All things Princess

Unless you’ve known me since childhood, you likely don’t know that I adore the British Royal Family and grew up with this secret desire and belief that I would one day become a real princess. (This was interrupted for a year or two when the New Kids on The Block came around and my heart was with them).

My elementary school BFF Jesse and I used to parade around the playground at recess with this terrific game we’d dreamed up that we were royal princesses. We dreamed up our kingdoms and adventures that were executed with perfect British accents and it was a game that lasted years. My Grandma and Grandpa had collector magazines and tons of articles that they gave me to start my first scrapbook (which I still have), and I saved my allowance money and faithfully bought the monthly Majesty magazine issue. 

Looking through the wedding photos of Princess Diana and Sarah Ferguson’s weddings fueled my princess dreams and my determination that I was going to have a ball gown wedding dress with a veil the length of my train just like them.

Now I must pause and borrow a statement from my dear friend Jesse’s blog – we did have other friends in school and have grown up to become successful and well-adjusted adults.

As I have gotten older, I still have a deep love of all things “princess”. I think I surprised my in-law’s the first Christmas we spent with them as I would randomly burst forth into song from the movie “Ever After” that had just been released. However, they are used to my frilly side and just smile when I tell them of my Pretty Princess Tiara that I would wear during the final stages of any University course (it seriously helped me study), or if I tell them of the Tiara bowl I refrained from buying at the Disney store (I would have had to share with Ellie or bought two, but I’m sure Cheerio’s would have tasted sublime). 

Thankfully I have been blessed with a husband who, after 5 years, is starting to get used to this side of me. While he was surprised that I was going to blog about the Royal Wedding, he wasn’t as surprised as when he found me watching TV one night wearing sweats and my wedding veil (something every girl needs to do).

Watching William and Kate’s wedding was so exciting for me and while I wasn’t able to share it with my BFF Jesse or my sisters, I did get to share it with my own young Prince Will and I tried not to complain too much about how tired I was the next day. 

While I didn’t become a princess on my wedding day, two things did happen. First, I married a man who adores me and treats me like royalty every day. Second, my veil was longer than my train….