Huge waste of taxpayer $$. The wedding was no more important than the 100's of others across this nation and yours.

Thanks Paul, do you know how lucky you are! You live close to the area and must have enjoyed one of our latest world size productions, larger than a 5 hour movie production, and viewed live by Hundreds of Thousands of from the whole world in person. That could never have been produced any where else, and brought such a healthy message to the world at the same time.
Buckingham Palace, the Mall, and the British parliament with Westminster Abbey as center, where the service was held with 1800 guests, Several miles of roads was crowded with Thousands of TV cameras and Hundred thousands of people including visitors from all over the world, not actors, but real people singing along to the Hymns sounding from speakers, and billboard size TV screens showing the entire service from beginning to end. This way all outside guests could also view the service.
Most Europe’s royal families, most of them related to he British Royalty were also present.
What a piece of precession in time, and talent in performance.
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London both presented outstanding sermons full of wisdom and many new thoughts directed to younger couples of these times pointing towards cooperation and still allowing space for each person to grow to his or hers full potential.
Well, most magazines of the world will be telling all of this much better in the coming weeks, but one thing finally made me take a deep breath.

Not many flight hours away in the Middle East and North Africa we also had people streaming around in major congregations, more than we had in London. Only one difference, they were trying to celebrate freedom, but were slaughtered and killed by there own fellow men in the streets by their own rulers and for what reason? Are we communicating? What are the differences in there goals and our goals?

Wish we could all get smart and all enjoy more of the seemingly happy traditions in good old England!