in the Windsor Castle setting. The dress (the whole wedding, in fact, strewn flowers and rustic cake and all) would have looked lovely in Scotland or Norfolk or a place like that. It looked bland in Windsor and it didn’t seem to fit very well. The bouquet was meh. The veil looked like mosquito netting.

It was also JLO’s gown.

http://people.com/royals/royal-wedding-meghan-markle-dress-like-jennifer-lopez-wedding-planner/

The kids were cute because kids are always cute, but the stark black uniforms were just as sad and funeral-looking as the adults’.

Again, the BRF saved the day by planting a honking big (if abysmally ugly) tiara on her to make up for the underwhelming dress. They also announced that Harry had picked the bouquet flowers himself, a truly ludicrous statement since the bouquet matched those of the flower girls. I think they realized this and turned it into “one” flower or the forget-me-nots or something. LOL, I love how the KP lying is to painfully obvious now.

BTW, People identifies the true “Cinderella” story here. Meghan once struggled to get “Big Designers” to loan her clothes.

http://people.com/royals/juliet-angus-claims-no-designers-would-dress-meghan-markle/

and the messy bun was “supposed” to come loose. LOLOLOLOL. I can’t stop laughing.

http://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-messy-bun-royal-wedding/

The Entrance

This was carefully planned to produce a charming kid photo op and it failed utterly. All we got was Meghan impatiently waiting for less’ boys to get their act together.

They scheduled the event around the US time zones and forgot that the bright Spring sunlight would not work for photography. The skylights inside the chapel did not help, and neither did cutting down the number of photographers outside the chapel. I don’t think she has one good pic. James Whatling was, of course, the favored photog, but even he couldn’t get a pic without harsh shadows and bad lighting. Even the flower girl pics were bad.

And WTF with the mini-mes pageboys and flower girls? They really did dress the kids like they did the adults. This was my one huge disappointment with the ceremony. I was expecting the trainwreck of meh, but I was at least hoping the kid outfits would be awesome. They were the exact opposite of awesome. I feel like Ma Ingalls could have done a better job with a few flour sacks and her trusty sewing box.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5749359/Royal-Wedding-Harry-bride-dressed-page-boys-bridesmaids-match-themselves.html

Jessica Mulroney put on a “slutty Pippa” costume and nailed her butt shot. Hey, we all have goals.

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a20758098/jessica-mulroney-pippa-middleton-royal-wedding/

The big BRF save here was having Chuck walk her down the aisle. The big laugh was Harry saying “You look amazing—I missed you” and Meghan simply replying “thank you.” True love, y’all.

The Service

Tentacle hands!!!! I thought the gospel choir was lovely and the preacher, of course, stole the show. Zara’s reactions were amazing. It was a lovely sermon, but very much in the American style, and you could tell that the Brits didn’t know what to make of it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5747835/Bishop-raises-eyebrows-chapel.html

The royals’ faces were EPIC. Zara looked shell shocked and Kate was trying hard to keep from laughing out loud.

http://people.com/royals/royal-wedding-prince-harry-meghan-markle-preacher/

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/05/19/zara-tindall-makes-herself-comfortable-at-royal-wedding-twitter-notices-her-bored-look.html

Most giggles arose during the “FIRE, FIRE, FIRE” section, but I, personally, started cackling when the reverend said “[w]hen love is the way, we actually treat each other — well, like we are actually family.” Extremely ironic words given the state of Meghan’s family. He should have said “we actually treat each other—like we are powerful celebrities with common financial and marketing interests.” That doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue though.

Justin Welby’s “x-rated line” (“together in the delight and tenderness of sexual union”) was also the cause of much merriment.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/703828/Royal-Wedding-X-rated-Prince-Harry-Meghan-Markle-sexual-union-archbishop-video

Harry cried during Diana’s funeral song, of course he did.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5750031/Harrys-tears-Diana-wedding-ceremony.html

Chelsy’s “somber” face became a meme, which is interesting because EVERYONE was wearing this face.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5749897/Chelsy-Davys-facial-expression-ex-Prince-Harrys-wedding-sparks-meme.html

The Fly

No, I am not kidding about this.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/meghan-praised-barely-flinching-during-12563691

The Vows.

