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Being reported by The Daily Mirror:
Prince William and Kate Middleton have banned guests from drinking beer at their wedding reception.

In a move that is sure to disappoint party-loving Best Man Prince Harry, ale will not be served at Buckingham Palace after they tie the knot next Friday.

The prospect of guests downing pints has been deemed unsuitable for such a prestigious occasion.

Instead, the couple will treat their 650 guests to flutes of champagne and wine to accompany their canapés as they mingle in the palace’s 19 state rooms.

A source confirmed yesterday: “There won’t be any beer.

“Let’s face it, it isn’t really an appropriate drink to be serving in the Queen’s presence at such an occasion.

“And while the younger royals enjoy a pint from time to time, neither Kate nor William is a big beer drinker so they decided to leave it off the menu.

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“It was always their intention to give their guests a sophisticated experience and they have chosen the food and drink with this in mind.”

Chief royal chef Mark Flanagan has given a taster of what the chosen few invited inside the Palace from 12.40pm on Friday can expect to enjoy.

His team of 21 trusted chefs are already hard at work preparing to serve 15,000 canapés, followed by a three-course evening meal for a select 300 of Kate and William’s closest friends and family.

Using the finest locally sourced British ingredients, the chefs will make quail’s eggs with celery salt, mini Yorkshire puddings with roast beef, and mini sausage rolls.

They will be served on gold plates by waiters discreetly circulating among the crowds.

But neither groom William, 28, nor bride Kate, 29, will be drinking alcohol because they want to remain sober to savour the unique occasion.

Friends of Kate have previously revealed she has never been a big drinker, preferring to remain in control and sip just one glass of wine.

A pal from her gap year in Florence said: “She would like a glass of wine but couldn’t really handle her drink. She’d get giggly and silly after a few glasses, so then she would stop. She was never interested in getting really drunk. She never ever let herself get out of control.”

And while she was occasionally pictured coming out of London society nightclubs such as Mahiki and Boujis, Kate always maintained her composure.

But William’s younger brother Harry is still very much in his partying days.

It was only in February that he was pictured bleary-eyed coming out of a London burlesque club. Very much one of the lads and in his element serving in the armed forces, Harry, 26, frequently opts for a pint of beer on a night out.

And his on-off girlfriend Chelsy Davy, 25, was spotted enjoying beer and punch as she partied the night away at a music festival in Zimbabwe over the New Year.

News of the beer ban could also disappoint William’s stag do pals such as Guy Pelly, Tom Inskip, Harry Meade and Tom Van Straubenzee.

And it will also be a let-down to the beer companies who have tried to cash in on the royal wedding by launching products for the event.

Castle Rock brewery in Nottingham has just sold 70,000 bottles of its Kiss Me Kate beer to Morrisons.

Kate and William were due to enjoy a quiet weekend away from the crowds today as they prepare to marry next week in front of two billion television viewers worldwide.
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Ok, I am definitely not one to keep up with the current events of celebrities (or royal wedding for that matter) in the very least. I hate the garbage that is constantly spewed forth in our newspapers and magazines that are considerably dumbing down our cultures in a daily basis. Seriously, who gives a flying rats ass on who lost 15 pounds and who has cellulite or what royal wedding is taking place next.

When I was on my way into work today I heard a small news snippet on NPR very quickly summarizing the news article quoted above and I became enraged. Most of us on here appreciate good beer and the time and effort that is put into the making of said good beer. Most of us are aware that the beginnings of actual civilization can be attributed to beer. And most of us on here feel that a good craft brew is on par with a fine wine (if not better) and should be treat as such with all respect due to it.

