The royal wedding

Did you watch the British royal wedding last Friday night? It was really good timing with the public holiday in Japan. (There was a special public holiday in the United Kingdom for the wedding, so many people could watch it.)

I thought Catherine looked very lovely and elegant, and her dress was beautiful. The dress reminded me of Princess Grace of Monaco. It seems the couple are truly happy and Catherine's face looked radiant.

Do you remember Diana's wedding 30 years ago? I have some memories of it because my family all sat together in the living room of our house in Australia and watched a live broadcast. One thing I do remember is that Diana looked shy and nervous. I think that made an impression on me because of many fairy tales I had read. Princesses should be happy, not nervous! :)   Well, Catherine looked like a happy princess. (She isn't called a princess - her official title is the Duchess of Cambridge.)

By the way, a newspaper in Australia said that 6,000,000 (six million) Australians watched the wedding on TV. Wow! That is almost one quarter of Australia's whole population. (22,000,000).

Best of luck to the newlyweds and I hope they can live happily ever after!

* newlywed is not used for such a long time in English. I don't know how long is okay, but maybe for 6 months? In Japan the word can be used for several years?!