29th April 2021
Ten years ago this April, Prince William and Catherine Middleton married at Westminster Abbey with the eyes of the world on them. The new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were cheered through the streets on their way back to Buckingham Palace where, after the obligatory balcony appearances, they enjoyed a three course wedding breakfast alongside invited guests. After a long morning and the small job of getting married, they no doubt had an appetite and settled down for a right royal feast.
This April wedding had a very spring like starter. Three different fish and shellfish were brought together to get the wedding breakfast under way. South Uist salmon was served alongside Lyme Bay crab and Hebridean langoustines with a herb salad to keep everything fresh.
The royal couple had a lot to get off their chests in their sit-down chat with the queen of talk.
âThis is going to be a magnificent wedding, and our television screens will capture the full colour of the occasionâ¦.Â
âBut, at the simplest level, it will be heartening to partake of the colour and music of a ceremony magnificently dressed and appointed. The British may not be good at many things these days, but they know all about ceremony. London will be flowing with wine and beer, and over the Thames there will be fireworks. In the pubs a few old stagers will remember the words of the old song âGod Bless the Prince of Wales.â Our lives, God knows, are drab enough. The common man has had too complete a triumph and has dressed us all in grey. It will be a shot in the arm to see gold and scarlet and purple again, and to hear the silver trumpets.â