Prince William and Kate got married over in the British Empire. They are now known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. It was rumored so many people might tune in and tweet about the wedding that major websites and services like Twitter might crash. Thankfully the wedding started at 3am Eastern time, well enough early not to disrupt much of anything on my end of the world.
You may have no interest in the Royals — neither do I — except this one curious fact: it is estimated that up to 80 million pounds (about $134 million) was spent on the wedding. Even if a hefty chunk of that is security, and if you’re off by a factor of 50%… that’s a ton of money. And they say there’s a global recession!
While you’re recovering from getting up early to watch the nuptials, why not catch on some great personal finance reading:
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I’m curious where that 80 mil came from. The “commoners”?
Adaptu created a infographic comparing the average cost of an American wedding to that of the Royal Wedding. Check it out here: https://www.adaptu.com/community/visualize_money/blog/2011/04/25/regular-vs-royal
I’m with you Kevin. It’s been almost a week and I’m still hearing about the wedding and the rather important discussion on where they will go on their Honeymoon. Congratulations to them for getting married, time to move on.
Thanks,
Timothy
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They also spent a fortune of kates engagement ring!!
It is a lot of money, but then we couldn’t have expected it to be any different, if they didn’t have the extravaganza that it was everyone would have been more upset – it was something that lifted everyone’s spirits