Peter Phillips Wedding 2008: the Royal Family, Hello! Magazine and "Freebies"

[ghost_night554]

Peter Phillips Wedding 2008: the Royal Family, Hello! Magazine and "Freebies"

They look good, I don't understand though I thought Hello had the rights to the wedding and now suddenly they weren't allowed in that's strange. BBCWorld just reported it a little while ago.

 

[Warren]

I thought Hello had the rights to the wedding

I doubt very much that the Queen would be selling access to her chapel of St George's to anyone, let alone Hello magazine.

 

[ghost_night554]

Well ya but I found it weird cause for the past few issues it was beng advertised like crazy in the magazine. They literally had a coundown clock for each issue.

 

[lady_windsor]

i dont get it!!! hello has had some royal exclusives in it before!! if i remember right there was a special thing 2 years ago for the queens birthday. why should this be different?

 

[ghost_night554]

Intresting...this contradicts what BBC said
Hello! Your Majesty: Could the Queen be drawn into the row over her grandson's £500,000 wedding deal? | the Daily Mail
weid guess we'll have to wait and see.


I liked the overall look, it looked like a simple but elegant wedding.

 

[Skydragon]

Oh Dear

The Daily Mail thundered: "What a start to married life for Princess Anne's son Peter Phillips - cashing in on the accident of his birth and literally selling his grandmother to Hello! magazine."

Sky News Pictures - Royal Wedding Peter Phillips And Autumn Kelly Marry At Windsor

 

[RubyPrincess168]

Oh Dear

The Daily Mail thundered: "What a start to married life for Princess Anne's son Peter Phillips - cashing in on the accident of his birth and literally selling his grandmother to Hello! magazine."

I would wager that he had her blessing in that matter. I can't imagine he would've gotten the use of the royal properties for the ceremony and reception if QE2 didn't know about the magazine deal.

 

[Jo of Palatine]

Oh Dear

The Daily Mail thundered: "What a start to married life for Princess Anne's son Peter Phillips - cashing in on the accident of his birth and literally selling his grandmother to Hello! magazine."

Yes, it's really sad that they didn't cash on granny on taking the money from the mail....

 

[Kezza]

From the Daily Mail.

The official royal wedding picture as the Queen boycotts £1/2m deal with Hello! | the Daily Mail

Seems not every member of the royal family were happy with the hello deal.

 

[Incas]

For a royal wedding, it has struck me as strange that they are getting so little for over 40 page spread, between pre-wedding interview and all.

 

[Odette]

No. It is a private Wedding. There will also be no photos from inside the Church only of the Couple and guests arriving and coming out of the Church after the Ceremony.

They supposedly sold the rights to Hello magazine for $1,000,000 so we can only get photos and reportage from Hello.

 

[ysbel]

They supposedly sold the rights to Hello magazine for $1,000,000 so we can only get photos and reportage from Hello.

Was this a mistake for a grandson of the Queen? I know he's not royal but it does seem an awful lack of dignity and decorum to sell the photo rights to your wedding. It makes the royal family seem like a commodity with a price tag on it.

Is Peter Phillips that hard up?

 

[Jo of Palatine]

Was this a mistake for a grandson of the Queen? I know he's not royal but it does seem an awful lack of dignity and decorum to sell the photo rights to your wedding. It makes the royal family seem like a commodity with a price tag on it.

Is Peter Phillips that hard up?

As I read it, it was Autumn whose family couldn't pay for the wedding but Peter's family did not want to take over the costs, thus they negociated a deal.

 

[MARG]

As I read it, it was Autumn whose family couldn't pay for the wedding but Peter's family did not want to take over the costs, thus they negociated a deal.

Just one question. Why would Autumn's family be the ones paying for the wedding? I thought most young people paid for their own with maybe a sub from the parents if they could afford it.

 

[baguetteprincess]

Just one question. Why would Autumn's family be the ones paying for the wedding? I thought most young people paid for their own with maybe a sub from the parents if they could afford it.

According to Emily Post, it is traditional for the bride's parents to pay for the wedding, but as this is a royal wedding, even though not a state affair, I would hazard a guess that most employed brides would be unable to afford the fees associated with a wedding of this stature. I think the couple also just purchased a home so with everything hitting them, it just was too much. Being a royal would also preclude an elopement, or a destination wedding. I think so many things commoners such as ourselves have opportunities to take advantage of would be frowned upon by this couple. Ultimately, which is worse....not be able to pay for the wedding and be in debt and have the Queen pick up the tab after bad press, or pay for the wedding on your own.

