Hope no one is travelling to escape the wedding...

I recieved this press release today....thought it might affect a few people.

Virgin Atlantic is celebrating the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton in style by holding onboard street parties for passengers flying on the day of the royal wedding.

Flights departing from the UK on the 29th April heading to the USA and the Caribbean will be transformed into a traditional UK street party to ensure passengers don’t miss out on royal wedding fun.

Passengers on these flights in economy and premium economy will receive an afternoon tea of wedding cake and traditional English breakfast tea served in a souvenir union jack lunch box and the cabins will be decorated in bunting and union jack headrests to create a patriotic atmosphere. All passengers will also receive special Kate and William themed love hearts and ice cream during the flight.

Upper Class passengers will also have the option to join in with the festivities as the cabin will be decorated in union jack bunting and wedding cake and wedding favours will be available at the Upper Class bar. Each flight will also have a royal wedding themed dressing up box for the crew to take part in the onboard merriment.

Oh dear. Am on LHR to MIA in UC on 29th... will take pics for TR.

Erm, bit late for an April Fool's story surely! Or is SRB hoping for a peerage to help him through his twilight years???

Do they not realize that some people will have chosen to fly on the 29th for a reason!

Thankfully, I'll be gone!

Do they not realize that some people will have chosen to fly on the 29th for a reason!

Thankfully, I'll be gone!

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alex

I'd quite like that - a great idea. What a shame I'll miss out.

Pricked a bit of a passion of mine....It is a Union FLAG not a Union Jack (Jack is a naval term for "Flag"). !

Then again in the scheme of things etc...

Anyway I think it sounds like a bit of fun and even if the bar humbugs don't like the idea it all makes great PR - now that is a surprise for SRB...NOT! y)

They had a huge photo spread of mis-labelled Union Flags in a free evening paper last night and I almost got my phone out to email the editor but stopped myself at the last minute.

Thank goodness I am on Air France where I can just shrug and say "bof" and drink some wine!!

As a member of republic and a staunch anti monarchist I find this disgusting? do they not think of those who may be flying to escape the royal wedding hype? and what about those like me who dont support the royals? id be pretty annoyed if I had to sit through such a thing without any option to escape, what a short sighted move!

As a member of republic and a staunch anti monarchist I find this disgusting? do they not think of those who may be flying to escape the royal wedding hype? and what about those like me who dont support the royals? id be pretty annoyed if I had to sit through such a thing without any option to escape, what a short sighted move!

Discusting? really?

Whilst I personally probably wouldn't take much notice on the flight, i'm pretty sure they won't force you to eat the cake or drink the tea.

In my opinion, it's a nice idea - however, I wish VS would invest money in other areas.....UC amenity packs, food etc.

it may be a nice idea to yourself but to anyone whos not in love with the monarchy itd be hell, im pretty sure itd be hard to avoid such an event in the confines of an aircraft cabin.

Miss g do you have a link to the press release online? I know a few people this will be of interest to.

id be pretty annoyed if I had to sit through such a thing without any option to escape, what a short sighted move!

Well, there is an escape option - it's just not a particularly appealing one at 38K feet... May I suggest you stick your iPod on and play Billy Bragg very loud?

I don't I'm afraid, sorry. I would have thought though that they might put it on their own website, wouldn't they?

No I'd just try and change my flights and if it happened without being advertised I'd try and get the cost of the flight refunded....Virgin must realise a lot of people in the UK today are anti-royal and something like this would spoil a flight for many of them....like the poster above stated a lot of people will be holidaying on the 29th deliberately to escape the over-hyped royal wedding......do Virgin not realise this or are they just totally out of touch? This is a very unusual move from an airline as well to force something so controversial politically on their passengers.

If it's true of course.

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seems to be true found this now......madness

http://www.terminalu.com/travel-news/vi ... 00ft/8962/

Are they getting married?

I hadn't heard. It'll be a great day out in London. Now if only they get to host the Olympics or the Champion's league final.

No id just try and change my flights and if it happened without being advertised id try and get the cost of flight refunded....virgin must relise a lot of people in the uk today are anti royal and something like this would spoil a flight for many of them....like the poster above stated a lot of people will be holidaying on the 29th delibratly to escape the over hyped royal wedding......do virgin not relise this or are they just tottaly out of touch? this is a very unusual move from the an airline as well to force something so contraversal politically on there passengers.

If its true of course.

I don't think VS are out of touch at all.

They are never going to please everyone but the majority of the people in this country are proud of the royals and the heritage that is associated with that.

