Canadian Expats in London Celebrate the Royal Wedding

LONDON – Although Joanna Newman has not lived in Canada for nearly 20 years, the English expatriate says that she will celebrate the marriage of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry with a local pride.

"I am secretly happy that so many people in Toronto have kept the secret that they've been dating together for ages, because it's just great," she says from her home village. adoption, a village near Stonehenge.

"My feeling is that it could not have happened in the United States."

Newman will be part of Canuck's many transplants that will highlight Canadian anecdotes about friends and British family members who will gather on Saturday to watch the wedding

Her plan is to watch her with several other Canadian expatriates from a day celebration to the cathedral from Salisbury, about two hours drive from London and 90 minutes from the Windsor Castle wedding venue. 19659002] The former Torontonian asserts that the local festival, organized by the BBC, will feature live music performances, children's crafts and a live broadcast of the ceremony on a big screen in the cathedral .

Events across the UK that herald the very hype union of the People's Prince and the former California actress, who has spent the past few years in Toronto twirling a series of seven seasons on the television series "Suits."

Judy Williamson, born in Ottawa, is a rare opportunity for British patriotism to unfold without flinching

"It's definitely something that they do very, very well, all that pomp and etiquette. this ceremony. It was really exciting, no doubt, "he said from London, recalling" this effusion of colors. "

"The British are very reserved and they do not" I tend to build these things. when the day comes, all of a sudden it explodes and all these things happen. "

The marriage of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge was an" impressive spectacle ", particularly jubilant because it involved the second – The line to the throne, she notes, took place at Westminster Abbey on Friday, April 29, 2011 and was declared a holiday so that more countries could celebrate.

Williamson admits to being less enthusiastic about the party r This time, noting his fascination with The monarchy has declined over the 16 years since his settlement in London.

"Before going to the UK, it was an exciting thing, the royal family, the king and the queen and all that, and now, living here and seeing it more and more. more everyday, news coverage and all that stuff, I just got a little more indifferent about it. "

Williamson actually booked a vacation in San Francisco that starts Friday, but she says that this Was not to avoid the wedding hype specifically.

She says that she can listen to the show if jet lag works in her favor, suspecting that "

The former resident of Ottawa Kelly Crawford says she is preparing to welcome 100,000 visitors to her city of Windsor, which normally has about 30,000 people

. it's going to be total chaos, "says Crawford, who's expecting a joyous animation similar to the Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa.

" We're literally a 10-minute walk from town, so I think we're just going to go and see what we can see, if it's too crazy, we'll go home. "

She says that she moved to the UK three years ago for love, which allowed her to identify with what she thinks about the transition to a new life abroad

for the same reason as Meghan – my husband is from the UK, "says Crawford, who met his prince through a friend in Ottawa during his visit six years ago.

She suspects Markle of earning a lot by following her to the heart, Crawford says that it is not without sacrifice.

"She just gave up her career and her family and her life to come here," says Crawford.

"I sympathize with her in this way."