Royal “Highness”

So I thought I wasn’t obsessed with the Royal Wedding. But since mom hijacked my regular American Idol viewing time, which wasn’t shown until after three hours of William and Kate, (AI by the way is shown hours later in this part of the world)  I decided to eavesdrop. So you will find my mom paralyzed in front of the tv, who will later be joined by my father, both ooh-ing and aah-ing over anything and everything, while I prepared dinner for the first time in a long time because my mother is already immobile and if I don’t move we will starve. I cooked and grumbled and pretended I was not interested. But I stole glances once in a while and I noticed:

• Her Royal Highness, Princess Katherine was wearing a simple understated gown which did not come as a ‘wow’ to me. She would have chosen something a little bit flamboyant, something that is appropriate to a princess. But maybe its not her taste or perhaps she’s just being prudent.
• His Royal Highness Prince William wore a Colonel of the Irish Guards Uniform, which was red and for the first time I saw a groom wear the bold color on his wedding and it appeals to me very positively. But the back of his head is conspicuously balding and it distracts me.
• Prince Harry on the other hand is not balding, he still has a complete head of messed-up hair, his Captain of the House Cavalry Uniform looks a little tighter for his broad shoulders. But still he is hunky and I’m sold. Meanwhile, browsing the OMG fashion report, his ex-girlfriend, Chelsy Davy, look disheveled like she had not slept overnight.
• Princess Eugene and Beatrice look like an ostrich and an octopus respectively. The feathers on the former’s hat look like an ostrich’s stump and the latter donned a hat that was supposed to be a ribbon but looks like an octopus. Hideous! But they gave a comic relief for the all-too formal occasion.
• The Choir of Westminster Abbey was amazing. In fact amazing is an understatement. They sound so good that they choke me in tears. It seemed to me that the boys were the big stars of the show rather than the bride and the groom that I temporarily forgot American Idol.
• Britain are crazy-obsessed royal fanatics. To one fan the moment is a gift to just “let them be” and be just “British” for a day. So I say, okay.

I am just glad it is over. The media will not tire over them but at least the next news which may be’ Kate Pregnant!’ and ‘Kate with a Child!’ or some  ‘Will-Kate Gate/Scandal,’ will not attract a groundswell of fanatics and a frenzy of media exposure like the wedding; and that means I will still have my regular tv viewing and I don’t get to cook dinner and eat dinner alone by myself.