Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Facsimile: the Royal Wedding Sends Fax-tastic Save the Dates
January 28, 2011
photo courtesy of mamapop.com
According to reports from the Daily Mail, the royal family’s Queen Elizabeth is all about taking things to a trendy level when it comes to the upcoming nuptials of her dear grandson, Prince William and his lucky lady in waiting, Kate Middleton set for April 29 of this year.
Dictated by protocol, the Queen Bee herself wrote a letter, which was transmitted via fax, to all expected sovereigns on the guest list. Sovereigns – out of respect and tradition – customarily receive advanced notice from other “foreign heads of state and non-VIP guests.” (dailymail.co.uk)
Among those already confirming their “faxy” RSVP’s?? Former sovereign of Greece, King Constantine (who also happens to be William’s godfather and close friend / 2nd cousin to Prince Charles), his wife, Queen Anne-Marie and their eldest son, Crown Prince Pavlov; Serbia’s Crown Prince Alexander (who is also the Queen’s godson) and his wife, Crown Princess Katherine; and the Romanian Monarchy, led by former King Michael and his wife, Queen Ann. Looks like we’re in store for a pretty royal funky chicken come April!
Not only that, but even though all confirmed guests are well into their 60s, 70s and even 80s – minus Crown Prince Pavlov who is still a spring chicken among the others at 43 – they were all so quick triggered with the fax machine acceptance and responses! Ha! My poor dad still only types with his index fingers!
But I suppose this kind of new age Save the Date should come as no shock to those of us stalking down the regal wedding deets. After all, it was a tweet heard ’round that world that first solidified the engagement news of Prince Willy and Katie Baby and even the fax machine Queen Mum is also a Facebooking and Flickr all star; so, it’s no wonder that sovereign Save the Dates would be sent facsimile style.
And what’s even better?? There’s still more to come! These sovereign guests will join the 1,800 other privy invitees when the formal, embossed in gold and written by hand invitations go out next month. I guess for the sovereign royalty though, any kind of heads up in a situation like this is always nice. I mean, everyone knows when it comes to royal nuptials, there’s about a schmillion other things you could be doing that day instead… (please note the sarcasm and move along.)
But I gotta give ‘em props. Between the tweet-confirmed engagement, the Queen gettin’ her FB and Flickr on and the fax-ilicous Save the Dates, this is one modernized and efficient family wedding! And we all know, nothing says romance quite like “efficient.” Haha! So, if the Queen Mum is listening, I thought I’d let her know, our fax number here is 800.486.3491, and if you just want to put ATTN: Mary Dietz on it somewhere, I’m sure I won’t have any issue in receiving it…
The gauntlet has been thrown…
And for all my other royal brides-to-be out there looking to make a statement with your “Pencil Us In!” announcements, be sure to check out our full line of DIY & Printable Save the Dates!
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