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Thanks for watching along with me ladies :tw_heart:. I loved the ceremony. Thank goodness it went well.

I'm gonna try to get some sleep. See you all later today sometime. 

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I loved the cellist, but was anyone else a little surprised at Ave' Maria?

A beautiful piece of music but it seems very Catholic to me.

A small thing, but just a little surprising (pleasantly).

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6 minutes ago, Pretzel said:

Eugenie is not a daughter of the heir to the throne. That is, I guess, the game changer here. 

Oh, I am sure, but she is a princess and member of the royal family. And Andrew has been very keen on his daughters' statuses being "respected". He wants them to be considered working royals, and given money from the civil list (or whatever it's called now, I think they changed it). He's also supposedly pushing for his son-in-law to be given a title, so that his grandchildren won't be untitled. It's been a bit of an issue in the family. 

Knowing that background, it was just funny statement to hear to me. 

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I can’t believe we still can’t get past criticizing women for not smiling enough! Ugh. I wonder how many people noticed which men were smiling or not today.

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3 minutes ago, singsingsing said:

I can’t believe we still can’t get past criticizing women for not smiling enough! Ugh. I wonder how many people noticed which men were smiling or not today.

I did, my secret husband George Clooney couldn't smile enough. and it isn't the smiling as much as she just seems so miserable. 

 

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Victoria Beckham strikes me as an incredibly insecure person, who feels she can't relax her in appearance ever. David has cheated on her, which has probably not helped with her insecurity. 

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36 minutes ago, iheartjnames said:

why is Victoria Beckham so miserable? 

 

The poor girl hasn't eaten in decades. I too would be miserable.

Anyone noticed the horses going crazy? 

Lovely beautifull couple. Hope they will have a long and happy marriage.

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The black female priest who led the prayers is the chaplain to the Queen! She’s (get this) The Reverend Prebendary Rose Hudson-Wilkin (it’s fine, autocorrect, dammit). Nice to know that she wasn’t just added for diversity’s sake. 

That’s from the order of service, which has been posted in full.

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17 minutes ago, singsingsing said:

I can’t believe we still can’t get past criticizing women for not smiling enough! Ugh. I wonder how many people noticed which men were smiling or not today.

I can’t either. That and snarky comments about body size just smacks of incredible sexism to me. 

 

14 minutes ago, iheartjnames said:

I did, my secret husband George Clooney couldn't smile enough. and it isn't the smiling as much as she just seems so miserable. 

 

Yeah, but does George Clooney have articles criticizing him for not smiling enough? 

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17 minutes ago, Blahblah said:

With that dark dress too, definitely looks like she is at a funeral. Depressed and unhappy.  Even a Mona Lisa smile would have been something. I woudn't want anybody at my wedding with this expression on their face, looking actively miserable. Come on, can't you think about the event and somebody other than yourself for one minute? Why would she think smiling makes her look crazy, when actually it's not smiling that is doing so? If she isn't relaxed or comfortable at weddings, maybe she should not have come. I'm an introvert and can manage at least looking neutral.  It's not a matter of being obligated or not, damn, body language/facial expressions are and will remain a thing for humans, both men and women, it's not a sexual oppression issue. If she had bad teeth that would be OK but even then a closed mouth grin could be eeked out. Something is wrong with her to be so focused on herself, ugh. Famous people and their hangups, always proving that they are no different than anybody else. Irritating. 

Meghan and I share an alma mater, it was a big deal around there yesterday. It is also kind of a big deal to have a non-lilly white person marrying into the royal family, I love that picture of her and her mother.

Didn't watch and glad its over. . Diana's wedding was spectacular and we know how that marriage turned out. Good luck to them both, I sincerely mean that, may thay be as happy as Kate and William appear to be.

 

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10 minutes ago, VelociRapture said:

 

 

Yeah, but does George Clooney have articles criticizing him for not smiling enough? 

I usually don't really notice who smile and who doesn't, having said all that I am a smiler, I smile all the time and people do comment on it, but it is not like I have conscience thought about it, like Buddy the Elf, I like smiling, smiling is my favorite :) 

But everyone they were walking with was smiling talking, seemingly having a good time and she just looked so out of place and not happy to be there.  

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4 minutes ago, Sis Robto said:

Anyone noticed the horses going crazy? 

