Peter’s Friends: At the Royal Wedding With Hello!
TO the pages of Hello!, where Mr Peter Phillips, son of stable lad Captain Mark, is marrying Miss Autumn Kelly.
Also in attendance are Miss Chelsy Davy, 22, pictured 16 times, and Miss Kate Middleton, 26, in 13 photos.
Says a source in the Sun: “There is no way that Princes William and Harry would have agreed to allow their girlfriends to be pictured in this way at what was supposed to be a private family event.”
Indeed, not. Over 29 pictures of the two gels, there is not a single shot is either of them wearing a bikini or sunbathing. Prince Harry is said to be “incensed”.
Says the Telegraph: “The wedding cake – decorated with sugar-crafted lily of the valley – was cut with the Army sword of Captain Mark Phillips, the groom’s father.”
The Mail, though, looks beyond the towering triumph of icing and the syrupy filler with the sword and says the wedding special run to 100-pages, trumping the Sun’s 58 pages, and making celebrity watchers wonder if adverts can be counted as part of the photospread?
Is, for instance, that advert for Magnum ice creams, or that inducement to buy skin creams and flakes, as Mr and Mrs Philips requested.
“100 pages of overkill (including a plug for vodka),” says the Mail. The groom wore a smile which could “melt a glacier” while the bride’s eyes were “dancing behind her veil”.
What part vodka, best served over ice, played in the bride and groom’s sparking eyes can only be guessed at.
Or saved for the honeymoon follow up…
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:21 pm
One does not look too amused
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Ought one to rise above one’s station?!
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:23 pm
No, one gets thrown all over the carriage, I wait til Benfleet now
May 23rd, 2008 at 8:46 am
The Queen knows all that is going on and she probably knew all about it, but doesn’t care. When all said and done the young couple will be able to pay off the mortgage, etc. with the fee. It could be just a rumor re members of the Family being unhappy. They all have appeared in Hello over the years though and know the magazine well.
M and A
My word, we have a Royal Correspondent!
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:18 am
That the rights were sold was in the news weeks before the wedding! How could anyone not know what was going on??? Someone is making a mountain out of a mole’s hill!!!
May 23rd, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Leave the royals alone. This was a done deal long before the wedding. They all had a great time, and so we have pictures of the family. Big hairy deal. Grow up Britain, the Royals are just a family like yours and mine. Let them have their day. Peter and Autum can do what they want.
Much ado about nothing.
June 3rd, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Nononononono!
It is more sinister than that!
Don’t you remember that infamous pic of Jugears and Blondemop on the eve of their wedding, the one where they were both wearing bluish cotton shirts and looking ever-so plebian?
The overdetailed prom dress Autumn wore, the many pics of her holding a wineglass, the matching strapless gowns on VERY adult “bridesmaids,” the, oh, look at us on the dance floor pics! I mean, come on. It’s a revolution. Royalty is trying to mascarade as “just plain folks.” Keep all its money and perks, and still be a tad overdressed on all occasions, but, hey, lookee here, no titles, but still in line to the throne…..
It’s a royal con game. But very interesting all the same.