Wedding? What Wedding?

Hannah can’t stand the idea of the forthcoming royal wedding. She has something more important in mind, her own wedding.

What are you doing on the day of the Royal Wedding? Tuning in to see what Kate’s wearing? Eagerly watching as they exchange their vows? One woman who certainly won’t be is engaged law student and sales assistant, Hannah Richardson, 20, from Sheffield. Instead she’ll be doing her revision and planning her wedding.

“When they first announced the date I thought they meant next year. This April seemed too soon. Then it dawned on me, they can plan a wedding so quickly since people will be falling over themselves to be involved and the tax payers are funding part of it.”Hannah doesn’t see why she should have to fund the royal wedding since nobody from the royal family will be funding hers. “I'll have to scrimp, save and plan like everyone else.”

While the rest of Sheffield, the country and the world goes mad for the big day, Hannah couldn’t care less. “They’re just two people in love tying the knot. So what?” She’s all for people having a big white wedding , even wanting one herself, but believes the event has got nothing to do with her. “Despite the affectionate nickname the media are pedalling, I don’t personally know ‘Wills and Kate’ so I’m not going to get excited over two strangers getting married. It doesn’t interest me that one of those strangers is our future King.”

With the Government spending cuts lots of people are wondering how they’re going to live. They, like Hannah, can’t afford a wedding of their own, let alone fund a royal one. “Ordinary people are being hit by rising petrol costs and weekly shops while one young privileged couple will be the focus of so much wealth. To me it just shows the ever increasing gap between the rich and the poor.” To Hannah the royal’s are no more than the biggest benefit precipitants in the country and Buckingham Palace is nothing more than a council house. “It’s like they think were all stupid, a woman wears a pretty dress and everyone forgets about everything wrong with the country.”

However, like most girls, Hannah does want to see what Kate wears but doesn’t think that’s worth a day of coverage on every channel. Hannah knows that people crowded around there television sets to watch Charles and Diana exchange their vows 30 years ago but doesn’t see it as a traditional thing to do. She also knows that some people are planning on rioting and ruining the big day so a lot of money will have been spent on security to stop those people.

“You can call me an anti-royalist. I don’t care. I’ll celebrate in my own way and have a royally good time.”

What wedding?

The Fulford Arms in York is holding a five day beer festival from 28^th April – 2^nd May. There will be no TV coverage of the wedding; instead there will be a charity swear box for anyone caught discussing the big day.

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By Leanne Bolan