Product Details

• Actors: Edward Wessex
• Directors: Robin Bextor
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 2
• Studio: Homevision
• VHS Release Date: June 16, 2000
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 0780022815
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #337,041 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Billed as the "last royal wedding of the 20th century" (barring elopements, one presumes), this BBC-produced lovefest features a half-hour interview with the engaged couple followed by 69 minutes of wedding coverage. Don't look for hard questions from interviewer Sue Barker on the role of royals or their economic support (Barker played a part in the meeting of the Queen's youngest son and commoner Sophie Rhys-Jones). The biggest issues broached are whether Rhys-Jones will keep her name for business purposes and why she kept "obey" in the vows. (Her answer: "I'm saying I trust him to [make] those decisions that will be for the good of us.") At times her resemblance to Princess Di is haunting, and the topic does receive three minutes of discussion early on. Although the couple at first resisted the idea of a televised wedding, they relented on that point but kept the relatively small venue of St. George's Chapel in the town of Windsor. The wedding party arrival features brief glimpses of the Princes William and Harry, the Queen's ostrich feathers, and the Queen Mum's inevitable hat--despite the "no hat" dictum on the invitation. Quiet commentary keeps viewers abreast of the action during the wedding, and there's a brief photo-op on the chapel stairs. Then it's on to a carriage ride through the picturesque town where the new Earl and Countess of Wessex are cheered on by 6,000 ticket-holding Britishers. --Kimberly Heinrichs

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars good introduction to the royal couple, June 12, 2001

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A. Burchfield (Conway, Missouri USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Edward & Sophie: A Royal Celebration [VHS] (VHS Tape)

You don't find many videos about the Earl and Countess of Wessex (I'll bet they're glad of that) but this one is kind of interesting in what it shows you. I especially like the Bagshot Park interview at the end of the tape.