Harry sounded sincere. I think this idiot is really in love. Meghan sounded more sincere during her Suits wedding. You’d think she’d be better at this given she’s had so much practice.

Doria did a good job and looked suitably moved. She has also had practice.

Walking out/The Kiss

Harry looked into it and poor Meghan looked like she was not enjoying it at all. I guess she’s more at home with the tentacle hands and burping. The DM called it theatrical. I guess it was, but I dunno, I think she’s done much better work before.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5749201/Harry-Meghans-Hollywood-Kiss-signalled-able-lead-day-says-body-language-expert.html

The extremely awkward kiss was the pic that made ALL THE COVERS. Wow, it looks hella stiff.

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-the-papers-44186589

Carriage Ride.

Well, this made up for having to kiss Harry in public. They were both positively giddy during the carriage ride. They also got their one good pic here, an overhead shot where you can’t see either of their faces. They are holding hands while they soak up the crowd noise. LOL, you can tell that’s their favorite part of the whole thing. I guess this is why they wouldn’t budge on the $40 million expense.

Meghan dropped the F-bomb. Totes relatable, y’all.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5748277/Meghan-appears-drop-F-bomb-horse-drawn-carriage-ride-Windsor-Prince-Harry.html

Family Pic

Another Chuck save as he walked Doria and Camilla out of the church. The Cambridges looked lovely. Everyone looked bloody relieved.

The Cake

What the fug was this? I expected the cake to be bad, but this was atrocious. This was another big save by the BRF as they dug up their gaudiest gold serving plates to try to make this look good. It really was that crap layer cake she was working on. Was this supposed to feed 600 people? Were they serving their guests crumbs?

The baker proudly posted a close-up of the messy frosting on her IG. She really did just spackle on some buttercream and toss on some flowers. I honestly don’t understand why this woman is not dying of embarrassment right now.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bi_QLu9AXH4/?hl=en&taken-by=violetcakeslondon

The Reception

Stand-up (The Duchess of Kent arrived in sneakers, so I guess someone had warned her) and serving finger food. The BRF again saves the day by stuffing as many obscure words as they could into the menu to make it somewhat interesting. Still, asparagus wrapped in prosciutto? Tomato and basil? I guess the Olive Garden touch is a lovely nod to the bride’s American heritage. I bet the guests wished that the nod would have extended to all-you-can-eat breadsticks.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5749117/Harry-Meghan-enjoy-wedding-party-naughty-speeches-Princes-pals.html

Notably, Chuck did not break out the vintage vino for this crowd. That says it all.

https://us.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2015021123377/prince-william-kate-middleton-wedding-menu/

Meghan’s much vaunted tradition-breaking speech actually happened during the evening event. Ah, the hype of it all.

She finally got to thank the Academy, sorry the Royal Family, for the support. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5748651/Meghan-Harry-head-Frogmore-House-reception-royal-wedding.html

The After-Party

LOLOLOLOL. She got Di’s divorcee ring. That is so, so creepy. She looked overjoyed about it though, even happier than she was during the carriage ride. That ring is famous because Di wore it to her 1997 clothes auction, a huge symbolic break with her royal past. I bet the royals parted with it gladly.

http://people.com/royals/something-blue-meghan-markle-shoes-ring-wedding-reception/

And STEEEEEELLLLLAAAAAAA!!!!!!! Finally, I guess she hit TWO celeb-connected designers instead of one. She’s covering all her celeb bases. Halter top was tacky as hell and didn’t fit, of course, but it gave her a long-desired Bond Girl moment. Slut strand city too.

