How long do you think the coronavirus crisis will last? I’m really asking. I suspect that we’ll be in a state of isolation, work-from-home, economic crisis and medical crisis for at least three months. I do think that by the summer months (July, August) much of this will have calmed down, at least that’s my hope. So, is it too early to cancel a late-May wedding? I suspect that there are many brides and grooms dealing with that issue right now, questioning whether they should cancel their April, May and June weddings. So far, Princess Beatrice’s May 29th wedding has not been cancelled. But there is the threat of cancellation at some point:
The Queen’s summer diary was last night under review with garden parties and other royal events set to be cancelled due to coronavirus. Trooping the Colour, the Epsom Derby and Royal Ascot are all unlikely to go ahead in June after Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that social distancing could last weeks or even months.
Buckingham Palace confirmed that all the royal households are studying the implications of the new government advice and its impact on forthcoming events. An announcement on the royal diary is expected on Tuesday.
COVID-19 is also threatening to disrupt Princess Beatrice’s wedding on May 29.
“The coronavirus has thrown a bit of a [wrench] in the works,” a royal insider previously told The Telegraph.
I do feel a little bit sorry for Beatrice. Her wedding has already been hampered by so much, especially her own father’s perversions and predations on underage girls. She also had to wait to set a date until after the last British election. My guess is that the wedding will be postponed. There’s also a rumor that Prince Philip has already told people that he’s not going to Bea’s wedding. Oh, and as I was writing this, an announcement about the Queen’s schedule was made – she’s moving to Windsor Castle as of Thursday, and all of the royal garden parties are cancelled.
As a sensible precaution and for practical reasons in the current circumstances, a number of changes are being made to The Queen’s diary.
Read our press release in full:https://t.co/dWXKCT0AQj
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) March 17, 2020
Also, did you know that Edo Mapelli Mozzi is still on Twitter? SMH, they made Meghan quit her Instagram, but Edo is still on Twitter??
A great idea just seen on Twitter. Would it be possible for the supermarkets to only allow elderly shoppers in first, so that they can shop before the rest of us, as the shops will be clean/disinfected, and before the shelves are all cleared. #elderlyhour
— Edo Mapelli Mozzi (@edomm) March 15, 2020
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His tweet was not horrible and there are stores in my city that are opening 1 to 2 hours early just for elderly customers to shop.
A lot of stores are doing that and I think its great – many elderly people don’t have the money to bulk buy let alone the ability to take it home with them. Not all of them have families who can help them.
Its time like this we need to look after the elderly and vulunerable.
Two of my nearest supermarkets are doing this too and it is great, one of them also has one evening per week that is designated for people with autism that may need extra assistance and have even specially trained staff working those evenings, that service has been running for about a year with great feedback from customers. Stores like this, that think about all in their community, will always get my business.
I didn’t know stores were doing that, that is lovely.
His tweet isn’t horrible, its not original (I’ve seen the idea floating around a lot over the past two days) but the idea def has merit.
it’s the fact that he is still active on social media and Meghan had to shut everything down.
Agree, Becks1 — This is already happening in my town and I’m sure many other places. As to Edo’s still being on Twitter: once again there seems to be a huge difference in enforced royal ‘protocol’ rules for Meghan and everyone else in the family. Like Kaiser, I’m actually beginning to feel sorry for Beatrice and her wedding. Seems cursed doesn’t it? If I were her, I’d scale it down to immediate family and just go forward with a small, intimate ceremony and have reception later. But then, my thinking is a wedding should ultimately be about the commitment to each other and not the hoorah that surrounds so many weddings. (Of course my small Buddhist ceremony cost -$75 and we are still together 43 years later.). I also can’t imagine a small private wedding being ok with either of her parents. However, as they are already living together (which I have no problems with), perhaps postponing the wedding is no big deal to either of them.
As Bea isnt a working royal he wont be either though, so hes not really bound by any of those issues.
Poor Bea, it’s just not going to happen is it? My friend was due to marry on May 7th but she’s cancelled it. If it were me I think I would just get married with only witnesses and have the party later when all this is over. It’s the marriage that’s important not the wedding. Mind you I’ve been married nine years so perhaps that colours my view!
This is exactly what I’ve been saying. Go to Justice of Peace because in the event one of you does get sick, the other can make medical decisions. Party on your anniversary.
At this point, if they actually wanted to be married, couldn’t they just have a private wedding? I know that they probably want something fancier, or just to be fairer as to what her sister got, but times have changed. Deal.
That’s what I think – have a private wedding if they want to be married, and then have a big celebration once we’ve gotten through this.
It would also be the opportunity to marry without any publicity. Sorry press, to dangerous. No pictures with pedo Andy at the wedding…..
Unrelated to her wedding, but is Bea wearing the same dress that Kate wore on the recent Ireland tour? The dresses, if not identical, are at least fraternal twins.
Both dresses are by “The Vampire’s Wife”.
Oh, I’m clueless. I even saw Kaiser refer to it that way, but thought it was just snark!
It’s the same dress. Basically every famous/rich woman on the planet has worn an iteration of this Vampire’s Wife dress over the last couple of years.
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but the dress looks kind of nice on Bea. I hated it much much less than I did when Kate wore it
@lizzie Agree, the style looks much better on Bea than Kate. She’s curvier and the dress flatters her figure more. It’s slightly different than the Kate version and has nicer design details. Don’t like the fabric though. Kate’s just looked like a candy wrapper.
