Today I got my royal tankard and plate in honor of Prince William and (Future) Princess Kate’s wedding. HOW EXCITING IS THAT?! We’re all about weddings at Three Brothers Bakery and this is the wedding of a lifetime! (Actually, it’s the second wedding of my lifetime because I remember Princess Diana’s wedding…)
It came all perfectly wrapped in its royal tissue paper gift wrap with its embossed gold insignia. The wedding seal peeked through the tissue paper, enhancing the entire package. I had to keep myself from ripping it apart in excitement, because to have done so would have been a tragedy.
So I carefully unwrapped the royal wrapping paper to find the beautiful blue presentation boxes. Then, my excitement was almost on edge as I opened up the box that contained my royal tankard! It was wrapped in bubble wrap, and when I removed the royal bubble wrap there was yet another set of tissue paper around the tankard. The tissue paper itself was gorgeous with a white filigree and damask design, which reminded me of a wedding cake. Imagine that!
And then, there it was.
My royal tankard!
I set the tankard down to take a picture of the “W” and then turned it around as the “C” became intertwined with it. To my surprise, as I was turning the tankard around, I was met with the most beautiful lovebirds sitting on a gold wedding band. And I wasn’t even expecting them! What a lovely surprise.
And if that wasn’t enough, I then opened the box which contained *gasp* the royal commemorative plate!
…and went through all the excitement all over again!
My friends- the lovebirds- were on the plate, and I couldn’t help but run my fingers atop all the intricate details. The gold work, the raised paints– you could tell that someone had put a lot of thought and love into this creation.
I later learned that the china is made in Staffordshire, using traditional methods which have remained unchanged for the last 250 years, which made me think about how we do things at the bakery. Many of our recipes haven’t been touched for 200+ years, and sometimes that’s the way things ought to stay.
Like I said, we’re all about weddings at Three Brothers Bakery, and can’t wait to celebrate April 29th, 2011 with the good ole chaps in America.
The only thing about this entire experience is that to this day, I frankly have no idea how much everything cost, because it was all in pounds. And yes, even after reviewing my “royal bill,” I haven’t a clue, really.
But that’s okay.
Because it was worth every shilling.
P.S. I’m kind of disappointed I didn’t buy the royal wedding commemorative pill box. Oh well. There’s always Harry!