This wedding was all about giving her the Hollywood events she couldn’t earn through her acting talents—celeb red carpet, Bond Girl scene, tiara acceptance speech.

A new Jag, without the sentimental luggage of the car Will and Kate used for their getaway, and a very James Bond exit to Frogmore House. These two really think they are filming a movie, or rather a Bond-themed car ad. He absolutely murdered his “regular joe,” “People’s Prince” image in one fell swoop.

I loved that little wave she did showing off her Diana loot. There is a refreshing honesty to Meghan Markle. She’s not going to pretend that she’d rusticate in Dumfuck, Wales with her man. She’s into it for the BS Weekly covers, the Oprah interviews, the BFF Amal leaks and the Diana loot and she’s not ashamed to show it. Harry really does have the IQ of stale hummus, doesn’t he? I think he straight out owned this ring and he just gave it to her as a present. Good luck getting it back in the divorce, dumbass.

Harry cried again during the after party. 

http://www.itv.com/news/2018-05-19/emotional-prince-harry-in-tears-as-he-talks-about-love-in-grooms-speech/

I’m honestly surprised at the fact that Meghan didn’t even bother to fake-cry. This dude is practically dying of dehydration, Megs. Make en effort.

But the best part of the after party is all the new celeb friends merching and posting on IG and bragging about meeting the BRF. Congrats on your “new circle” of friends, Harry.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5748627/Funnyman-James-Corden-host-royal-wedding-reception-Frogmore-House.html

https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/suits-cast-will-not-attend-meghan-markle-prince-harrys-evening-wedding-reception/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5749403/Jessica-Mulroney-makes-moment-royal-wedding-limelight.html

Cheesus, even Nacho was selling cologne with his “evening invite” and I’d always been so proud of him for not using the royal connection on anything but sport and charity business. Guess the rules have changed.

I hear that someone leaked reception pics to the DM and Harry had them taken down. LOLOLOL because hypocrisy much?

Oh, and kudos to Priyanka on merching the Dior “Diana” bag. Bitch does her research.

Jess got a second Pippa “butt pic” in. LOLOLOLOLOL.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5749403/Jessica-Mulroney-makes-moment-royal-wedding-limelight.html%5BIMG%5D//

Her Family

The Markles celebrated with Burger King crowns and television cameras.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5748403/Meghans-uninvited-family-celebrates-wedding-Burger-King-crowns.html

The Website

The BRF website is now officially the TIG. OMG, she’s bragging about her high school volunteering. These people have been doing charity all their lives and she’s bragging about her 9thgrade extracurricular.

https://www.royal.uk/duchess-sussex

I saw a few tweets wondering why she didn’t mention her acting. LOLOLOLOL, this is typical Markle re-invention. In a few months, it will be as if she never acted at all.

Random Stuff

She gave Kate a friendship bracelet!!!! I had an anon who said this would happen. Kudos anon.  It looks like a Claire’s Easter special, and it’s for sale for $450 dollars because of course it is.

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a20764085/meghan-markle-royal-wedding-gift-bracelet-kate-middleton/

And on a scale of 1 to Millie Mackintosh’s publicist, how good are you at your job? This girl got more publicity out of the wedding than most invitees (Priyanka Chopra excepted, of course).

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5750035/Millie-Mackintosh-shows-theres-no-hard-feelings-watches-Royal-Wedding-invite-snub.html

Ratings and crowd

18 million in the UK, way less than W&K’s audience of 24 million. 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/20/royal-wedding-confirmed-as-years-biggest-uk-tv-event

US ratings were 22.4 a smidgen less than Will and Kate’s 23 million.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tv-ratings-royal-wedding-brings-18-million-viewers-us-broadcast-1113498

They got 4M in Australia which was  close to Will and Kate’s 4.8 million. I thought these numbers were ridiculously low, but then I realized that Australia only has 24 million people. They are smaller than Texas!