I understand why they did what they did.

 

[MARG]

I understand why they did what they did.

As do I. I know a lot of people are doing the "oh how crass" thing, but I bet they don't have the financial constraints that the Phlillips do.

As for "trading on their position"? So what. No one, including all of us on the forums could give a rats about any old wedding. The wedding of one of the Queen's grandchildren is an event, so to all you holier than thou types. . . get over it.

 

[Madame Royale]

I thought most young people paid for their own with maybe a sub from the parents if they could afford it.

I too thought that is how it's done nowadays. It's they way it's been for three of my siblings and a mjority of friends who have since signed their lives away...

All three were given 25 grand, the in laws parents payed their share and any costs left were picked up by the bride and groom.

 

[milla Ca]

What a nice wedding! I really enjoyed it to see all the pics!
But for me it isn´t a great deal to see a royal wedding ´sponsored´ by a magazine.

 

[Jo of Palatine]

What a nice wedding! I really enjoyed it to see all the pics!
But for me it isn´t a great deal to see a royal wedding ´sponsored´ by a magazine.

But then that's Peter's job: he is a sponsoring specialist and has been for most of his career. That's how he met Autumn, he worked for the sponsoring department of Williams BMW and she was a hostess at the BMW hospitality suite - hostess mostly to the sponsors and their guests. So of course their view is different and more matter-of-fact. They had something worth sponsoring, they found a sponsor, they agreed on the details and the pact was settled. That's how Peter's working life simply is. The other side of the coin of being the untitled and "normal" grandson of the queen.

William and Harry OTOH won't need another sponsor because the state is going to completely sponsor their weddings....

 

[milla Ca]

But then that's Peter's job: he is a sponsoring specialist and has been for most of his career. That's how he met Autumn, he worked for the sponsoring department of Williams BMW and she was a hostess at the BMW hospitality suite - hostess mostly to the sponsors and their guests. So of course their view is different and more matter-of-fact. They had something worth sponsoring, they found a sponsor, they agreed on the details and the pact was settled. That's how Peter's working life simply is. The other side of the coin of being the untitled and "normal" grandson of the queen.
William and Harry OTOH won't need another sponsor because the state is going to completely sponsor their weddings....

The job they do is one side their marriage another one, IMO.

Probably you give the explanation for this ´sponsoring´ the couple also would tell us, but it does not make it better for me.

I wasn´t delighted some years ago when Zara sold her ´story´ with her jockey boy friend to Hello, and now again i´m not happy to see Peter selling his wedding to the magazine.

The wedding at Windsor was a private matter but also a royal one.
Maybe i´m old fashioned, but i don´t think it´s good when royal events are ´sponsored ´ by the media.

 

[ashelen]

According to Emily Post, it is traditional for the bride's parents to pay for the wedding, but as this is a royal wedding, even though not a state affair, I would hazard a guess that most employed brides would be unable to afford the fees associated with a wedding of this stature. I think the couple also just purchased a home so with everything hitting them, it just was too much. Being a royal would also preclude an elopement, or a destination wedding. I think so many things commoners such as ourselves have opportunities to take advantage of would be frowned upon by this couple. Ultimately, which is worse....not be able to pay for the wedding and be in debt and have the Queen pick up the tab after bad press, or pay for the wedding on your own.

I understand why they did what they did.

is this is the case, i would do the smae, finding theway to pay it myself! i can't imaging the burden for her family!

 

[iowabelle]

I know I saw some complaints in the media that their invitations weren't grand enough...

Even a modest wedding for 350+ is going to cost a lot of money, and I can't see that the Queen would have enjoyed a buffet in the backyard like many regular people have to arrange.

 

[Duchess]

i don't see anything wrong with them selling their wedding to a magazine. how many of us wouldn't do the same if the opportunity to make a million dollars presented itself?

 

[LOSSEAN]

From the write ups, the tiara was lent by HRH The Princess Royal and not Her Majesty and we can all recognise it as being from Princess Anne's collection.

On the question of sponsorship, as much as we traditionalists might abhor it, it may be the way forward for royal families. With the Trumps, the Beckhams, the Cruises, the Winfreys and other celebrities inundating media coverage, the Royal families might slip from the radar totally if they do not receive financial revenue. The world will be deprived of being informed of the 'fairytale' side of Royal families.

