A campsite in Wales is hosting an event for Londoners who want to avoid the hysteria surrounding the upcoming royal wedding.
Prince William will marry Kate Middleton on Friday, April 29, in London’s Westminster Abbey. Millions of tourists and locals are expected to flood the streets on the big day to watch the wedding procession and wave to the newly married couple as they travel from the historic church to Buckingham Palace, where the wedding reception will be held.
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While most residents are eagerly anticipating the big day, some are desperate to avoid the noise and crowds and are planning weekends in the countryside.
The managers of the Balchder Cymru campsite, near Powys in Wales, have decided to capitalise on this, and is staging an “Escape the Wedding Camp” weekend. The event will run from Thursday, April 28, to Sunday, May 1, and will feature nothing more than peace and quiet surrounded by like-minded individuals.
“We’re organising a get-together — not everybody is over the moon that these two are getting married,” the event’s organiser, Adam Phillips, told Wales’ Daily Post. “We are organising this celebration as a distraction and a lot of English people would feel the same as us. Our Escape the Wedding Camp is open to anybody from all over Wales or England to come to.”
While some people want to flee England’s capital as the wedding approaches, millions more are planning to visit the city. A number of central London hotels have reported they are already completely booked out from late April through to early May and there are unlikely to be any free beds in the city and its surrounding regions.
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Millions more are expected to watch the nuptials on TV, but those with new 3-D devices will be disappointed. William and Kate announced earlier this week that they were banning broadcasters from using multi-dimensional technology while filming the wedding because it would take up too much space inside Westminster Abbey.
Your say: What do you think about people holding “anti-wedding” events? Are you travelling to London to join the royal wedding celebrations? Or will you be watching at home?
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