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/royal-family/seven-claims-royal-wedding-ratings-win-as-millions-tune-in/news-story/4b020773c51004c1657ed52322c6802b

Crowd seems to be generally described as “around 100,000.” I can’t find a closer number than that, but I’m guessing it’s going to come out below that.

The BBC trolled Trump with a pic of his inaguration. I loved this because I hate Trump more than I hate Meghan, but, sadly, they are full of shit. Trump was mocked because he said his inaguration crowd was “the biggest ever” and it only pulled in like 240,000 people in the Mall, which is pathetic when compared to Obama’s 800,000. He still, however, pulled in 240k and I’ve heard of Dem “scare the troops into working” emails that screech “don’t’ be complacent because he may have actually gotten 400k, which is an average inaguration crowd!!!!! Get back to door knocking you lazy buttholes.”

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bbc-trolls-president-trump-with-royal-wedding-crowd-size_us_5b0048f9e4b07309e058bd76

https://www.factcheck.org/2017/01/the-facts-on-crowd-size/

And they seemed to be expecting A LOT more.

https://twitter.com/ParryTom/status/997784606396026881

Conclusion

The general theme here seemed to be “Will & Kate’s wedding, but tackier.” Where the Cambridges stressed family and continuity, the Slutsexes are stressing materialism and celeb worship. Where the Cambridges focused on British heritage and history, the Slutsexes focus on luxury brands and self-promotion. Where the Cambridges had composure and  restraint, the Slutsexes had Hollywood posing and random cursing.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5749175/Anything-Kate-Meghan-Two-familiar-different-Royal-Weddings.html

But at least the Kardashians sent their congratulations.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5748907/Kim-Kardashian-lovestruck-Prince-Harry-telling-Meghan-Markle-look-amazing-Royal-Wedding.html

http://people.com/royals/royal-wedding-khloe-kardashian-congratulates-meghan-markle/

And the K-Klub even produced a little merger offer. I doubt William will pick them up on it, but the Slutsexes are likely going to have a baby soon so a future Kardashian-Slutsex marriage may not be out of the question.

http://hollywoodlife.com/2018/05/19/khloe-kardashian-wants-true-prince-george-marry-royal-wedding/

The other main theme is, where the hell did the money go? $270k for that David’s Bridal special? No way. The cake was tiny and took no effort. The flowers were plastic. The reception menu was a Costco appetizer platter with a good thesaurus. Did they spend all of Chuck’s money on Meghan’s gotta-catch’em-all Cartier collection and Harry’s new Jag? “Sorry, honeybun, we can’t afford the Jag AND mozzarella. One’s gotta go.” “Oh, hell, just serve them tomato with a basil leaf on top and call it a ‘tartare.’ They are American. They won’t know the difference.”

And, finally, hooray for the celebration of black America. It wasn’t what anyone expected, but I’m sure it will serve Meghan in good stead when she ditches her groom and returns to the States.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/world/europe/meghan-markle-prince-harry-wedding.html

http://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-changing-discussions-about-race-in-america/

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/an-american-energy-at-the-royal-wedding-of-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/20/is-meghan-markle-the-american-the-royals-needed-all-along

Even Piers Morgan was all “well, this is highly significant for the Americans.”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5749015/PIERS-MORGAN-gives-verdict-ultimate-showbiz-wedding.html

We Americans are amazing. We just conned England into paying $40M for a celebration of out culture. We rock.

This little wedding trip plays to both countries’ psychoses. We get to re-establish our position as the belly-button of the universe by having Britain’s royal family be all about us and our racial wounds, and Britain gets to feel like a world power again by acting like their two-bit hereditary whatnot trumps our first Black First Lady and validates our social progress. It’s the special relationship at its best.

Overall, however, I say this is a win for the BRF.  Long after Meghan has divorced Harry, packed her Diana ring and Cartier collection, the BRF will still have pics of the day they embraced multiculturalism with a gospel-themed wedding with MLK quotes. Well done.