I don't think VS are cashing in on anything and certainly won't gain any new customers from it - what it does show is that they are willing to 'break the mold' and do things a little out of the norm in order to make the flying experience more "fun" - something VS have always sold themselves on.

Can you prove that encye? support for republic has risen 50% since the announcement of the wedding, the tiny amount of those holding street parties etc compared to estimates should(as featured in the media) should be another indication of the lack of support the royals enjoy right now.

Even if it is the case anti royalists are a minority group they still have rights and certainly the right to fly on a plane without an event taking place that conflicts with there political beliefs, airlines should remain neutral on such matters should they not? Virgin aren't even the national airline so there is no excuse for this.

The point is seeing as this event is not advertised even on the firms website and definitely not when people bought there tickets would they be entitled to a refund for such an event spoiling there flight? I see a few discrimination claims arising out of this if not so, republicans on the whole are not as willing to lie down and not make a fuss as they used to be in England, as shown by the widespread support organizations like republic are now enjoying.

Its well known rb is a staunch supporter of the monarchy but to assume all his passangers are is at best ignorant and at worst plain disrespectful.

The fact is encye take me and you as an example if we were on the plane.... YOU may see this as a fun event as someone who likes the monarchy. I however would see it as a major annoyance because of my beliefs......this is why airlines should remain neutral on such matters.

The fact is encye take me and you as an example if we were on the plane.... YOU may see this as a fun event as someone who likes the monarchy. I however would see it as a major annoyance because of my beliefs......this is why airlines should remain neutral on such matters.

I respect your views, but have to disagree and say that I think it's VS having a bit of fun and I really don't see a need for discrimination claims to arise.

As someone has suggested above, ipod on and ignore it.

It would be interesting to hear how you get on if you do decide to speak to VS about changing your flight.

Omskemming, i'm not a particular fan of the monarchy, but i wholeheartedly respect others point of view, but disagree with the negativity. Is it me, or is there no element of fun nowadays? Nobody can seemingly do anything without fear of upsetting somebody else. It's quite sad. One of the reasons i love visiting the states, is that they are so patriotic, and put on a great show, whatever it is they're celebrating. Perhaps the UK has lost it's identity. We're a nation scared half to death of upsetting one group or another, and it's pathetic, absolutely pathetic, but there you are, we live in a free country, just so long as you don't upset anyone of it's 60 million inhabitants.

you could also appreciate that the Queen works like a trojan for 'Great Britain PLC' and is an amazing ambassador for the country and has served it faithfully for 50 odd years without complaint and done a job she never had a choice on !

having had the PLEASURE of meeting HM 3 times I can say that she is amazing for her age and a very friendly person to meet. The Duke on the other hand can be a curmudgeonly so and so when the cameras are on yet give him a drink and see him in private and he is a real character for his age.

IMO we are very lucky to have the Royal Family although maybe there are too many 'B level' on the books

As a member of republic and a staunch anti monarchist I find this disgusting? do they not think of those who may be flying to escape the royal wedding hype? and what about those like me who dont support the royals? id be pretty annoyed if I had to sit through such a thing without any option to escape, what a short sighted move!

How short sighted would you have to be to book a flight with a British airline then to complain when events onboard are based on the Britsh way of life? Just like doing anything in America or on an American airline on the 4th July then getting "offended" by their way of life?

Even if it is the case anti royalists are a minority group they still have rights and certainly the right to fly on a plane without an event taking place that conflicts with there political beliefs, airlines should remain neutral on such matters should they not? Virgin aren't even the national airline so there is no excuse for this.

Virgin are entitled to any views they want, like scrapping APD and introduction of a different tax, that's a political view. Surely being forced not to celebrate the wedding would conflict with many other people beliefs? And they have the "right" to do so, just like republicans have the "right" not to join in.

The point is seeing as this event is not advertised even on the firms website and definitely not when people bought there tickets would they be entitled to a refund for such an event spoiling there flight? I see a few discrimination claims arising out of this if not so, republicans on the whole are not as willing to lie down and not make a fuss as they used to be in England, as shown by the widespread support organizations like republic are now enjoying.

Surely taking a case against this sort of event is discrimination in itself? You should have respect for other people beliefs and views, and respect them when they act out these beliefs and views, not just instantly saying it's discrimination.

Wow what a load of miserys you are, its only for one day,take your cake and tea, and enjoy your fun flight. ^) We should laugh and applade SRB for trying to let passengers have a little fun. Much better than greedy airlines that would probably have charged you more for travelling on the 29th April. oo) ROCK ON VIRGIN AIRLINES.