Wedding on coronation day

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Hi lovely ladies!

I wanted to pick your brains on something. My fiancé and I booked our wedding venue in Spring 2022 for the 6th of May 2023. Wedding prep is going well and now all we need to finesse are the speeches and order of the day.

Since sending out our Save the Date’s, the coronation was scheduled for our wedding day. Most of my fiancé’s friends and family are royalists and genuinely gutted about the clash with the wedding. Luckily all of them are prioritising the wedding over the coronation, but I do feel like our wedding should somehow acknowledge the historical significance of the day.

Any idea what we could do to lean into the coronation without it getting in the way of celebrating our wedding? I don’t necessarily want to put it on a TV, but I could be open to a speech, singing God save the King, or some other nod that way. Ideas?

And agreed, much more fun than some football match… it could be an awesome touch to the day ! Everyone will remember it !

Ah I just read in your initial post you haven’t organised the order of the day yet, that’s great ! I understand your reluctance about a TV but really all you’ll get otherwise is a bunch of people not discreetly on their phones, or even coupling with who in the friendship group has the lasted iPad or whatever.

As a PP suggested the actual 1h coronation would be awesome to incorporate with drinks and canapés (I’ll be watching but not that fascinated, so I don’t know the exact timings sorry). It’s so cool to have your wedding be historical, and at the end huge toast from everyone ! Honestly could be absolutely awesome !

Wishing you the best 💚

Sorry posting a lot, but this could be the best wedding ever !

Please don’t hesitate to post your timings ideas, I’m sure we’d be happy to help ! (I’d need to google the timeline personally ha, just planning a lazy tv day)

Have you checked with church/venue to be sure it's all going ahead as planned? Hoping for your sake not in london!

Agree with a PP-could add a brilliant special touch-I would def have fun with it-and if ppl are wanting to watch I'd organise televisions somewhere so you don't lose have the guests!

Could you time it so you re off having photos done when the coronation service is on?

Lay on snacks and drinks for everyone and have it on a screen so you can then take your time and the guests won't be bored.

IMO it's the worst bit about weddings!

😊 Best suggestion yet.
Congratulations OP.

If I was going to a wedding on that day, I'd probably watch the highlights on iplayer or on my phone on the way home. Its 2023.

I'd ignore it, same as I would a clash with the FA Cup final or similar.

If people want to watch the ceremony in their phones in a corner that's up to them. If anyone is more bothered about an event happening to strangers that they can watch on TV later in the day than the wedding of people the claim to care about I'd not be pandering to them.

OP I'm going to say embrace it and have a bit of fun with it and I say this as someone who is a republican and who is in Ireland but this is a once off event for most people alive today. It's a big thing and most people will have an interest in it it's silly to think otherwise. Honestly I'd have fun with it and give the tables names of royal residences and I'd put paper crowns or tiaras or whatever on the tables for everyone. People who attend will always remember your wedding as the day of the coronation. An aunt got married on a World Cup final day and we always hear about it. Definitely a toast to the new king as well. Best of luck with it all

How about making some fun wedding themed Coronation-style tea towels as favours? Obviously with your faces on there instead of KC!

That's a great idea. I think they should definitely run with the fun aspect of it all

My dad got remarried on Williams wedding day.

They put a TV in bar area so it could be watched while people were having canapes and champagne

It was nice ;)

There's NO WAY I'd chose some random rich fucker getting a hat put on his head over a friend of family member's wedding. Catchup TV is a thing.

If there's an official dish as with Coronation Chicken for the late Queen, or the lemon trifle thingy for her Platinum, maybe your caterer could serve it?