They didn’t look triumphant, though. That last pic of Doria, Charles, Cam, and the Cambridges was, imo, relieved, yet mournful. 

My last thought is, how fucking whipped is this dude? From the “I hope Meghan’s alright” moment to the baby-ish hand-holding, to the aquamarine ring, it was pretty clear (at least to me) that this guy is idiotically in love. I’ve gotten a lot of anons asking me what’s going on behind the scenes and why is she “getting everything she wants” and asking if she’s blackmailing the BRF or something.

I think he’s in love. It’s as simple as that. He’s and idiot and he’s in love and he’s desperate to keep her and he knows this is the way he can keep her—jewels and publicity and Diana crap.

It’s gonna be pretty goddamn tragic when she ditches him the way she has ditched everyone.

I also have a lot of anons asking me what I think will happen next. I think it will be the same stuff we’ve seen until now Harry and Meghan fuck up (engagement dress, nude pics, family drama) and the BRF comes in an saves them (Sandringham, Commonwealth everything, and Charles walking Megs down the aisle). It will be wash, rinse, repeat until they fuck up so magnificently that even the BRF can’t save them. Also, baby rumors around August, baby announcement by September, and baby bump by Eugenie’s wedding. I also think they will go on a “work” spree to try to overshadow the Cambridges who will just roll their eyes and get working on Cambridge #4. We should also see a ton of ill-fitting, untaiilored high fashion “lewks” because this woman has now reached merching Nirvana. 

Cheers.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Damn People‘s comparison is like off brand vs brand named


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LOL, I thought the bright day would make for wonderful pics, but it was actually the reverse. The bright sun and blinding white of the dress and veil made everything look washed-out and oddly creepy. She looks like Ghost Bride in one  of those pics.

Ive seen that Cartier bracelet before on their website, im pretty sure that bracelet is between $75k to $115k. Her Cartier earrings are (I think) about $2-3k

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Holy crap, it’s a $150k bracelet. LOLOLOLOLOL.

https://www.bustle.com/p/meghan-markles-cartier-jewelry-added-some-major-bling-to-her-classic-givenchy-wedding-gown-9145335

God and I used to bitch so much about Kate’s Cartier necklace and her Kiki McDonough collection. $155k!!!!!!!

This woman has gobbled about $500k (I’m guesstimating the value of Di’s ring) in jewels in six months. This is absolutely amazing.

Harry looked more in love with Kate when he peaked at her walking down the aisle than he did watching Meghan walk down the aisle LOLOL how is it that Harry was amazing at Will’s wedding – that adorable peak at Kate, the sexy uniform, the chemistry with Pippa – but so basic at his own funeral. Oops we have to stop doing that. I mean wedding! I agree he’s in love with the idea of having what Kate and Will have and Meghan bless her is more than capable of playing games alongside him.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

I know. She’s sucked all the life out of him.

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anonymoushouseplantfan:

I’m very biased as I am not exactly meghans number one fan but to me it seems like there was such a marked difference between will and Kate’s wedding and Harry and Meghan. Will and Kate’s wedding seemed like such a joyous, family affair- you could tell there was real affection between will and the Middletons and vice versus. And such excitement- you could almost feel it buzzing out of the tv.

Kate looked so much more regal and poised- from the way she held her bouquet, to the fit of her dress (even including the pointy nips) to the way that will and her held hands on the way out of the church.

Meghan is a class A example of not being able to polish a dog turd. And you can’t even throw glitter at it.

Her dress like every single thing she has worn to date- fitted like absolute crap. I have come to the conclusion that she is such a hideous nightmare to be around that the fashion houses are getting some poor intern to fit her clothes. The fit of her dress today was pure amateur time. I’ve seen first year students at fashion college fit clothes better than her wedding dress. I would die if my name was attached to it. Everything- from the fit of the sleeves down to the hem was a mess. Does she not think that these photos will be pulled out for the rest of time? It’s so maddening.