Well we have got our fill from Peter and Autumn Phillips' wonderful wedding...after last week's low key American 'Royal' wedding of Jenna Bush...
and now for the next one from the Royal House of Denmark.

 

[sophie25]

Lady Helen Windsor had a big wedding at St. George's in 1992 without resorting to a magazine deal.

P.S. I had to laugh when I read that Prince Andrew is one of the Royals who refused to be photographed by Hello at this wedding. He wasn't so self rightous in 1991 when he allowed Hello into his home for a reported £250,000 whereupon the magazine published page upon page of intimate family photographs featuring himself; Sarah and their then infant daughters.

 

[Moonmaiden23]

Andrew is becoming quite "grand" with middle age...he is so much more stuffy now than he was in his carefree Randy Andy days and early in his marriage to Sarah.

Maybe he has grown leery of the press because of the coverage during his marital problems?

 

[Moonmaiden23]

From the write ups, the tiara was lent by HRH The Princess Royal and not Her Majesty and we can all recognise it as being from Princess Anne's collection.

On the question of sponsorship, as much as we traditionalists might abhor it, it may be the way forward for royal families. With the Trumps, the Beckhams, the Cruises, the Winfreys and other celebrities inundating media coverage, the Royal families might slip from the radar totally if they do not receive financial revenue. The world will be deprived of being informed of the 'fairytale' side of Royal families.

Well we have got our fill from Peter and Autumn Phillips' wonderful wedding...after last week's low key American 'Royal' wedding of Jenna Bush...
and now for the next one from the Royal House of Denmark.

Thanks for clearing that up! When I heard on the news that the bride's tiara was from HM I wondered immediately why the Princess Royal didn't lend one of her own...and it turns out she indeed did. Perfect!

 

[Kezza]

Is this true according to the Royal Anecdotes Buckingham palace have stated this about the so called Hello deal.

Royal Anecdotes » Clarification of Hello! involvement in wedding

 

[ysbel]

The job they do is one side their marriage another one, IMO.

Probably you give the explanation for this ´sponsoring´ the couple also would tell us, but it does not make it better for me.

I wasn´t delighted some years ago when Zara sold her ´story´ with her jockey boy friend to Hello, and now again i´m not happy to see Peter selling his wedding to the magazine.

The wedding at Windsor was a private matter but also a royal one.
Maybe i´m old fashioned, but i don´t think it´s good when royal events are ´sponsored ´ by the media.

The product that Peter is selling his connection to a 1000 year old monarchy that is currently in trouble and cannot benefit from the fact that its image is now being sold as a commodity by a family member. An institution that because of Peter's private and normal upbringing and through no fault of his own, he has done nothing so far in his life to contribute to its longevity and success. The prestige of the royal family is not his to sell or give away, and in my humble opinion, he should have respected his grandmother more and been more understanding of her difficulty in maintaining the relevance and dignity of the monarchy and refrained from selling the rights that only came about because of his relation to her.

I fear the monarchy is not strong enough to withstand acts like this. When family members are so keen to sell their royal connections so freely, it really makes a mockery of their protests of former servants like Paul Burrell who profit from their slim connections to royalty.

I cannot believe the Queen has given Peter no financial assistance in his life whatsoever. I suspect he did the wise thing and put the money away in savings rather than waste it on a big wedding.

But if he did that, he didn't need the big wedding. Peter is not royal; there was no constitutional need for him to have a big and expensive wedding.

 

[MARG]

. . . . . . Peter is not royal; there was no constitutional need for him to have a big and expensive wedding.

Once again, it was not a big wedding, it was a family wedding and the House of Winsor is a very large, very close family. Autumn's family is also not small and is blended in much the same way as Peter's. Add in a few friends and there you have it.

The Bride and bridesmaids wore affordable gowns much to the chagrin of the stylish elite, the church was no big ticket item and the carriage that drove them away was curtesy of Granny. Hell my nephew and his new bride left the church in a carriage, it's romantic but no big deal.

A lot of expense would have involved mundane things like transport for security, I mean let's face it, how many people have to hire buses.

In case you haven´t seen this, it is a description of the people in the royal wedding group, their occupations and diversity.
The picture that reveals the changing face of the Royal Family... and families everywhere | Mail Online

That photo says it all.