Given recent polls suggesting that "one in three Irish people will be watching the Royal Wedding", we've succumbed to the inevitable and will be launching a dedicated and suitably cheesy-looking Royal Wedding Page tomorrow... It's a case of necessity really; today's top gossip story in The Sun involves Howard off Take Thatlanding a DJing gig in Ibiza...
We're not going to be camped outside or anything, elbowing others out of the way to roar something incomprehensible at the happy couple as they glide towards Westminster - instead we'll be sitting in the office from 8am (for that's when televised coverage starts...), sporting oversized headwear and quaffing cut price cava while live blogging, posting galleries, and generally dissecting the ensembles the guests - including the Beckhams, Elton John, and, eh, Joss Stone - arrive in. Like it or not, it's one of the biggest celebrity event to happen this year, what with it due to be watched by an alleged 2 billion pairs of peepers worldwide. No pressure, young love. No pressure.
Apart from the billions watching, coupled with the usual wedding day jits, Kate's choice of tiara could see some already wealthy woman lose out on £75k *gnaws knuckles*. To clarify, people have been putting on bets regarding the queen-to-be's head paraphernalia. Some had suggested that she would get a new tiara commissioned, while other says she's just thinking of breaking tradition by tethering flowers to her hair, but now it looks like she's going to wear the Queen's Russian Fringe Tiara (the yoke being modled by the Queen Mum there).
The Sun reports: "A GAMBLER left bookies quaking last night after placing a bet worth £72,000 on Kate Middleton wearing this Russian fringe tiara as she weds. If the posh punter's hunch is correct, it will mean Kate, 29, has borrowed the priceless head-dress from the Queen to tie the knot with Prince William. The diamond tiara, from the Queen's personal gems collection, has previously been worn by Queen Mary, the Queen Mum, the Princess Royal and Her Majesty herself... The betting riddle began when a well-spoken, middle-aged woman tried to lay the £6,000 cash wager at Ladbrokes in Ascot, Berks. The manager refused, convinced the punter had inside information. But the woman then travelled to nearby Egham, where she obtained odds of 12-1. If her bet comes off, she stands to net £72,000... In response to the huge punt, Ladbrokes last night closed the book on the much-anticipated question of what Kate will wear on her head to wed Wills, 28. Spokesman Alex Donohue said: 'If the punt comes home, we'll lose a fortune. This woman either has more money than sense, or she is very well informed.' The tiara, made in 1919 for Queen Mary, is formally known as the George III Tiara."
It was not confirmed whether the "well-spoken, middle-aged woman" putting on a punt in the horsiest Ladbrokes going was a red haired persuasion...
