I think I've looked forward to the Royal Wedding since the day Kate and Will got engaged. I recorded all the tv footage, interviews, photoshoots and documentaries and spent the next 5 months planning how I was going to get to the front to see the action. Fast forward to 28 April 2011 and I'm on a train on the way to St Pancras to do a quick walk-through around the Westminster Abbey area.
I wasn't even in the main area yet and the atmosphere was crazy. People were pushing and shoving trying to look at nothing! Someone thinks they've seen something so the message gets passed on and before you know it, a massive crowd has gathered to watch the road sweeper!
I met two wonderful American women who had travelled to London from Jersey (I think) and dressed up as Kate in her engagement Issa dress to celebrate the nuptials. I met the first guy to camp out (with his Diana tribute t-shirt) and plenty of visitors from all over the world.
On the morning itself, we woke at 3am and were joining the crowds outside the Abbey at 4am. We were directly in front of the BBC/ITV cameras and to our left was the general press. Waiting for 7 hours is nothing short of a miracle when you consider that I had smoke being puffed in my face from the man next to me, some Brazilian clubbers who had arrived straight from Pacha (still off their faces!) in front of me and no drink/food or toilets! Needless to say, we all got to know each other very well but man, I was glad when it was over!
When Will and Harry arrived and we saw Posh, Becks and Elton, the mood started to pick up. I think everyone really just came to see Kate's dress as the response from the crowd was one of awe. No-one really cheered too much for Charles, Anne and Carole etc but when Pips and Kate strolled up that red carpet, jaws dropped and most of the men drooled! So, I was about 3 people from the front, please forgive the photo angles but here are the best shots from the day...
I wasn't even in the main area yet and the atmosphere was crazy. People were pushing and shoving trying to look at nothing! Someone thinks they've seen something so the message gets passed on and before you know it, a massive crowd has gathered to watch the road sweeper!
I met two wonderful American women who had travelled to London from Jersey (I think) and dressed up as Kate in her engagement Issa dress to celebrate the nuptials. I met the first guy to camp out (with his Diana tribute t-shirt) and plenty of visitors from all over the world.
On the morning itself, we woke at 3am and were joining the crowds outside the Abbey at 4am. We were directly in front of the BBC/ITV cameras and to our left was the general press. Waiting for 7 hours is nothing short of a miracle when you consider that I had smoke being puffed in my face from the man next to me, some Brazilian clubbers who had arrived straight from Pacha (still off their faces!) in front of me and no drink/food or toilets! Needless to say, we all got to know each other very well but man, I was glad when it was over!
When Will and Harry arrived and we saw Posh, Becks and Elton, the mood started to pick up. I think everyone really just came to see Kate's dress as the response from the crowd was one of awe. No-one really cheered too much for Charles, Anne and Carole etc but when Pips and Kate strolled up that red carpet, jaws dropped and most of the men drooled! So, I was about 3 people from the front, please forgive the photo angles but here are the best shots from the day...
