Royal Pain: When Your Wedding Coincides with Prince William's tells the story of Sarah Wheeler, whose wedding date is on the same day as Prince William and Kate Middleton's.
The claim is that "Ever since Kate and her princely beau decided that they would tie the knot on April 29, 2011, hundreds of women with weddings booked on or around that date have had to come to terms with the same grim reality: they must share the spotlight on the most important day of their lives."
Adams concedes "Despite having to fight for the spotlight on her wedding day, Wheeler is confident she'll still look and feel like a princess."
Support:
1) Prices for flowers, decorators, etc will jump and weddings will be more expensive around that time.
2) People traveling may not be able to find a place to stay because Britain has declared the day a national holiday and people will not be at work. Most will flock downtown and fill the hotels so they have a chance to watch coverage of the wedding.
3) The sheer lavishness of the royal wedding is going to outshine any wedding of a common person.
- Sarah Wheeler's dress is going to be gorgeous, one no other bride could match up to.
- They have a seemingly unlimited amount of money to pay for decorations.
- Any top-notch decorator is going to be booked, not even allowing upper-class citizens to hire one.
- The whole day has been declared a national holiday, so everyone is going to be paying full attention to the prince and his bride.
I completely agree with Adams, and while it is unfortunate that these brides might have to share the spotlight with someone else, it is simply to late for them to rearrange their plans and try to get a different date.