Then why is it that these snobby ******** feel the need to publicly shame beer? Do they think that all beer is budlight or stella and people cannot control themselves while drinking beer? This news beckons frustration and annoyance and has definitely made me care about the royal wedding in the sense that I really loathe and despise the negative connotations given to beer especially when they are propgated by utter snobbery by a royal family that knows no better on the true virtues of beer (which said negative connotations will undoubtedly give rise to the uneducated masses following suit and turn their noses up at our fine craft)
 
I'm suitably disgusted. I'm also quite surprised by this because the British are a people who enjoy their Ales -and since the royals have taken a lot of heat over the last decade (being viewed as an expense the taxpayers can't really afford anymore) you would THINK they would put a little thought into NOT insulting the 'commoners'.
What a bunch of snobs. I WAS going to hoist a pint of my best in their honor and to their long life. I'll still pull a pint or two, but it won't be to honor THEM or anyone else who thinks Beer is too low-brow.
As Bender (a beer loving robot if ever there was one) says: They can kiss my shiny metal --- )
 
I'll have a pint in honour of Harry on the day of the royal wedding....and then I'll have another.

I am SO thankful to the founders of this country that I do not live in a Monarchy. ALL human beings are equal regardless of what conditions you were born in or what conditions you live in.

Anyone who thinks I should divert my eyes from them or kiss their wrinkly hand, queen or no queen, will get nothing but a middle finger from me!
 
Misplaced_Canuck said:
It's their own wedding, they can decide what they want to do, can't they?

If you decide to serve Old Milwaukee at your own wedding, that's your choice too. :D

M_C
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you're absolutely right--they can have whatever they choose, but being in the public spotlight, they dont to have a press-release denouncing beer as an unsophisticated drink. thats just snobbish and an insult trying to prove that they are "better" than something.

It's simply more attention for the attention-starved. And what makes me even more mad is they got me to play their game like a little kid being offered candy and being told to get in the van.
 
The issue here is this is the ROYAL wedding. These people live under a constant microscope. I mean, when is the last time that either of the princes spent a day in their boxers watching a sports game while eating a frozen pizza and drinking beer? (While I can not confirm, I will guess that "never" would be pretty close.)

The royal family is an equivalent to our flag, they are a symbol to the people. Part of being a good symbol is living up to the title. How many words can you think of (not in a joking or snide way) to describe the word "royal"? I do not think my list would have included beer/ale anywhere...

BTW I care more about the rotation of Mars than I do about the Royal family but I am not British...
 
The institution of royalty, like slavery, should be fundamentally appalling to all free people even if kept as a symbolic one. Its a symbol that some people are born above others and is a relic of our species darker past that should not be tolerated in any form. I find it odd that so many Americans give a **** about this at all.

Now as for the beverage... are they using English wines? I'm no wine expert but it seems that England has better Ales than wines so I'm guessing they plan on importing their wines from France for the wedding. Granted, the English royal family is French in origin but still...
 
If I could get away with what they can - I would have just about every drug in every form on the planet for my guests.

They don't really get it... If this were a REAL celebration they would make the Romans proud and have every wine / beer / liquor available - tons of food - whatever their guests hearts desired.
 
Zamial said:
The issue here is this is the ROYAL wedding. These people live under a constant microscope. I mean, when is the last time that either of the princes spent a day in their boxers watching a sports game while eating a frozen pizza and drinking beer? (While I can not confirm, I will guess that "never" would be pretty close.)

The royal family is an equivalent to our flag, they are a symbol to the people. Part of being a good symbol is living up to the title. How many words can you think of (not in a joking or snide way) to describe the word "royal"? I do not think my list would have included beer/ale anywhere...

BTW I care more about the rotation of Mars than I do about the Royal family but I am not British...
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Imperial (place beer style name here)

:D


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this is not against anyone in this thread... but im so sick of hearing about that stupid wedding whether it be on the news... internet.. or just people gossiping about it. who the hell cares... they are just a bunch of snobby people feel they are superior to almost everyone. plus the fact that they arnt even the real family of Britain, i forgot who took over either someone from France or a duke or something from Germany.

i try and stay away from this crap. plus they are just a tax burden on the people of Britain.

thats good for beer to be away from them, cuz beer is too good for them! ha i said it!
 
nickharbour said:
Now as for the beverage... are they using English wines? I'm no wine expert but it seems that England has better Ales than wines so I'm guessing they plan on importing their wines from France for the wedding. Granted, the English royal family is French in origin but still...
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The current lot are German, but still beer doesn't seem to be generally regarded as up to snuff for big occasions.

