I get the impression that you had more on your television in the weeks and months before than we did. I avoided some of the pre-wedding stuff, but I did watch a couple of very interesting documentary programmes looking at Royal weddings over the ages - going right back through the centuries rather than just Diana in her duvet.

I didn't see the balcony bit - I was hanging out some washing and S2C was watching the snooker. I did catch a glimpse, though, later and was more taken with the way Camilla and Charles were helping a tiny bridesmaid to see better than the actual kiss. It was so clear, within the abbey, how much in love they were that the quick peck was more a necessary photo-op thing than a proper kiss!

I hope fervently that that beautiful gown heralds the end of the boot-tube wedding dress, too.

And as you show in your links, Beatrice and Eugenie are both capable of looking beautiful - I don't know if they set out to shock and refuse help from advisors, or just have fashion advisors that hate them!

The amazing array of hats are one of the best parts of the whole event - spotting those that work, and those that don't...