I saw that, but they got them right under control. Beautiful horses.

I liked that Charles escorted both Camilla and Megan's mom down the aisle in the church at the recession. Much easier to be inclusive without the royal protocol. Her mom looked so proud and full of love for her daughter. 

One question, who wore that very bright almost neon green dress? I can't unsee that.

Victoria Beckham won't change her professional presentation. 

It's nice Harry and Megan could put their own touch on the wedding. Unfortunately I think William and Kate had way more protocol they had to follow.

And now I want to go to Windsor/Great Britain, well anywhere really. This person has the travel bug.

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Victoria Beckham read a few articles making fun of her teeth and her smile in the early days of the Spice Girls and that made her self conscious. As someone who suffers from anxiety and depression it bugs me when people expect people to smile all the time. I am sure she was happy to be at the wedding even if she isn't outwardly smiling. 

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Well, I woke up excited to see her dress and I was underwhelmed by the hairstyle and dress. But she is stunning and Prince Harry is clearly over the moon. Good for them!

Meh on the dress shape:

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All the heart eyes for this next photo:

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6 minutes ago, Glasgowghirl said:

Victoria Beckham read a few articles making fun of her teeth and her smile in the early days of the Spice Girls and that made her self conscious. As someone who suffers from anxiety and depression it bugs me when people expect people to smile all the time. I am sure she was happy to be at the wedding even if she isn't outwardly smiling. 

Nobody is expecting her or anybody else to smile all the time. Once for the camera would have been nice. Any type of celebrity will expose you to ridicule, it's part of the price you pay. You don't let insensitive critics dictate your behavior. We don't know if she was happy or not, that's the problem, we can't read people's interior state. I sure don't smile all the time especially at work, but that's understandable because I hated the office (I work at home now and it is great!). Yeah, it was annoying to have folks question my RBF in that situation, but whatever, I didn't answer to them. We can look however we want but we can't control how people will react. 

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1 hour ago, VelociRapture said:

I’m reallly sorry if I sound bitchy at all, but this is a topic that really gets my dander up because I have RBF and constantly look miserable if I’m not smiling. So apologies in advance.

Anyways, Victoria Beckham is not obligated to smile for anyone else regardless of how wealthy or well known she is. She’s also previously spoken about why she chooses not to smile in public - partly because she’s worried she looks crazy and partly because she doesn’t feel relaxed or comfortable in that type of environment. I can’t say I blame her either. I’d find it really tough to feel relaxed in front of cameras like that too.

I guess its her business but I would love to see her smile more often.

On another note, Duggar brides, notice how lovely Meghan's hair looked pulled back.... how clean and classy and still cute, not hanging down and messy. Jinger at least had a lovely hair style.

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I also suffer from depression and anxiety, as well as RBF. So many people have told me I should smile more or "just turn up the corners of my lips" to make myself look happier. It's hurtful, honestly, to hear that I should make myself uncomfortable (and, to me, smiling without reason and having to 'act' is uncomfortable) so that I'm more pleasing to the eye is hurtful. No one ever seems to ask if or why I'm upset, but they have no problem telling me what to do with my own face (which, most of the time, I can't really control). Interestingly, the whole "smile" thing only happens to me in America, and not when I'm in the U.K. I'm not sure if that's a reflection of the expectation that women need to look bizarrely pleasing and imbecilically  gleeful all the time, or an American thing, or what. 

If a stranger in public tells me to "smile," which happens, I tell them that I just put my dog down. They usually don't say anything after that. I have no qualms being rude to strange men who are asking me to perform for them like I'm some sort of trained pony. 

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I never understand why people are such dicks to VB. I assume it's mostly jealousy. She's managed to go from basically a joke of a singer to a respected and successful fashion designer. Plus she has a sexy husband, children who are by all accounts well mannered and well loved, she also managed to keep them mostly out of the public eye during their childhood. 

Now back to the wedding - I love the huge floral arch outside the Chapel. The more I see it, the more I like it. Also like her bouquet and glad she kept it simple and green. 

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Just now, HideousGreenShirt said:

I never understand why people are such dicks to VB. I assume it's mostly jealousy. She's managed to go from basically a joke of a singer to a respected and successful fashion designer. Plus she has a sexy husband, children who are by all accounts well mannered and well loved, she also managed to keep them mostly out of the public eye during their childhood. 

