Table plan at wedding

[BradfordGirl]

Apparently at Harry and Meghan's wedding reception the table plan followed the American protocol of sitting couples next to each other. William and Kate insisted on changing the table plan at their table and having couples sitting apart.

That is what is alleged.

Maybe Catherine fancied sitting next to George Clooney. I mean it might be her only chance.

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maybe they thought sticking to the seating plan would have looked formal and stuffy 😉

if the people on the table were happy to do it, and sounds like they were as they went along with it , who cares

William and Kate haven’t complained about her bare feet and lack of respect for their boundaries when she instigated touching at the stage she was pretty much a stranger to them - maybe they should extend the same courtesy over such a petty detail

The pregnancy announcement at a wedding was far worse and really disrespectful

I am really surprised that any seating plan would sit partners next to one another - surely you see/chat to your partner all the time so the whole point of a social occasion such as a wedding is to socialise. I have never sat next to a partner at a wedding.

I like my DH.

Bloody hell. Is that book just one long shit list of things that have pissed Harry off over 38 years?

Yes

I like my DH as well. I still find fun and interesting things to talk to him about every day.

I love that because it’s alleged that w&k did it it’s fine.
with Meghan announcement of her pregnancy at a wedding, did she stand up and announce it?

@TimeforaGandT Ordinary people usually sit partners next to each other at a wedding.

Like other people’s wedding seating plans

I’d never expect to sit next to my partner if I was out. I have 3 meals a day with him most days & welcome the opportunity to meet new people.

Lots of posh people on this thread who never sit next to their husband when they are out. It is another world.
I am common as muck and in my world we love our husbands and wives.

@LizziesTwin Three meals a day? Doesn't at least one of you work?

Who the af cares what seating plan anyone used?

What a snide post! I love my husband too, but am a fully-functioning adult who can talk to other people at a table for the time it takes to eat a meal.

I quite like my DH but I don’t want to sit next to him at a wedding. I sit with him one on one aaaalllll the time. Lots of people swapped some place cards around the placement at our wedding. In particular when they’d been chatting during the drinks bit and then found they were next to each other and had used up their once a year chat. I rolled my eyes but didn’t mind especially. I wanted people to have a nice time.

I guess us posh folk are less likely to have co-dependent relationships with our partners, meaning we can function being away from our partners for periods of time. Doesn’t mean we don’t enjoy their company, just happier not being glued to the hip.

Each to their own 😉😂

Us common folk are at work every day so used to being apart from our husbands and wives. I have one meal a day with my husband except at the weekend. He has to leave for work much earlier than me.

Also, loads of tables I have been at at weddings we have all swapped seats around to catch up with different people after the main course - dessert and coffee is always a bit if a free for all. I don’t think the bride and groom would have cared about that in the slightest. Is this terribly different?

I’m not posh but bf’s family is - not being seated together is normal in their circles as other pp have said, so that everyone gets talking.

I would sit according to the seating plan and wouldn’t change things around myself personally. I bet if M and H did this at someone’s wedding everyone would not be saying it was fine to change the seating plan.

And before anyone asks, yes I find it rude announcing your pregnancy at someone else’s wedding.

There, balance! 😂

Is this the best you can come up with?

As I said, I think agreeing to swap places with individuals is fine. But saying to the whole table, I don't like this sitting next to partners, lets rearrange so nobody is sitting next to their partners, is rude.
And if William says this to you at his brothers wedding, who is going to object? People will feel forced to do this.
Nobody likes everything at someone elses wedding, but you have to go along with things.

Grow up.

Sitting together at a wedding meal doesn't mean you live your husband and those who sit 80cm further away don't love theirs....

Do you cling to each other at BBQs and parties? You don't wander off and talk to people alone? Do you sit next to each other all day at Christmas, Witham houseful? You never once sit on a sofa sat next to your mum for a chat whilst DH is in the garden with your Dad having a chat ??