Especially when it comes with $15,000 for the taxes.

Or you can sell it. You have to pay taxes only on the actual value of what people would pay for it. Prizes are overvalued so often, the IRS has a special form where you prove the actual value and pay taxes on that lower amount instead. Chances are you can then pocket a good part of that $15,000, along with whatever you make on the sale.

But it so funny and beautiful, maybe I would keep it.

 

Windsor (CNN) Meghan Markle will make a striking feminist statement in her wedding to Prince Harry on Saturday, choosing not to be chaperoned for much of the procession down the aisle of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, CNN has learned.

In an unprecedented step for a royal bride in the UK, Markle will walk unescorted down the aisle of the chapel nave, after being met at the West Door by a member of the clergy. She will be accompanied in this first part of the wedding procession only by her bridesmaids and page boys, with the senior church figure walking ahead.

Prince Charles will join her when she reaches the Quire, where the main royal guests will be seated. The Prince -- Harry's father -- will walk Markle down the Quire aisle to the foot of the altar.

But Charles will not give her away to her husband-to-be in the traditional sense; instead, he will stand back as Markle approaches Prince Harry.

CNN understands that Markle came up with the plan herself. It was always the intention that her father Thomas would meet her at the Quire and she would walk the first part alone. Ill health has since prevented him from coming. Both Charles and Harry are delighted with the plan, CNN understands.

No other royal bride in the UK has walked unescorted down the aisle at their wedding ceremony. Markle's decision indicates that she wishes to assert herself as a strong, independent woman who is prepared to challenge royal norms.

"Ms. Meghan Markle has asked His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales to accompany her down the aisle of the Quire of St George's Chapel on her Wedding Day," Kensington Palace said in a statement. "The Prince of Wales is pleased to be able to welcome Ms. Markle to The Royal Family in this way.

Charles, Harry's father and Meghan's future father-in-law, has experience stepping in to assist brides on their big day. In 2016, he walked Alexandra Knatchbull -- a goddaughter of the late Princess Diana -- down the aisle when she married Thomas Hooper, as her estranged father watched from the pews.

As preparations continued on Friday, Buckingham Palace announced that Prince Harry's grandfather Prince Philip, 96, will attend the wedding on Saturday, less than two months after he had hip surgery.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/18/europe/royal-wedding-update-intl/index.html

There is more to the article and a map of the walk through the chapel.

 

I'm awake! My nap strategy was to drink lots of water so I would be sure to wake up. If I had been too tired, I would drink lots more water and have another nap, but I am ready to watch!

 

Alas, I am crashing. I will have to watch the big reveal via DVR. Off to bed.

 

Glad you got to see it live! I just got up, turned on the TV and I've been all smiles ever since!

I told the DVR to record everything on BBC and CNN so I have literally two days of TV to watch. lol And I STILL haven't seen the moment of the wedding dress. I've just seen Meghan and Harry in the landau. From that view of waist up, the dress looked as interesting as a Halloween sheet, but OMG that tiara was gorgeous. I don't recognize it.

Adorable moment when they turned off the High Road leaving the crowds and Meghan's hand flew up as she smiled at how astonishing the trip had been.

 

He also said, Thanks, Pa.

 

The dress is too boring for me. Not my taste at all.



The veil, though, was gorgeous.

 

I like a dress that has life, that can flow. This Givenchy creation was so tailored and clunky, it looked tubular. A boat neck is appealing to me in a soft fabric, but this fabric was so stiff. I hate 3/4 length sleeves. I detest the feel of them on my arms, and they creep me out aesthetically. They look ill-fitted to me, even though I know it's intentional. It must be the Mr. Monk in me. Finally, I would have liked some beading or embroidery. Plain dresses, you can wear every other day of your life. The veil was beautiful, but I know I would have hated that, too, if it had not had the lovely embroidery. Those details make all the difference to me.

I liked Pippa's simple, classic dress at Kate's wedding, because it had softness. Meghan's dress looks like it would practically stand up by itself. And it makes her look fat.