Royal Wedding Watch Party 2018

It feels like I've spent my entire life being captivated by British Royalty.

It all started way back in 1981 when Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer.

I was 11, and I remember getting up really early to watch

this breath-taking event happen live!

At that moment, I was hooked!

I will never forget the moment I heard Princess Diana was killed.

My very first baby was a 7-day old newborn and I was in the throes

of exhaustion and delirium.

I remember my husband waking me up at a weird hour of the night

to tell me that she had been killed in a car accident.

I tried telling him he was confused with Princess Grace of Monaco.

There was no way that such a tragedy could happen like that.

But it was true.

So when her first son, Prince William, married Kate in 2011,

you better believe I wasn't missing that one either!!

I will never, ever forget the second when the 

Westminster Boy Choir started singing John Rutter's piece,

This is the Day,

which was specifically composed for their wedding!!!
It was so breathtaking that it brought tears to my eyes.
You can watch it here and be mesmerized too!!

For this royal wedding, I tried to get my children to watch with me!
But the 5 am wake-up call wasn't interesting to them!
I tried making scones and clotted cream to go with the English tea

and jam I had purchased for breakfast during the watch party,

but both recipes were huge fails!!

I need to hone my British baking skills!!!
But undeterred by disappointment, I was once again

thrilled with the pomp and pageantry that only

the British can do with excellence!!
Someday I hope to be invited to a wedding 

wear I am required to wear a hat!!!