Would you change your date for Wills and Kate?

Yikes, now theres a question!!!

is this because you think no one will be interested in your wedding, or because you'd want to watch the wedding or??...

My gut instinct was NO WAY!...

Nope i am NOT changing my date AGAIN I don't care if the whole of cambridgeshire floods on 13th august I WILL be getting married

Changing the date wouldn't even cross my mind.

Like i said in another post, it's not like any of my guests are going to get a royal invite.

If anything i think it would be quite cool sharing a royal anniversary.

Absolutely no way would I even entertain the thought of changing the date if they picked the same date as we had - and I would completely ban all talk or showing of it on the TV on our day, and make sure that everyone coming knew that it was a prohibited subject.

If people then decided they'd rather stay at home and watch the wedding of someone they don't actually know, marrying some random girl he met at college, than someone who considers them close friend or family, then I'd rather they didn't bother being part of our special day, which I would remind them was actually planned long before they announced their date.

I feel more sorry for those getting married later in the year who are suddenly going to change all their plans (colour scheme, dress type etc) to try and "emulate the Royal Wedding" (without the taxpayers footing the bill) - and for those who are going to end up paying for it all

I don't think us tax payers will pay anything towards the wedding, her father is a self made millionaire, i'm sure he'll want to pay for his own daughters wedding!!

O.M.G.... thats a bit much....I think you have just turned into a groomzilla!!!

If it fell on my wedding day (it wont its a sunday) i'd happily let my nana go off and watch it if she wanted too she likes the Royal Family it wont me she loves me any less.

And if they wanted my venue and paid me off to have it...i would most certainly change my date ?

No!!

Why decrease your chances of being on some ITV documentary in the future, looking at the lives of people who married on the same date as William and Kate?

I don't think it's unreasonable at all - not one of us here is going to be able to splash out anything near a fraction of the budget that their wedding is going to cost, let alone the cost of all the security and all that stuff.

It's always considered rude to compare other people's wedding to their own, and on the day is even worse. Can you imagine walking down the aisle to whispers from the side that your dress isn't as pretty as Kate's was, or grooms not looking as smart as William did in his military uniform?

Would you be happy with half the guys going off into a side room through half of your day to watch the football or Grand Prix on a small telly instead of being part of your big day? I'm pretty sure the answer is "no" from most of you, so why should it be acceptable to have someone else's wedding instead?

In fact, how many people here would tolerate people watching something on the TV, regardless of what it was, during their big day?

What would you do if someone did?!?

We talked about getting married while the world cup was on and trust me there would have been a room with a tv in if the day we picked was a match day. I dont really understand your comment about uniforms as many of my friends are in the services and so there are always a healthy splash of various uniforms at the wedding i attend. As has been said many times before budget does not a wedding make and so the fact that their budget is larger than mine makes no difference.

In a way it's no different then talking about our date twins from here on our wedding day.

I for sure know i'll be thinking about my date quads at very regular intervals throughout the day.

I will be thinking of you too Grace xx

On the day, probably very little so as to keep the peace - but I'd certainly let them know at the earliest opportunity I had afterwards that I was not impressed.

I know that on the day the only thing occupying my mind will be my b2b, our vows, and with the best man ensuring that all our plans for the day happen in the right way, in the right place, at the right time. I hope it doesn't offend anyone but the last thing I'll be thinking of is our 'date twins' until I get back on hitched to post some pictures and do a report (whenever that may be).

I will be turning 31 when you are getting married lol!!

I personally think of myself as a member of a community and so could not imagine not thinking about friends i have met and made on here who will be going through the same thing as myself.

On my brother's wedding day he was worried about keeping up to date with the football scores. And if there's a Grand Prix on our wedding weekend, there'll be at least 5 people who will want to know the qualifying results to see who's on pole (myself included). As long as it doesn't take over or detract from the day then I don't see the harm.

I bet there will be some stupid people making silly sarcastic comments thoough, not meaning harm but just thinking they're funny

I would change our date... because I wouldn't want to outshine them of course and I'd hate for us to have taken all the magazine deals away from them so I think it would only be fair to change our date and give them a chance ?

Exactly WSS.

I speak to people more on here about the wedding then i do my own friends.

After spending all this time planning the biggest day of my life with the people on here i will most definitely be thinking of them on my wedding day.

So selfless, Kat!

I wouldn't change the date, we have all the big things booked now! x

AJ, I'm getting married later on in the year, and I can assure you you have no need to feel sorry for me as I will not be changing any of my plans in the wake of Kate and William's wedding. I imagine there may be a small minority of people who will try to "emulate the Royal wedding", but I suspect they will be just that - a minority. We all know how much time and effort goes into organising a wedding, so I can't see people changing their plans in that basis, and most people want to put their own individual stamp on their wedding day, so, again, I imagine most people wouldn't want to do this. (posting from my iPhone so couldn't quote directly from your post)

Me and OH have been talking about this for a few months now - as like everyone else thought an engagement was imminent!

We won't be changing our date at all! I can't go through all of the organising/stress again!

xx

I have friends here???? I thought I was about as welcome as a plate of ham sandwiches at a barmitzvah.

I will be hoping that LauraSJ is having a fabby day - i don't think I could forget the people on here who have been so supportive, especially not my date twin. i agree with your basic principle that your own wedding is going to be the biggest thing on your mind - but I'll definitely spare a thought for Hitched.

As to the original question - no way would I move my date and I'd happily have it on a small TV somewhere if anyone wanted to have a nosy, hell I'd want to see myself. Same as if H2B's team were playing an important match he could keep tabs on the score. I intentionally don't clash with any grand prix qualifying - wrong time of year! I agree with some of the others as well, sharing an anniversary with the Wills and Kate would be pretty fun, and TV opportunities may crop up in the future!!

With that attitude i can understand why you will not be thinking of anyone

Whats the fact he met her in college got to do with anything?!

We moved our wedding forwards so it didnt clash with the world cup, but at the same opportunity we drastically moved it forward almost 8 months!

I reckon quite a few people will change their plans to make it a bit more "royal"....but only because it will probably have a massive impact on wedding trends eg features in magazines.

To be honest, its quite typical now if weddings clash with Football / F1 / X factor that many guests will be checking iphones for updates so I dont see any difference - if people are interested they'll find ways to keep up to date with whats happening.

Yey, a fellow Grand Prix fan!

AJ of course you're welcome on here, you know exactly what to say to get a thread going. We'd miss you if you went off and sulked somewhere!

? It really matters where they met?! Seriously, they've been together 8 years! AJ, sorry but you seem to dislike most things so I'll take this latest opinion with a pinch of salt!

I would... just to be there to steal the ring!!! ?

I actually feel a bit sorry for her it just doesnt really wash with me, it feels so arranged ☹️

I would however LOVE to see them enter Four Weddings! or Dont tell the bride!!

Same here, well said, Jenny!

No I certainly wouldnt even think about changing our date, we booked it first..ner ner they can share OUR day!!

Our wedding is on the 10th June, if theirs happens to be on the same day I wont have to worry about our guests getting to the ceremony on time as most people may be home or in the pub watching it so the roads may be empty.. hehe... if it falls on the day after our wedding its happy days, means we will have a clear motorway maybe to get to the airport ?

Fleur - your optimistic outlook is wonderful x