HRH Princess Sonya
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Okay I must have missed something. Has an engagement been officially announced somewhere and I just didn't see it ?
Okay I must have missed something. Has an engagement been officially announced somewhere and I just didn't see it ?
Do you think she will wait till certain members of her family pass away before she gets married? If I was her I would find the whole thing too much trying to work out how she was going to have her mother and the royal family to her wedding. If they are absent it would be too obvious and her happy day would be shrouded in gossip and inuendo about how the royal family despise her mother. Would put me off marriage altogether.
I think it would be more important to have my grandparents at my wedding. The family will work out what needs to happen. I think Sarah coming to Balmoral was an olive branch from HM in anticipation of just this thing....HM is a very wise woman. she has lived many years and negotiated and survived many more awkward situations than this.
really????
more important than her own Mother? Im sure the Queen would be okay and would tolerate for the sake of her Granddaughter I was thinking more Bea waiting till the Duke of E dies he is the one who despises her the most.
I think if a wedding is due to take place, it would be very fitting for the Beatrice & Dave to take their wedding to York and bring great cheer and happiness to the city. I just looked at the Duke & Duchess of Kent's wedding on YouTube. York Minster seems like a great place to put on another royal wedding.
But their weddings won't be public affairs they will be like Zara and Peters. I wouldn't be surprised if they went for Westminster I think it's what their mother would want of course they want be as big or as lavish as that one was. As for Prince Phillip and Sarah I think he does really hate her the fact she only shows up when he isn't around seems to support that it isn't by accident. But he knows how to behave he would go and just avoid Sarah it could be done. Besides this could still be years down the track neither seem to be in a hurry things and things can change. Could you imagine the outcry if they had huge weddings? Harry whenever he marries will be the next big one.
They might not be senior Royals, but there are still Royal Princesses and always will be, no matter who they marry.
I hope at least one of the York princesses gets married at Wesminster Abbey and if not then York Minster (or another Cathedral perhaps - St Edmundsbury Cathedral is rather lovely). But I hope St George's isn't used because if the wedding was televised and the BBC had anything to do with it, we would spent 2 hours watching choirboys along with awkward shots through stone pillars and anything else other than the important vital moments!
I agree that the choice of church will be connected with the choice of location for the reception. And I suspect that the choice will be a very personal one. They will probably go for a venue to which they have a personal connection, and probably owned by their family. I don't know if there is such a place near York.I have no issue with them going to York Minster or any cathedral for that matter (other than the Abbey). I suspect part of the locational choice may be based on where a reception may be held.
I agree that the choice of church will be connected with the choice of location for the reception. And I suspect that the choice will be a very personal one. They will probably go for a venue to which they have a personal connection, and probably owned by their family. I don't know if there is such a place near York.
I hope at least one of the York princesses gets married at Wesminster Abbey and if not then York Minster (or another Cathedral perhaps - St Edmundsbury Cathedral is rather lovely). But I hope St George's isn't used because if the wedding was televised and the BBC had anything to do with it, we would spent 2 hours watching choirboys along with awkward shots through stone pillars and anything else other than the important vital moments!
Anyone can get married in the Abbey. It is after all a church and marriages are performed there on a regular basis.Royal princesses they might be, but I would be surprised if they got to marry at the Abbey.
I suspect even Harry might end up getting married at St George's rather than the Abbey.
Anyone can get married in the Abbey. It is after all a church and marriages are performed there on a regular basis.
I stand corrected then. I did know "locals" could marry there, and that Diana's parents were married there. I would see no reason why Beatrice and/or Eugenie wouldn't marry there if they wanted to. Private wedding on a Saturday? Why not? They're not going to get the tv, public holiday package anyway so even tho' the press would stir up a storm in a teacup it wouldn't be taxpayer money beyond that of normal security for the family.This is not the case. The general public cannot get married in Westminster Abbey.
The church is what is known as a Royal Peculiar and comes under the direct authority of the Monarch.
The only people that can marry in the church are members of the Royal Family, Order of the Bath members and their children, and anyone living in the Abbey's Precincts.
___________I was thinking last night about the girls... Their nuptials will be regarded as more private events than the weddings of William, obviously, and Harry. If the monarch (either EII or Charles) declines to foot the bills on behalf of their parents, Andrew and Sarah will have to come up with a sizeable amount of cash. Andrew doesn't seem to be terribly flush, but Sarah has entrepreneurial capacity. And we all know that Yorks are willing to sell themselves to Hello! or similar magazines.
Should we expect another embarassment for BP, or should the monarch and the family decide on some rules for weddings and commercialism, and if so, what should they be?
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Prince Andrew is a millionaire as are all the Queen's four children.
From the time her children were able to represent the Queen throughout the world on foreign visits each has been given a state allowance.
These funds were invested in the best Blue Chip stock around.
Also, to the children who were born at the time, Anne and Charles, have received inheritances left to them by George V, Queen Mary and George VI in their wills.
The Queen Mother (Multimillionaire) left money to Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward, and all her great grandchildren.
When Sarah and Andrew got divorced, he did not touch his personal finances, but the Queen, it is speculated, paid a reasonable lump sum to Sarah and subsequently a smaller annuity....not enough for Sarah who spends money in an extravagant, irresponsible way.
I stand corrected then. I did know "locals" could marry there, and that Diana's parents were married there. I would see no reason why Beatrice and/or Eugenie wouldn't marry there if they wanted to. Private wedding on a Saturday? Why not? They're not going to get the tv, public holiday package anyway so even tho' the press would stir up a storm in a teacup it wouldn't be taxpayer money beyond that of normal security for the family.