Still, it isn't all bad. We get a day off to ignore the wedding completely and go to the pub instead.
 
So what? I dont think you should take it that personally OP. It is the choice of the people getting married as to what to have on your menu. And they dont drink so often, so its just wine and champagne.

I could not care less about what they are doing.
 
Zamial said:
...but I am not British...
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I am, and I couldn't give a rat's arse about the whole thing. Given how the UK is revered for it's real ale and pub culture (the only thing I truly miss), and that the betrothed is "a commoner", ale would absolutely be appropriate. No wait, the British royal family is a German dynasty, so perhaps lager might be more appropriate.

(William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens revered ale, and that's good enough for me; I don't credit the opinion of snooty brats who are born into privilege.)
 
Zamial said:
How many words can you think of (not in a joking or snide way) to describe the word "royal"? I do not think my list would have included beer/ale anywhere...
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How about the word "Imperial".. is that "royal" enough?
 
I have a strong feeling that numerous Englishmen/Englishwomen do NOT drink beer because they see it as a commoner/peasant drink, too.

You'll find that on this side of the pond too :D

And personally, if they don't drink beer and they drink pricey wines... That leaves more great ales for us at a discount! :mug:

M_C
 
I'm with what appears to be the majority on this one - who gives a flying fick. The people who follow this tripe are the same idiots who watch American Idol, Dancing With the Tards etc etc.
 
LOL - RELAX

Getting worked up about this and them giving beer a bad name is laughable. What are you, the beer police?
 
Misplaced_Canuck said:
I have a strong feeling that numerous Englishmen/Englishwomen do NOT drink beer because they see it as a commoner/peasant drink, too.

You'll find that on this side of the pond too :D

M_C
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I would definitely agree that this perception exists in many circles. The circles don't have to be defined by tax bracket or royalty, often its a generational thing. We have a group of friends in their late 40s/early 50s (we're in our early 30s) that drink wine exclusively. When discussing our curious love of beer culture, they've been known to say "we'll grow out of it".

While this is not necessarily "the norm" for that particular generation or anything, their formative years were not exactly the hey-day of quality craft beers, so the viewpoint is understandable and they're not likely to change their view on this (old habits being hard to break and whatnot). Compare this to my formative years - I was drinking some pretty amazing craft brew in high school and the scene has pretty much exploded when I went to college. So its a fairly absurb notion to anyone immersed in such beer culture to think that beers are such a lowly drink.
 
Malintent said:
How about the word "Imperial".. is that "royal" enough?
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hahaha no not really but you get an A+ for effort. (trust me I love beer as much as anyone else around here.)

The ONLY thing I hope happens out of all this is Wendell shows up to remove the High Life at the reception...
 
It's OK, I'll be over there at the end of May and I'll drink ALL the beer the wedding didn't serve.

In all honesty, neither William nor Kate (going off of that article) are big drinkers in general, and people that aren't big into beer specifically think that your basic lager or bitter is all there is to beer. I wouldn't call them snobby as much as I would uneducated about fine beer.
 
nickharbour said:
The institution of royalty, like slavery, should be fundamentally appalling to all free people even if kept as a symbolic one. Its a symbol that some people are born above others and is a relic of our species darker past that should not be tolerated in any form. I find it odd that so many Americans give a **** about this at all.

Now as for the beverage... are they using English wines? I'm no wine expert but it seems that England has better Ales than wines so I'm guessing they plan on importing their wines from France for the wedding. Granted, the English royal family is French in origin but still...
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Well, for the first part, we have royalty in this country, it's just not in the form of an hereditary aristocracy, nor is it automatically entitled to govern. I think the Kennedy syndrome illustrates the American penchant for needing someone to worship as well as any example I can think of. The need to have someone to regard as superior appears to be a human failing that's hard escape; maybe it's genetic.

