The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

It's another insomniac night for me and I was thinking about the week that was, and how long I was unable to update this journal.  The week was indeed very busy especially in the European part of the world, in a city called London.  It seems like everybody wanted to go to that place, no matter how much price they have to pay for the plane tickets and all! 

Well, if I had the money, I'd surely be in London, too, to witness in person the much-awaited union of Kate Middleton and Prince William last April 29, 2011.

Photo: The British Monarchy

Since I don't have the means to go to Westminster Abbey and also because I was not invited, I just glued on the televised ceremony of the historic matrimony.

Yes, I got the royal wedding fever, too. I purchased whatever affordable reading materials about Kate and Prince William. I read every novel news about the couple that came out each day prior to the wedding.

At long last, they finally tied the knot! Every moment was beautiful and perfect, like a  fairy tale where a commoner marries a royalty; some parts of it reminded me of "Princess Diaries" (starred Anne Hathaway) and Paige Morgan in The Prince and Me (starred Julia Stiles).

Photo: The British Monarchy

Anyway, now that Catherine Elizabeth Middleton and Prince William Arthur Philip are married, I pray that they will always live in love and serve as an inspiration to all couples in the world.

Cheers to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge! 

Kate Middleton: Soon-to-be Princess

I have always believed that our lives have long been written prior to us being born. Funny thing is, it's our lives but we never get to hold a copy of our life stories to guide us through, because, I guess, we are meant to be actors, rather than directors. Such is a life of a girl who is soon to become a Princess. Her name is Kate; Middleton is the last name.

I was seven years old then when I saw a real wedding of a real princess and a real prince charming -- not the ones I was used to see on tv and those that my kids are so fond of watching now; you know, Cinderella story (?), Princess Aurora (?), Belle (?), etc. I am talking about the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana on July 29, 1981. 

Perhaps, I was right all along to observe that between these two, it was Princess Diana who was the happiest, such happiness exuding from the inside out, that her face was amazingly a picture of total love and joy. The marriage apparently was not equal at both sides, that unlike the happily-ever-after stories that Disney Princess movies usually depict, the love story of Princess Di and Prince Charles ended sad and a bit tragic.

Twenty years later, a similar wedding will soon unfold on April 29, 2011: the nuptial of Prince William (son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana) and Kate Middleton. Looking at them is like history repeating itself, but in a way correcting itself. Unlike Princess Di and Prince Charles, Kate and Prince William now are a picture of a couple so in love with each other, with equal love on their eyes, if I may exaggerate. 

Who is Kate Middleton, by the way? Well, unlike Princess Diana, Kate has no royal ancestry to speak of. She's a commoner, a daughter of hardworking individuals who happened to be very industrious so were able to provide well in life. 

The meeting of Prince William and Kate was not at all a result of any royal match making, rather, a spontaneous girl-meets-boy-boy-meets-girl kind of thing.  Who would ever guess they would finally end up in each other's arm? Like I said, we're just actors in a life story already written for us, that at times, no matter how hard you try to change the course of things, you keep coming back to the original story line. 

I say, this is what happened to our girl named Kate, England's next Princess. Who could stop it? After all, it's all written on her name: Catherine Elizabeth "Kate" Middleton. She was named after royalties at birth because she is really destined to become ROYALTY.

-- Ireen --