Guess what I read in the STAR today? They are organising a tour to England to join the wedding of Prince William and Kate......for RM75,000!!! For that price, one would expect to marry a Prince!!
Tuesday April 19, 2011
A chance to join in royal nuptials
THE Wedding of the Century will be broadcast live and watched by maybe two billion people.
No non-governmental Malaysians have come forward brandishing the coveted invitation cards but more than 1,900 will receive one. The recipients will range from top British dignitaries to Governor-Generals and prime ministers of the Commonwealth.Only 600 will be invited to Buckingham Palace for a lunch hosted by Queen Elizabeth II and this will be whittled down to 300 for the gala dinner.
However, all is not lost. For around RM75,000, you can enjoy a surreal royalist experience by meeting royals and visiting homes connected to the British Royal Family.
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London is offering an exclusive, extravagant and expensive Royal Wedding Tour, taking in Kensington Palace, home of Princess Diana; Chartwell, home of Sir Winston Churchill; Althorp where Princess Diana is buried; Spencer House in London; and, of course, Westminster Abbey, the wedding’s venue.
Ring side seats: The Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park in London is offering the chance to catch the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in London with a host of extras thrown in. This Royal Wedding Tour starts on April 26 when you check into Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park followed by welcome drinks and dinner.
The next day you will be driven to Chartwell, Sir Winston Churchill’s home in Kent where you will be welcomed by a member of the Churchill clan.
In the evening, depart for Spencer House, home of the Spencer family whose most famous member was Princess Diana.
Designed on a grand scale, Spencer House is London’s only surviving 18th century private palace.
Situated in the heart of St James’s, it is a short distance from St James Palace, Buckingham Palace and Parliament House.
Enjoy drinks on the great terrace overlooking Green Park followed by tour and dinner.
On April 28, the eve of Prince William’s wedding, start the morning with a hefty cultural dose by visiting British Museum. Lunch at The Wallace Collection, a national museum in a historic house with 25 galleries.
Dinner will be at the home of a member of the Royal Family at their private London townhouse. The identity remains secret but you should get your money’s worth as this is one of the highlights.
The wedding day, April 29
You did not fly all the way from Kuala Lumpur to watch them tie the marital knot on television or battle the peasants lining the route.
So it is off to the Institute of Contemporary Art where you will assemble at the roof terrace armed with champagne, binoculars and cameras where you will bask in the spring sunshine high above the baying crowd struggling below.
Around 10am or so, Katherine Middleton will pass The Mall below you enroute to Westminster Abbey by car. The Dean of Westminster will conduct the service.
The newlyweds Prince William and now Princess Kate will return to Buckingham Palace on the same route in a glass carriage. As they pass below you, toast the couple and revel in history in the making.
In the evening, you and fellow guests will be whisked off to Kensington Palace, home of Princess Diana which is the next best venue since her son is celebrating at nearby Buckingham Palace. Drinks are served in the sunken garden. Curator Nigel Arch will take you on a personal tour and dinner will be in the newly restored Kings Gallery.
The day after, April 30
First thing is to visit the venue where you were forbidden to enter the day before — Westminster Abbey.
Not as a gawking tourist but in the presence of the Dean of Westminster. With a little luck he might regale you of what transpired during the ceremony and gala wedding dinner.
After lunch, visit the designer of Princess Kate’s wedding gown as by now the whole world will know his identity. Order a frock or buy one off the rack so you can come home and boast of being the first Malaysian to wear a baju from Princess Katherine’s designer.
Dinner at the hotel’s internationally acclaimed dinner by Heston Blumenthal will follow.
May Day
May Day starts with a trip to Northamptonshire for lunch at Althorp, the palatial ancestral home of Princess Diana. Visit the exhibition ‘Diana Princess of Wales’. Stroll through the park and see the small island in the middle of a lake where she is buried.
The highlight is the lunch hosted by a member of the Spencer family, said to be one of Princess Diana’s sisters Sarah or Jane or younger brother Charles.
For details on the Royal Wedding Tour Package, go to www.mandarinoriental.com/london
Maybe I can join this....but, it is a school day.....
For those on a smaller budget, British High Commissioner Simon Featherstone and his wife Gail will host a Prince William and Kate Wedding Party on April 29.
The venue is the Grand Ballroom of Intercontinental hotel (formerly Nikko) opposite Ampang Park.
There will be a live broadcast of the wedding on giant screens as it occurs in London.
The price — RM150 per person inclusive of buffet dinner and three drinks. RM100 for children and soft drinks. Dress code is wedding attire or national dress.
Contact Charlotte 03-2170 2379.
1 comment:
CRzyyy, i thought i was just the Aussies that are nuts over the wedding. So great meh?
But if i was living in London i would go. Heheh
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