{"id":56,"date":"2011-04-28T12:07:46","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T11:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/londonerfromafar.wordpress.com\/?p=56"},"modified":"2020-05-24T17:32:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T16:32:16","slug":"lets-get-married","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alondonerfromafar.co.uk\/lets-get-married\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u00b4s get married…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, it\u00b4s wedding time!\u00a0Let\u00b4s get married.<\/p>\n

Excited? I am not sure. I cannot even remember the\u00a0previous royal wedding we had in Europe. People abroad seem to be overjoyed though. There is this lady in Mexico who staged a 16-day hunger strike only to get an invite to the wedding\u00a0 – to no avail. She isn\u00b4t attending.<\/p>\n

Back in UK,\u00a0I am under the\u00a0impression that there are two very distinct groups. On the one hand, those who are really excited for them, and curious about the preparations. All those very frequent news on their preparation must have been eagerly\u00a0followed by them. Did you know that Wills will not be wearing the ring after the wedding? Apparently, he doesn\u00b4t like jewellery. What about their cake? They don\u00b4t seem to like the traditional one that much, as they are going to have two – a traditional cake and a secret cake<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The second group involves all those who have already left UK for a few days and those who can\u00b4t but would love to. If you watched 10 O\u00b4clock Live on Channel 4 two weeks ago, Lauren Laverne jokes about the topic, while Charlie Booker did the same in last week\u00b4s programme.<\/p>\n

Marketing strategies have also included the wedding as part of their appeal. For example, Nando\u00b4s\u00a0thanks Wills for his decision to marry Kate in their latest radio ad. Reason? There is a bank holiday!! Ah, yes. How could I have forgotten about that! The longest bank holiday in history in UK.\u00a0 We all thank and congratulate them.<\/p>\n

T-Mobile released a spoof commercial too, which has become subject of a viral and, of course, has helped to publicise the brand.
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