attend local Royal Wedding party?

[herzog]

I have been offered tickets for myself and DD (who will be four in three weeks time) to attend a Royal Wedding party which the bbc will be filming as part of its coverage of how the rest of the country are celebrating the Royal Wedding. There will be live music, big screen tvs, space for picnics and it is supposed to be child friendly.
I'm not particularly bothered about the Royal Wedding although I think they seem like a nice couple and I wish them the best of luck. I would be happy to have the wedding on in the background if I'm at home or just catch the highlights on the evening news. However, I'm sure there will be a really good atmosphere at the party and I wonder whether if we don't go I'm denying DD the chance of being part of the moment. I expect people in the future will discuss where they were/what they were doing when Wills & Kate got married. On the other hand she's probably too young to remember it anyway and if she's interested on the day we can have fun watching it together at home!
So should we accept the tickets or let somebody who really wants to go have them (they are part of an allocation that one of the groups performing have been given for family and friends and I'm sure they will have no problem getting rid of them as the event has been massively oversubscribed) - WWYD?

[cjel]

my gut feeling was lucky you, although I too have no plans on what to do on the day, it hasn't grabbed me , although have been discussing what we did when diana got married!!! My first thought was that it would be lovely for you to go although I'm not sure why I felt that. Maybe because it might be one of those regrets you have further down the line. Sorry I can't be of more help!!

[coolascucumber]

Sounds like you are being offered the chance to take part in a rather contrived event. The BBC is doing a complete propaganda job for the royal family at the moment. I hope they have a lovely wedding and that their family enjoy the day too but why anyone would be celebrating the wedding of someone they don't know escapes me. We'll be having fun but it will have nothing to do with the royal wedding. Perhaps you should be going with your instincts and in years to come you'll be thinking - yes I can see this was when the country started to move away from the cap doffing attitude to the monarchy.

[supadupacreameggscupa]

I would go.

Have a lovely day and soak up the atmosphere. Your DD would enjoy it and you might get on the telly. Now that would be nice for her to see when she was older.

Seriously, it's a party and you might have fun.... I wish my community had more get togethers, i remember loads when i was growing up.