Now back to the wedding - I love the huge floral arch outside the Chapel. The more I see it, the more I like it. Also like her bouquet and glad she kept it simple and green. 

I loved, loved, loved the flowers and greenery, but I'm a huge fan of greenery in general. I adored the trees in the Abbey at Kate's wedding. 

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@SapphireSlytherin, we need a report soon!

CNN showed Meghan, Kate, and Diana’s dresses side-by-side. Diana was too much, Meghan was not enough, and Kate was just right.  I’m seeing the pointy boobs thing now, though. I do think that her dress was a little too much like Princess Grace’s dress (not that Grace owns long-sleeved lace for all time).

Although I didn’t care for the flowers in the church, the flower arch on the door was amazing. I’ll bet someone could come up with a better term for “bowl food.” Anybody have some pork belly, pea risotto, and lemon cake to spare?

Has anyone been watching the Royal Wedding Watch on PBS? They had a black British commentator who brought up the “American tradition” of jumping the broom, and the white American commentators were like, what the hell is that? The British woman had only been to African-American weddings in the US, so she thought it was a general US thing. Meredith Viera gave an awkward explanation the next night.

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I thought Meghan’s dress was so elegant and romantic, and it had a real vintage (40s maybe?) feel with a modern twist. I thought it was perfect for the venue and so nicely complimented by the flowers and greenery. And the veil added that splash of drama to offset the simplicity of the dress.

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17 minutes ago, ViolaSebastian said:

I also suffer from depression and anxiety, as well as RBF. So many people have told me I should smile more or "just turn up the corners of my lips" to make myself look happier. It's hurtful, honestly, to hear that I should make myself uncomfortable (and, to me, smiling without reason and having to 'act' is uncomfortable) so that I'm more pleasing to the eye is hurtful. No one ever seems to ask if or why I'm upset, but they have no problem telling me what to do with my own face (which, most of the time, I can't really control). Interestingly, the whole "smile" thing only happens to me in America, and not when I'm in the U.K. I'm not sure if that's a reflection of the expectation that women need to look bizarrely pleasing and imbecilically  gleeful like an imbecile all the time, or an American thing, or what. 

If a stranger in public tells me to "smile," which happens, I tell them that I just put my dog down. They usually don't say anything after that. I have no qualms being rude to strange men who are asking me to perform for them like I'm some sort of trained pony. 

I agree that when folks don't have a clue what is going on in your life they should keep their comments about other people's faces to themselves. I tend to be matter-of-fact and serious, not a grinner although I have a wicked sense of humor, so I have received a lot of unsolicited and unwelcome feedback on my face also. My mother recently died (Feb. 26 of this year), and heaven forbid if somebody told me to smile when I had just left the hospital after taking her off the ventilator. I know anxiety and depression too, there are good days and bad days, and our faces may reflect that. I have no problem being rude to facial police strangers either.

But I haven't been talking about normal people in everyday like. I was specifically talking about being an invited celebrity guest at the royal wedding with cameras everywhere who did not appear to want to be there. I certainly wasn't saying look like an imbecile, but I don't think a pleasant smile makes you look that way. There are expressions between dour and imbecilic.

So, I'm not disagreeing with the general sentiment here that your face is your business. But look at how much attention Victoria has received while allegedly she doesn't want it which is why she doesn't smile! I wonder....

Interestingly, there is research that fake smiling can improve mood. Creates a positive neural pathway or some jazz. I do it sometimes, in the privacy of my home though.

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I also loved the dress and thought it had an elegant, 1930s vintage feel.  She isn't a young girl getting married, like Kendra in her pouffy dress.  I thought it suited her perfectly.

Also, I am unreasonably tickled that one of the carriage horses was named Tyrone.

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Who else was watching Cord and Trish (and Tim Meadows, and Kristen With as Sir Albert!!!)? AMAZING. Even my husband couldn't stop watching they were so funny.

"I wonder if Paddington ever thought about being a hat?"

"I had a full British Brexit this morning"

And if course, Tim Meadows talking about how the wedding was better than his ayahuasca experience and Cord saying "are you saying people are losing control of their bowels over there?"

Also, I was very distracted by the Episcopal Bishop making references to Gilead.

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