Royal Wedding Week - The Bridal Party

Unlike we Americans, the British royals (or is it Brits in general?) have little kiddos as their bridal party, with an adult maid of honor and best man. This made for utter beyond belief cuteness. Why just have a flower girl and ring bearer, when you can have an entire bridal party of wee ones adorned in flowers? Heart. The children chosen were various godchildren of the Prince and children of close friends, like the Prince's personal secretary's son.

But enough about the children, if one person was the unlikely star of the Royal Wedding it was Pippa Middleton, Royal Wedding Child Wrangler, Maid of Honour, and little sister to the Duchess of Cambridge.

[Maid of Honour Pippa flanked by bridesmaidsGrace van Cutsem (daughter of Will's pal Hugh) and Eliza Lopes (Camilla's granddaughter), both 3]

The girl is STUNNING. Absolutely beautiful. And there was many a person who proposed a second royal wedding between Maid of Honour Pippa and Best Man Prince Harry. They do make a good looking couple. Pippa is WAY cuter than that trashy Chelsy Davys character.

My main complaint about the MOH, though, was the colour of her skin. Yes, colour, not color. This is a British wedding afterall. The girl was orange. And y'all know how I feel about that in general, but at a royal wedding it was even more unseemly. Don't point out that you're a commoner, Pippa! Ditch the orange!

But the dress. Oh the dress. Pippa, like her sister, wore a gown by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen. It was of a heavy, ivory satin-based crepe, with a cowl front and with the same button detail and lace trims as the Bride's dress. Hands down, I think this dress will be even more copied than Catherine's wedding dress.


The gown fit her like a glove. It was simple and elegant, but a complete show-stopper in its lack of adornment. *sigh*

The drape, the sleeves. SLEEVES, ladies! I'm all about sleeves these days. Especially for a classy wedding. Enough with strapless gowns, give me sleeves or give me death!

Oh, yeah, there were also little boys in the bridal party, wearing the same uniform as the Prince.

Pippa must be a very nice person because these little girls did seem so comfortable with her. I'm sure the little 3 year olds were totally freaked by the huge event, but Pippa wrangled them so well.

And she didn't even trip on the stairs while she did her wrangling in that very fitted gown. Impressive.

Seriously, the children are melting me with their cuteness.

This is my favoritest bridesmaid picture. Look at the little girl on the left. Hahahahahhaha. She is so not into the loud cheering. Poor thing.

And one more shot of the Best Man, because, honestly, Harry is so the hot prince. Who would've foresaw that 10 years ago?

So what'd you think of Pippa? Gorgeous? Too orange? Loved the dress? Found it too bridal? Sound off in the comments.