Finally, A Royal Wedding I Didn't Have to Set an Alarm Clock to Watch

If you know me at all, you know I am a huge fan of Royal Weddings (and weddings in general).
On Friday, no thanks to Swedish TV and thanks to the internet, I was able to witness the nuptials of Princess Eugenie to Jack Brooksbank. I missed my May group terribly --- this time I was on my own.
(Just a refresher: this was my May group as we witnessed Meghan (the Duchess of Sussex now) and Harry joined in Holy Matrimony.
Oh, how I miss these girls in their fascinators!

But watching the parade of women in their fascinators and hats as they walked into St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle was quite pleasurable and even comical...they had a lot to deal with due to the strong winds!


For quite some time, I watched the coverage on THE SUN LIVE via youtube.
(In my pajamas, even though I should have gotten all fancied up.)

I loved seeing the growing crowds.
But I was really waiting to see:

and


 and especially

  It's quite challenging to take pictures when they moved so rapidly...I should be better at this than I am after practicing with my six ever-moving Grands!
 Those young ones in the wedding party were so adorable, and did you catch the stumble on the stairs?
 And finally...
 
At last, the moment we've all been waiting for...a glimpse of the bride in her wedding dress!

She was escorted into the church and then THE SUN Live stayed with the cameras outside.
As in outside of the church...no interior coverage and I was so disappointed.
After about 15 minutes I figured out how to watch live coverage inside via ROYAL FAMILY coverage on Facebook. I loved every bit of the wedding: the seriousness of the couple and the nervous groom, the beautiful music - vocal and instrumental, the reading by Princess Beatrice,
the prayers of the clergy, the congregation.

Beautiful.

The recessional brought the newlyweds to the chapel stairs.


 Doesn't it look like they will walk right on to my keyboard?


May they live Image result for image happily ever after

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