The Wedding Service of Prince William and Kate Middleton in Westminster Abbey has been taken and watched by approximately 2 million people all over the world. And the balcony kisses of the new royal have sealed the wedding. One by one, people who gathered outside the Buckingham Palace, were leaving. We were also there, among 5000 people who wished to see the traditional kisses in the Palace’s balcony.
We walked along the way ahead to Trafalgar Square, the most famous squares in the world, located in London where we were at the time. In half an hour later, we already sat and talked in the square. There were 6 of us, all girls. We are international students from all over the world who have great opportunity to study in one of well-recognition universities in the United Kingdom. We are all classmates. We are taking Post-Graduate Study for the same subject, English Literature. Our study is commencing from August 2010 to September 2011.
It has been our two-day in London. We came here to see the Royal Wedding. Although, there was no invitation, but we were so much willing to come from Essex, where we are studying, to London. Who needs invitation anyway, while the magnet of the Royal Wedding has strongly attracted us? Besides, we were having holiday till the end of April regarding to the incoming summer!
As we sat in other corners of Trafalgar Square, Annabel, who is originally from England, said: “I wish I could be like Kate, finding someone who loves me so dearly and sincerely!”, her eyes gave a gazed look. “Oh, yes….you will….dear! Don’t worry….”, cheered Laurie, from Germany. We started to take out meals from bags. Eating them slowly.
“I heard William and Kate have lived together for sometimes….,” I summoned.
“Ohh….yes. I read in internet that the Archbishop of York backed their decision to live together prior their marriage..”, added Laurie.
“Anglican traditionalists have criticised the Archbishop about this,Well....., it is common thing for modern couple to live together before marriage“, said Annabel. “There is a myth that cohabitation is a good way to determine compatibility….”, she added.
“Is it appropriate for the Prince, who will be the King, to have been living with his bride before they get marriage?”, I wondered.
“Well….The exception of people about it is mixed. But people tend to think their wedding more important than their past…”, replied Annabel.
“Well, I don’t want to discuss more about Prince William and Kate. But I am just curious….Is it necessary for a couple to live together before marriage?”, I delivered a question. Annabel seemed reluctant to answer it. Not other girls. “It depends….”, Caelin, from Greek, replied. “If you feel you don’t need it, then you don’t do it. Why you choose to live with your boyfriend while you could just marry him!“. Caelin asserted.
“Well, this topic is interesting to discuss. I like it!”, said Xia Nie, my classmate from China who has been married for two-year. She is 25, while I am 26. The other girls are around 22 or 23.