[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-princess-beatrices-wedding-hat-and-other-festive-things":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Can I just say that I now have a new favourite royal? This has been my \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/princess.php\">year of princessing\u003C/a>, so I'm discovering just how much its success is not about elegance, but \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/283405.html\">theatrical excess\u003C/a>. Hurrah for Princess Beatrice, a brave kindred spirit in going a bit over the top. I love it. (\u003Ca href=\"http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royal-wedding/2011/04/29/princess-beatrice-s-royal-wedding-hat-attracts-thousands-of-facebook-fans-115875-23095674/\">Here's her hat\u003C/a>, if you haven't seen it already.)\\r\n\\r\nI think the Royal Mail should commission a stamp in her honour. Here's one suggestion. (Feel free to add a link to your Princess Beatrice hat drawing in the comments!)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/princess_beatrice_hat-1-9b214d6958.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThe \u003Ca href=\"http://www.fleecestation.co.uk/\">Fleece Station\u003C/a> never passes on an excuse for a good party. (And \u003Ca href=\"http://plarchie.tumblr.com/\">we're also very fond of squids\u003C/a>, which is why why got on a boat instead of watching the telly.) Here's \u003Ca href=\"http://www.whodunnknit.com\">Ms Deadlyknitshade\u003C/a>, aka Lauren, with the fab couple who gave everyone a day off.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/royalwedholiday_7-7a270f14b3.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd \u003Ca href=\"http://www.littlewhitebird.com\">Ellen Lindner\u003C/a> with the set of royal wedding Top Trumps that \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garynorthfield.co.uk\">Gary Northfield\u003C/a> brought along. All day long it seemed at least two people were playing this.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/royalwedholiday_4-41777387d4.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more photos under the cut-->\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/royalwedholiday_9-11d9adc140.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/royalwedholiday_12-62477e8c53.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nWe were well dressed for a wedding.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/royalwedholiday_8-bcbea24c29.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd well provisioned. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/royalwedholiday_11-7a749d50a5.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's Lauren's marvelous twin sister, \u003Cb>Natali\u003C/b>, who, with her partner, \u003Cb>Lee\u003C/b>, invited us to spend the day on her canal boat, in the appropriately royal location of the water by Hampton Court Palace.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/royalwedholiday_2-0ef82dd6b4.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Thanks so much, Lee and Natali!\u003C/b>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/royalwedholiday_10-953253598a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.comixinflux.com\">Stephen Betts\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.sherbet.co.uk/directors/mattAbbiss/\">Matt Abbiss\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/royalwedholiday_13-eaf6942ae6.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI spent much of the day in the sun, happily flaked out on the roof (here with illustrator \u003Ca href=\"http://www.barnabyrichards.co.uk/Barnaby_Richards/BARNABY.html\">Barnaby Richards\u003C/a>).\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/royalwedholiday_14-44f870a57c.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAfter boating, we took part in some unmentionably heinous karaoke next to Smithfield meat market. (I'll just say that Ellen and I kicked it off with Lady Gaga's \u003Ci>Telephone\u003C/i> and I think Barnaby almost died of fright.) Stuart and I walked back across the Millennium Bridge and caught sight of lots more bunting along the South Bank.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/royalwedholiday_18-1c03c58123.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/royalwedholiday_20-63764bac54.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>The Golden Hinde ship\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/royalwedholiday_21-5cf3cb9700.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>Borough Market\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nAnd I woke up this morning to the postman ringing the doorbell with the latest colour proofs for \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/392294.html\">\u003Ci>You Can't Scare a Princess!\u003C/i>\u003C/a> How very fitting.","2011-04-30T11:28:00.000Z","princess-beatrices-wedding-hat-and-other-festive-things",[],"princess beatrice's wedding hat and other festive things",1776628720075]