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Unit 4 Royal Weddings Clip One Royal Weddings New Words Expressions spectacular壮观的;引人注目的;惊人的 protocol议定书;协议; (尤指外交的)礼节 override.撤销,推翻;不顾,无视 facilitate 使容易;促进;帮助 privileged 享有特权的;特许的;幸运的pageantry壮观;盛会;虚饰 Westminster Abbey（英国）威斯敏斯特大教堂Script Were working flat out to make the city absolutely spanking new, and make sure it looks fantastic. The last major royal wedding was in 1986 when Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson. Every spectacular detail was choreographed by senior members of the royal household.I have three royal weddings to help with and it was all to do with planning guest lists, protocol and pulling it together from all the aspects, not ignoring security things. At the same time remembering that I was doing it for them, as will be the case on the 29th of April when Prince William and Miss Middleton get married. It is their day, their ceremony. And we who are in the office shouldn’t override their wishes. They must be allowed to have what they want. It is us to make it work, and to facilitate it. And who better to help organize the day than Lady Elizabeth Anson, the queens cousin and royal party planner? She’s hosted scores of royal reception over 50 years and observed many royal weddings from some very privileged positions. There’s no doubt about it, Britain is better doing this sort of pageantry than anybody else and knows how to make it all excited. I mean I remember watching Princess Margaret’s wedding from the top of the queen mothers potting shed and her garden, which I overlooked the Mall. With such rich traditions to draw from, insiders know that a sense of expectancy and anticipation has always been central to royal weddings. And that means holding back some of the details until the day itself. So this will be the first glimpse we have of Sarah Ferguson’s much speculated on wedding dress. We need a few secrets in life. If everything’s in some newspapers, everyday, it’s with...there’s no interest, theres no ex