'One day my Prince will come'

If you weren't aware the British public have recently celebrated a Royal Wedding. For weeks the country has been a hive of activity with souvenirs, shows and even a lame US movie.

We all waited with baited breath to see Kate's (or Princess Catherine's) wedding dress and the colour of the Queen's hat. For a wedding of two people who none of us commoners know but who the British public hold very dear to their heart, me included as you will already know if you had read 'All hail the Queen....right?' blog post.

Now the Queen chose yellow for her outfit. And Kate's dress was beautiful, lace bodice, long sleeves, very elegant and fitted and a small trail. Designed by Sarah Burton of McQueen just breath-taking. And Pippa Middleton was gorgeous also.

Very Grace Kelly when she married the Prince of Monaco.....

Princess Grace of Monaco was indeed a fairytale marriage also. Of course Catherine was a 'commoner' who met a Prince at University got together, broke up, got back together and now she is a Princess!

But all this talk of Royal Weddings and Princes & Princesses got me thinking about fairy tales. When I was younger I loved fairy tales and especially those of Disney.

When we are little we are given the idea that girls are a little helpless and that one day they will be swept off their feet by an amazing Prince, who you will meet once, fall madly in love with and marry pretty much the next day. And of course live Happily Ever After.

My favourite Disney Princesses were Ariel from The Little Mermaid, Belle from Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella. Only Ariel was an actual Princess before marriage. You grow up waiting for that fairy tale romance, the noble, dashing Prince to come and whisk you off your feet, most of the time this doesn't happen. But as Kate shows you can meet your Prince and fall in love and get married in front of millions... not sure if I would want that though to be honest, the marriage in front of millions, I'd love to be a Princess.

I am finding it very hard though to be cynical as I sit and watch the beautiful wedding of Prince William and Kate or the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. It is just refreshing to see a joyous occasion between two people in love rather than a load of doom and gloom. It was also nice to see Princess Victoria of Sweden who this time last year was preparing for her own wedding.

So join me in saying hip-hip hooray to the newlyweds!!

To end because I am an old romantic....

and of course the kiss