{"id":8263,"date":"2018-05-17T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T07:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/?p=8263"},"modified":"2020-12-30T15:44:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T15:44:52","slug":"royal-wedding-countdown-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/janetgover.com\/?p=8263","title":{"rendered":"Royal Wedding Countdown #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hats. It\u2019s all about the hats.<\/p>\n<p>We have hats in Australia of course and I\u2019ve worn a few. But mostly the hats I\u2019ve worn have looked like this\u2026<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8340\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8340 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/6-akubra.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/6-akubra.jpg 500w, https:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/6-akubra-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/6-akubra-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is an Akubra hat, as worn by anyone and everyone in the Australian bush, including me.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here in the UK &#8211; my hat wearing has mostly been at music festivals\u2026 and might not have been\u00a0done in\u00a0a &#8216;proper&#8217; fashion.<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8341\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8341\" style=\"width: 417px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8341\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/6-music-festival.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/6-music-festival.jpg 500w, https:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/6-music-festival-139x150.jpg 139w, https:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/6-music-festival-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I was awake, honestly I was.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I\u2019ve never worn a wedding hat or a Royal Ascot hat &#8211; and while a part of me knows I\u2019d probably look silly in a hat like these, part of me really, really wants to wear one.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8342\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8342\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8342\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/6-hast-1024x717.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/6-hast-1024x717.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/6-hast-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/6-hast-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Is pink my colour do you think?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I wandered through this Windsor department store, gently patting the hats and almost tried one on\u2026 but decided it would look pretty silly with the rock band T-shirt I was wearing.\u00a0 Of course &#8211;\u00a0if you like something pretty and sparkly &#8211; and that\u2019s always an option in Windsor.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8343\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8343\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8343\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/6-tiaras.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/6-tiaras.jpg 500w, https:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/6-tiaras-150x122.jpg 150w, https:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/6-tiaras-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And only \u00a33 for two &#8211; a bargain. One of each please.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s nearly here &#8211; the wedding and my number one Royal Wedding fantasy. Come back tomorrow and feast your eyes upon it\u2019s magnificence.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8237\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8237 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MtRP_200.png\" alt=\"Marrying The Rebel Prince by Janet Gover published by HQ Digital\" width=\"130\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MtRP_200.png 130w, https:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MtRP_200-98x150.png 98w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You are invited.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Buy<em> Marrying The Rebel Prince<\/em> as an ebook from these retailers:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B079KY45J6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"purchase_link alignleft wp-image-4283 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/JG14-amazon-uk.png\" alt=\"www.amazon.co.uk\" width=\"155\" height=\"34\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com.au\/dp\/B079KY45J6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"purchase_link alignleft wp-image-4282 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/JG14-amazon-au.png\" alt=\"www.amazon.com.au\" width=\"155\" height=\"34\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B079KY45J6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"purchase_link alignleft wp-image-4281 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/JG14-amazon-us.png\" alt=\"www.amazon.com\" width=\"155\" height=\"34\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/dp\/B079KY45J6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"purchase_link alignleft wp-image-4280 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/JG14-amazon-ca.png\" alt=\"www.amazon.ca\" width=\"155\" height=\"34\" \/><\/a> <!--<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/book\/the-wild-one-choc-lit\/id1127539626?mt=11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"purchase_link alignleft wp-image-5498 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/JG14-iBooks.png\" alt=\"Janet Gover on iBooks\" width=\"155\" height=\"34\" \/><\/a> --><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/gb\/en\/ebook\/marrying-the-rebel-prince-your-invitation-to-the-most-uplifting-romantic-royal-wedding-of-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"purchase_link alignleft wp-image-5764 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/JG14-Kobo.png\" alt=\"Kobo\" width=\"155\" height=\"34\" \/> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.angusrobertson.com.au\/ebooks\/marrying-the-rebel-prince-your-invitation-to-the-most-uplifting-romantic-royal-wedding-of-2018-janet-gover\/p\/9780008301156\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"purchase_link alignleft wp-image-5764 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/JG16-angus-robertson.png\" alt=\"AngusRobertson\" width=\"155\" height=\"34\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hats. It\u2019s all about the hats. We have hats in Australia of course and I\u2019ve worn a few. But mostly the hats I\u2019ve worn have looked like this\u2026 Here in the UK&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,17,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia","category-royal-wedding","category-writing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7g6jm-29h","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/janetgover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/janetgover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/janetgover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janetgover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janetgover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8263"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/janetgover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8981,"href":"https:\/\/janetgover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8263\/revisions\/8981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/janetgover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janetgover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janetgover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}