The current British royal family is pretty much 100% German (no beer heritage there!), the family name being Hanover up to WWI, whereupon it was changed to Windsor. Seems that in the 17th Century ye Brits couldn't do anything but fight over who was going to be king, so they just gave over and invited the ruler of some minor German state to rule, and he became George I.
 
rico567 said:
Well, for the first part, we have royalty in this country, it's just not in the form of an hereditary aristocracy, nor is it automatically entitled to govern. I think the Kennedy syndrome illustrates the American penchant for needing someone to worship as well as any example I can think of. The need to have someone to regard as superior appears to be a human failing that's hard escape; maybe it's genetic.
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This really isn't the same at all and people have been making the kennedy argument for years. Sure a kennedy these days is still born wealthy with a nice trust fund and will have ample opportunity in life and some degree of natural popularity, but there are not a bound to hold dominion over their fellow man purely based on the station of their birth, as is the case in royalty. If it were a royal system a kennedy wouldn't have needed to run for office. Once in office, a kennedy could have done lines of blow from a hooker's armpit and still held office because it was their divine right to do so. don't mistake popularity for royalty.

American politics is exceedingly anti-royal. Notice how every politician upsells their humble roots? Even the politicians who come from wealthy backgrounds will make great attempts to show their common nature with military service or similar. Voters here want to vote for someone who has come from the ground up. Its not just a republican/democrat thing either.
 
nickharbour said:
This really isn't the same at all and people have been making the kennedy argument for years. Sure a kennedy these days is still born wealthy with a nice trust fund and will have ample opportunity in life and some degree of natural popularity, but there are not a bound to hold dominion over their fellow man purely based on the station of their birth, as is the case in royalty. If it were a royal system a kennedy wouldn't have needed to run for office. Once in office, a kennedy could have done lines of blow from a hooker's armpit and still held office because it was their divine right to do so. don't mistake popularity for royalty.

American politics is exceedingly anti-royal. Notice how every politician upsells their humble roots? Even the politicians who come from wealthy backgrounds will make great attempts to show their common nature with military service or similar. Voters here want to vote for someone who has come from the ground up. Its not just a republican/democrat thing either.
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.....believe I mentioned these things in my first post:

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Originally Posted by rico567
Well, for the first part, we have royalty in this country, it's just not in the form of an hereditary aristocracy, nor is it automatically entitled to govern. I think the Kennedy syndrome illustrates the American penchant for needing someone to worship as well as any example I can think of. The need to have someone to regard as superior appears to be a human failing that's hard escape; maybe it's genetic.
 
rico567 said:
.....believe I mentioned these things in my first post:

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Originally Posted by rico567
Well, for the first part, we have royalty in this country, it's just not in the form of an hereditary aristocracy, nor is it automatically entitled to govern. I think the Kennedy syndrome illustrates the American penchant for needing someone to worship as well as any example I can think of. The need to have someone to regard as superior appears to be a human failing that's hard escape; maybe it's genetic.
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right, so you redefine what royalty is then claim that your new definition applies here. Your definition is really just popular wealthy people. Like the kardashians. Or the osbournes. No. While you can call people in this country royalty all day long, its a huge difference. People living under royalty actually have to swear alligance to these people, its not just some loose term you may think is cute to throw around. People died for this distinction.
 
I still can't fathom how a country like England (Great Britain, wutevs) can tolerate this crap in this day and age. Fine. Whatever. I don't live there and it doesn't directly affect me EXCEPT when this crap spews into my nation's news, which should be concentrated on matters of state, the economy, justice, finance, and beer. Piss on the royals.

