By K.D. Norris
Where will you be for the Windsor Castle wedding of Great Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle? Probably not on the invite list, we assume. But you can still watch the pomp and circumstance in style at a local Royal Watch Party.
20 Monroe Live, located at 11 Ottawa Avenue NW, in downtown Grand Rapids, will be hosting an early morning party — and you can get on that invite list!
20 Monroe Live’s Royal Wedding Party will be held Saturday, May 19, with doors open at 6 a.m., the show begins at about 6:20 a.m. as guest arrive, and the wedding set to start at 7 a.m. It will end at about 8 p.m.
Tickets are still available, and the box office will open at 5:45 a.m. that morning for last minute decisions.
The all-age event is sponsored by Channel 13’s My West Michigan. There is no dress code, but “fancy hats” are encouraged.
Admission includes and English breakfast buffet and one mimosa (or tea if its is a little too early for some champagne).
The breakfast will be provided by Applause Catering, cakes by Connie’s Cakes, chocolate party favors by Chocolates by Grimaldi. There will also be photo-booth style photos available from Mod Bettie Portraits.
Tickets are $40 and can be purchased at livenation.com.
If you go, dress up and sound smart
A few facts you should know if you go (and want to sound smart):
Prince Harry’s real name — Prince Henry Charles Albert David Mountbatten-Windsor of Wales.
Where Prince Harry falls in current royal pecking order — Sixth in the line of succession to the British throne; after Queen Elizabeth II is her son Prince Charles, then Charles’ son Prince William, then William’s three children (Prince George, Princess Charlotte and the just born Prince Louis). Yes, there is another possible queen in the royal mix.
Megan Markle’s acting career — Starting in 2011, she portrayed Rachel Zane on the legal drama series Suits for seven seasons; her film credits include Remember Me and Horrible Bosses.
The witnesses to the wedding — there will be about 600 invited guests at St. George’s Chapel.
Where do the newlywed couple go after the wedding — A reception hosted by Queen Elizabeth II at St. George’s Hall in the castle.
Ya, and you will not get an invitation to that either.