You can tell she was worried about falling over her hem as the front of the dress was taken up above the height of the tips of her shoes. Kate’s dress hit the floor as she had the ability to kick her dress forward as she walked.

And I wasn’t a fan of her veil. It was far too long for something so bland. What was the point in her page boys carrying it? The thing was light and it just looked stupid being picked up.

Well done on calling everything about her look though.

Oh- and the flower girls needed a wide ribbon around the waist and tied in a big bow to give the cheap off the rack dresses a bit of life.

On a positive note- Charlotte is the cutest thing ever. She’s such a character. And Doria looked lovely in her yellow suit and hat.


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Yes! A ribbon or something to make it look special.

I’m so glad I’m not the only one who noticed that the wedding dress fit horribly.

Do you understood why Oprah and the Clooneys were invited? They have no connection to the royals and surely never worked with Meghan (she wishes tho lol). I feel like they invited these big Hollywood names to support the story of how Meghan was a great actress with a very successful career and everyone loved her in Hollywood and because they love celebs. And Oprah and Clooney attended because it’s cool to be linked to the BRF.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

She’s making new connections.

RANT TIME

keepingupwiththeroyals:

regalmonarchist:

Disclaimer: This is a very negative review of the wedding so if you are a H&M stan or just don’t want negativity around don’t read beyond. I am very angry and need this out. 

I absolutely hated this wedding. I watched this wedding at 4 pm and was really excited. I was so mad that I just decided to sleep after and not waste time breaking my laptop. 

For starters lets remember why I was excited. George and Charlotte. THERE WAS ONLY A SECOND OF THEM. Their trashy media coverage limitation made it difficult to get better angles of the babies and I barely saw their faces. I watched the wedding and I could barely see them. Them on the steps was my favorite part of the wedding. The coverage was so awful that I barely saw Kate another person I was here for. We saw more George and Charlotte and Pippa’s wedding. So disappointed. 

Let’s talk about the wedding itself. HORRIFIC. My family members have better weddings than this. The dress was hideous (though like @gabbygrl247 said the veil was beautiful). The creepy smiles when the Archbishop asked if there is any reason they can’t wed. It was cringey. The hand holding and the laughs, just no. The sermon, and music was cheesy and awful.(The Stand By Me, barf). Though I did love the Cello and the music when she walked up the aisle. 

The carriage ride was so relevant and desperate. If there was going to be the carriage ride then let me see GEORGE AND CHARLOTTE. Although I think Kate looked gorgeous. She was GALOWING! 

THERE WAS NOTHING ROYAL ABOUT THIS WEDDING! I just loved the George and Charlotte part and the one second we got of the Cambridges. 

Anyways, Congrats to Harry and Meghan and I hate their faces for the rest of my life. 

Same girl, same.

  1. The moms who weren’t bridesmaids but actually kinda was.
  2. The bronzer was too much when she wasnt this dark during rehearsals. Love the skin you’re in girl.
  3. This was more a lifetime/hallmark film than a royal wedding idc how “private” it was suppose to be

As a wedding planner I got the creeps on several parts especially the fucking veil catching onto everything. Did she not practice in it days leading up to it. This was well beyond amateur hour at the church.

Okay do the gist of the story is that Harry and Meghan love each other and are getting married, right? No consiracy blah blah. Butt please please tell us why every thing was done so badly?? the cards were hideous and so was the seal. The fake statements. Her awful attire and mannerisms. Why???

nycrealroyal:

Okay do the gist of the story is that Harry and Meghan love each other and are getting married, right? –> Yeah. I didnt feel that from her. But, yrah! when they broke up, there was an emotional blackmail. Sort of: “I was ready to give up my life because of you, to be with you” He was left alone to organize, only having kp staff. Maybe he would give up. Cards? 🤔 The seal was HM’s idea. (Me saying: Maybe doing something tacky would show how loved they are 👀👀👀) They had false content, but they were real. 🤣😉 I get your feeling.