Post of the Day--A Royal Wedding!!

I was so excited when I heard the news yesterday that Prince William and Kate Middleton are engaged.

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Above, the dashing couple steps out.  I love her hat!

 

I have been a loyal Anglophile for a long time, and I especially loved Princess Diana.  I remember the build-up to the wedding.  And, I especially remember getting up really early that morning and watching the wedding while lying on Papa and Grandma's kitchen floor in Montana.  I was mesmerized staring up into their large console TV.

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I remember glimpsing Diana and her dress and all of the ladies-in-waiting and the flower girls around her.  There were some children from the classes that she taught as a preschool or kindergarten teacher and I thought that was pretty cool.  Generally, I was just enamored with the idea of a princess, I suppose.  

This could be because of another Princess Diana (a.k.a. Diana Prince), my real favorite--

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How can you not love that girl?  She is so plain and simple--that big grin and those HUGE glasses!  It's no wonder no one ever guessed her true identity...

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Wonder Woman!!!!  This photo even has the cape (I loved her costume changes) and a signature.  It is a practically perfect photo.  And, I'm sorry, but Lynda Carter is a stunning beauty--then and now.  Of course, I did also have a small crush on Steve Trevor. 

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I guess I was just being patriotic--crushing on a hero in a uniform.  Well, when I was looking for an image of Steve Trevor for this post, I came upon an image that I was not expecting.

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That's right, he was a Playgirl Man of the Month Award Winner.  I should point out that though he was a hunky sex symbol, the actor Lyle Waggoner has been married to the same woman since 1961.  Oh yeah, I was talking about marriages.  Even though the marriage of Princess Diana and Prince Charles (I never had a crush on him[fuddy-duddy]) did not work out, I have high hopes for our Prince William of Wales and the future Princess of Wales.  I can't wait to get up early for their wedding in 2011, thirty years after my first Royal Wedding!

p.s.  I did write a letter to Princess Diana in 1983; I received a response from one of her ladies-in-waiting.  I'm sure Mom has that letter in a save box somewhere.