I thought the same thing.
A friend was marrying this easter break, in april, not happening, wedding was cancelled as well as honeymoon, lost lots of money..
This will last a few months, yes,…
I feel for everyone with a wedding planned anytime soon. I wouldn’t count this being over the worst until late summer. Looking at the data models… Plus, there’s a decent chance we’ll see an uptick again in the cooler months.
My friend just canceled her wedding for the foreseeable future. I told her to go to the courthouse and get it all official, and we’ll just party later. She’s considering it.
Isn’t Beatrice not a “working royal”? That would explain her fiance getting to keep his twitter. I’m not defending the royal family’s treatment of Meghan, I’m just not sure that this is an example of anything nefarious.
* I’m not an expert on the royal family, so if that’s wrong about Beatrice not being a working royal, then I am open to being corrected.
You are correct, but it’s apples to oranges even if Beatrice was a working royal. His Twitter is a private account that he doesn’t make money off of. Meghan’s wasn’t simply her private account. It was directly connected to her lifestyle website. There was absolutely nothing wrong with her making money that way as a private citizen, but would have been inappropriate to continue as a working Royal. She should have been allowed a new one that wasn’t connected to a business if she wanted though. The BRF is really late on the social media game and it’s a little silly.
Which lifestyle website?? I know she closed The Tig down before the engagement and as far is known she never had any other website thereafter? Do you know the name of the website? Many thanks.
I feel bad for Bea in that her wedding has already seemingly been delayed, but not that bad because out of all the brides having to reschedule weddings, she’s going to have the easiest time doing so.
I don’t feel sorry for Bea at all. Why isn’t she married already? She wants a (semi) royal wedding. Marriage is not her priority.
I do feel sorry for all other engaged couples who will loose so much money. There are so many people that I am praying for today. TQ and PP should have been buttoned up somewhere secluded weeks ago. Carrying on is fine during the blitz but pretty ridiculous when they are over 90 and there is a pandemic that is especially lethal for seniors – even PC and CC are no spring chickens and should be secluded. They need to lead by example. Once again those who advise them have failed.
I got an email from my local supermarket yesterday announcing their new hours and I wrote back asking them to do the same thing to help the elderly. It’s a huge national chain (under different names) but it would sure be a great thing to do. My aunt lives in Los Angeles and her local market is also doing it.
Local markets are starting to do this in LA. I’ve had some emails today.
This is what happens when you marry for the wrong intention. That edo guy only seems to notice after Eugenie grand wedding and how they televised. after that, he started dating Beatrice even though he knows her for many years and bea was single for a few years. He proposed so soon and he might think they will get the wedding like Eugenie but it got crashed by Andrew , then postposed for Sussex . Finally, they come with bp and private ceremony and now this virus, i won’t be surprised if that guy pulled over the last minute. He mainly wanted this wedding with an exception because this will be the last royal wedding at least for the two decades to come and he very well think of Eugine wedding now marrying in private ceremony. Even after corno i don’t how UK taxpayer will feel because already the market and economy is crashed.
My only interest in Bea’s wedding is to see Harry and Meghan. That is it.
Me too Flying Fish!
I feel for anyone who has a wedding booked over the next few months. Everything is so uncertain at the moment. I feel it will get worse before it gets better. Did anyone see that prediction, that a virus that attacks the lungs will appear in 2020 and disappear just as quickly as it started? I’m hoping that the disappearing part is true.
Look at that Dean Koontz novel from 1981 (forget the name and too lazy to look up). Actually SAID it was a virus starting in Wuhan, China, too!
That’s interesting! Two spiritual friends of mine (who aren’t perfect but are more often right than not), both said that it will disappear as quickly as it started. Fingers crossed😊
My parents were supposed to attend a wedding in early April in Texas and they are canceling their plans to attend. My sister is a bridesmaid so I don’t know yet what her plans are. As far as I know, the wedding itself has not been canceled yet. I guess they will either go ahead with a small intimate ceremony and reschedule the reception for later or postpone it for later in the year.
I also have a wedding scheduled for early June I am supposed to attend as a bridesmaid. My friend has already started to think out loud about the responsibility of not holding a large event but I think it’s a little too early to tell right now. I think we’ll have a better idea in a few weeks. It’s hard because no one can predict from day to day.
As for Bea, I feel like she should just give up at this point… so many ominous signs.
I need to stop reading anything involving the corona virus. Every time I see “weeks or possibly months” something in my otherwise sane brain wants to snap.
Sorry to say that it wouldn’t make a difference if it did! Shes irrelevant & her father’s actions was going to overshadow it anyway. Eugenie really got the better deal!
It’s been officially postponed. Beatrice just isn’t having an easy time with it
I do feel a little bad for her. This entire engagement has been plagued with so much terrible stuff. She must be really unhappy.
What other sign do you need sis?
Aria, am curious as to why you consistently use run on sentences, no punctuation, no caps, typos galore? Surely it is not a show of disrespect to other posters who try a bit harder when coming to the party?
Hi! I love Aria’s post, so I do want to defent Aria after reading your post. I looked at their last post, and I do see punctuation, capitalization, etc., so I’m not sure which comment you are referring to. I do believe Aria is working on their English – not their 1st language. Their posts are very thoughtful – I am certain there is no intentional disrespect.
In this anxious time in our world, let’s assume positive intentions 🙂