 
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Beer has never been the drink of the elite; it's the drink of the people. Just shows how out of touch those clowns are.
 
nickharbour said:
The institution of royalty, like slavery, should be fundamentally appalling to all free people even if kept as a symbolic one. Its a symbol that some people are born above others and is a relic of our species darker past that should not be tolerated in any form. I find it odd that so many Americans give a **** about this at all.
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I'm British (English) and I don't personally give a rats about the wedding or the family. However the Royal Family are a great tourism attraction and bring millions in revenues to our little economy, they are a net earner for the UK. They have no political power and are just another rich and famous family like the Rockefellers or the Beckhams. They just made their place in society a different way. I think we treat them about right, certainly wouldn't like to go down the French route.

nickharbour said:
Now as for the beverage... are they using English wines? I'm no wine expert but it seems that England has better Ales than wines so I'm guessing they plan on importing their wines from France for the wedding.
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British Wines are not bad, pretty well all white, as we don't have the climate to grow decent red grapes. One of my local vineyards won some sort of best sparkling white in Europe recently, beating the French.

nickharbour said:
Granted, the English royal family is French in origin but still...
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Where did that come from? 1066 Norman Invasion? they were decended from Vikings (Norsemen). We've had Welsh (The Tudors), Dutch (House of Orange), German (House of Hanover) etc.

The Queen is directly descended from Queen Victoria (which is a bit strange - see the quote below!!!), last of the Hanovers, her husband is Greek. But she can trace her ancestry back to Alfred the Great, the Anglo Saxon King of around 880 AD. She's as British as any of us mongrels.

And YES I think the decision to exclude beer is snobbish rubbish, but what would they serve? Which brewery would they "honour" with their choice? There are some really bad national brands, and some really good. and several hundred excellent micros.. It would be a nightmare IMHO
 
I highly doubt the kids are going to be involved in making the decisions themselves. They have planners digging deep into the meanings of EVERYTHING.

So, honestly, this is real snobbery. Wine over Beer. Beer is for the commoners, and we won't have it for a royal wedding!

So they don't know, or conveniently forget that some beers were made especially for royal weddings, and the best beers were very often brewed just for royalty, and exported for courts of foreign countries.

It's not that they are foregoing bad beer, they have decided that beer, in any way shape or form, is not suitable for people of such class.

Arrogant.

I am so glad I'm not invited. I can't stand wine.
 
If they don't want to serve beer that's their choice. As they say; there's no accounting for taste. Let those simpletons drink their wine and maybe someday they can become enlightened enough to know good drink.
 
The Brewers over here have gone mad for it though... Cleverly borrowing headlines from our red-top newsrags. I have recently seen:

By Royal A-Pint-Ment
Prince of (w)Ales

The Brewing industry thinks that 100 million pints (20oz) will be consumed on the day of the wedding which, for a country with a total population of about 60m, is quite a lot!
 
BeerEagle said:
I'm British (English) and I don't personally give a rats about the wedding or the family. However the Royal Family are a great tourism attraction and bring millions in revenues to our little economy, they are a net earner for the UK. They have no political power and are just another rich and famous family like the Rockefellers or the Beckhams. They just made their place in society a different way. I think we treat them about right, certainly wouldn't like to go down the French route.

British Wines are not bad, pretty well all white, as we don't have the climate to grow decent red grapes. One of my local vineyards won some sort of best sparkling white in Europe recently, beating the French.

Where did that come from? 1066 Norman Invasion? they were decended from Vikings (Norsemen). We've had Welsh (The Tudors), Dutch (House of Orange), German (House of Hanover) etc.

The Queen is directly descended from Queen Victoria (which is a bit strange - see the quote below!!!), last of the Hanovers, her husband is Greek. But she can trace her ancestry back to Alfred the Great, the Anglo Saxon King of around 880 AD. She's as British as any of us mongrels.

And YES I think the decision to exclude beer is snobbish rubbish, but what would they serve? Which brewery would they "honour" with their choice? There are some really bad national brands, and some really good. and several hundred excellent micros.. It would be a nightmare IMHO
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Easy. Fullers.
 

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