Royal Wedding

[Lesley]

Hi all, would anyone know which TV channel the Royal Wedding on 29th April will be shown in UK as we maybe able to pick it up depending on which channel here in Corfu.  The Greek TV has had a lot of coverage over the past few days, wedding plans for Kate's family, where they staying prior to the wedding, rumours on possible honeymoon destinations, including the possibility of Corfu?
It would be nice for some of us to get together if we knew which channel to be able to view the celebrations over a cuppa or a vino.  Thank for any help/advice 

[Jimbo]

BBC is the main provider - Sky will be taking a feed, so you may get it in one of the Sky bars in SS. Coverage in Corfu should be good, considering that the groom's grandfather was born there!

Personally, I won't be watching. The cost to the economy is estimated at £5 billion. We could probably buy Greece for that!

[Lesley]

and a Puiblic Holiday in England I believe......

Thanks Jimbo for info much appreciated, you wouldn't know the time of the wedding as well of course it will be plus 2 hours here.

San Stefanos is not really open at mo so a group of us will probably be going to our little village in Avliotes to view it as the owner said if it was on BBC/SKY then we were more than welcome......... whilst here it will be a normal working day.....

cheers

[Jimbo]

Service is at 11am BST, so you can watch the nuptials over lunch!

[Lesley]

Cheers Jimbo 

[tonyco1]

Lesley, I'll be watching it with you! and supping a Mythos as I am off that day.
Whatever the cost is Jimbo, the Royal Couple will generate more in return for the country in the long run.
Hey, be happy! Me - I'll be sharing a Mythos with Prince Phillip as well!
He's from Corfu - good enough for me!!
Yammas

[Lesley]

Yammas from me 2 I am sure we will share in the fun here too

[loftyscot]

Given the odds involved with that particular family, I'm sure the Middletons are absolutely 'thrilled' that their daughter is going to be William's first wife.....

Affair(s) and divorced by 2020 methinks with gazillions of taxpayers lucre down the drain with it.

Anyway the real royal wedding is in Edinburgh with Zara and that rugby chap.

[tonyco1]

Well cynical or what, poor old Willy!!
So it seems that with Loftyscott, nothing south of the border would count! LOL

Zara - ?? - oh! yes!

Bet you watch though!!

[loftyscot]

Gotcha!!

No, won't watch, we will take the holiday though. Playing golf in the morning with the lads and then football with my son in the afternoon.

I will admire the pomp and ceremony on TV later on, but must admit I lost faith in 'the firm' a long, long time ago. Maybe, I've just realised this as I grew older. Maybe when I'm really old I'll appreciate them again!!

That said, his cousin Peter was/is employed in our place and by all accounts is a good lad.

Still, I'm a weekly visitor to London, back again tomorrow, and I must admit my colleagues in London are all kinda non-plussed about it as well....which surprises me.

I played at Royal Eastbourne GC on the day of Charles & Diana's wedding and my memory tells me it was all so different 30 years ago so perhaps the lens through which the public view them has changed a bit given their behaviour and the constant media scrutiny of them. For the better I think.

Anyway, 12 weeks on Friday.....tick, tock, tick, tock

[tonyco1]

A royal wedding breaks the monotony and a day off is great!

[Lesley]

'Normal' working day here in Corfu but sure we can manage to view the excitement either on a long lunch break/siesta or other...... Just heard the local channels will also be showing it as well, it's certainly has had  a lot of press recently on Greek TV whatever personal views are, seems it is big news all round..... I'm looking forward to seeing......with some friends in the sun over a meze and a krasi 

[amazona]

i heard there is going to be coverage of the wedding on ALPHA channel.......for those of us who dont have the luxuries of SKY!!!

[loftyscot]

ok, I've caved in, I bought a bunch of red, white and blue flowers from ASDA.

[spesh49]

Who cares !! The only reason i am all for it is the day off. Other than that i aint interested and wont be watching, but i have no doubt it will be rammed down our throats for weeks to come.

OK thats that sorted