This week the general media gloom was penetrated by a well conceived and brilliantly executed Royal Wedding. No one put a foot wrong and what was even more remarkable for such an occasion all appeared to behave naturally. Certainly the flower-girls didn’t have a problem. The smallest one’s reaction to the noise she heard from the balcony of Buckingham Palace when she screwed up her face and covered her ears with her hands was as comical as it was spontaneous. However William and Kate were allowed centre stage, a position Kate took to like a duck to water. There was no flaunting of glittering jewels and the foregoing of presents in favour of donations to 26 named charities augers well for the future. Wasn’t Bono who once said, “fame is currency” and these new royals have it in abundance. How they spend it remains to be seen but they have made a good start. What has the Bible to say to all this. The big plus was they got married. True they might have done it sooner but as modern people they bucked the trend and tied the knot. With Charles Perry’s paraphrase of Psalm 122 ringing in their ears we were brought into the holy city – Jerusalem. The bride’s brother read superbly from Romans 12 verses 1/3 and 9 to 18 and the couple wrote one of the prayers themselves. God our Father, we thank you for our families; for the love that we share and for the joy of our marriage. In the busyness of each day keep our eyes fixed on what is real and important in life and help us to be generous with our time and love and energy. Strengthened by our union help us to serve and comfort those who suffer. We ask this in the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Amen.  Surely a first for the monarchy! The homely also majored of the generosity of our God: “William and Catherine, you have chosen to be married in the sight of a generous God who so loved the world that he gave himself to us in the person of Jesus Christ” The wonder of this gift was elaborated upon later in the service when mention was made of William and Kate’s union in marriage as being a reflection of the union between the risen Christ and His church – a monogamous union for time and eternity. We were treated to more of Perry, “Blest pair of Sirens” was sung beautifully with the choirboys at their best. The event concluded with the singing of the British Israelites anthem “Jerusalem” with its powerful music and heretical words – a real British wedding. Apparently an audience of 2 billion globally witnessed the event. A triumph for British marketing but a limited opportunity to explain the Gospel. So may our prayer for them be like King Solomon’s in 1 Chronicles 1: that they might have ‘wisdom and knowledge’ to use their celebrity status wisely, that they might create some ‘happy-ever-afters’ for others as well as for themselves.