{"id":9660,"date":"2011-06-27T07:27:20","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T11:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=9660"},"modified":"2011-06-27T08:33:29","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T12:33:29","slug":"royal-wedding-stamps-issued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2011\/06\/royal-wedding-stamps-issued","title":{"rendered":"Royal Wedding Stamps Issued"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9693\" title=\"stamp-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/stamp-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/stamp-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/stamp-2-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/stamp-2-250x165.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/>Nassau, The Bahamas \u2013 The Bahamas Postal Service this week issued a set of three commemorative postage stamps highlighting the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton on April 29, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The stamps are valued at 15 cents, 50 cents, and 65 cents. The 15 cent value shows William and Kate in September 2008 attending the wedding of a friend in Austria together.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9695\" title=\"stamp-3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/stamp-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"150\" \/>The 50 cent value shows the couple in the State Rooms, St. James\u2019 Place, London following the announcement of their engagement.<\/p>\n<p>The 65 cent value shows the couple on the balcony of Buckingham Palace sharing their now famous kiss as a married couple to the delight of the crowds gathered in front of the Palace.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9696\" title=\"stamp-4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/stamp-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/stamp-4.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/stamp-4-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/stamp-4-250x167.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>The Post Office has also released a souvenir sheet with a $5 stamp showing the couple as they left Westminster Abbey, after the ceremony, as The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The background of the souvenir sheet shows Westminster Abbey during the wedding ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>On November 16th, 2010 an announcement was made by Clarence House that confirmed that Prince William, oldest son of Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales had become engaged to his long time girlfriend Catherine Middleton.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9703\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"stamp-5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/stamp-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/stamp-5.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/stamp-5-102x150.jpg 102w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/stamp-5-170x250.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/>William and Catherine were both 28 years old when the announcement was made and met while students at the University of St. Andrews.<\/p>\n<p>As second in line to the British Throne and eldest son of Prince Charles and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, this wedding attracted significant interest throughout the world.<\/p>\n<p>The wedding was held at Westminster Abbey, site of many royal events and was viewed by an estimated audience of two billion people worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9697\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"stamp-1-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/stamp-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/stamp-1-1.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/stamp-1-1-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/stamp-1-1-167x250.jpg 167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>The Bahamas celebrated the Royal Wedding with the British Monarch\u2019s representative His Excellency Sir Arthur Foulkes, Governor-General and Lady Foulkes along with Prime Minister \u00a0Hubert Ingraham and Mrs. Deloris Ingraham travelling to London to attend the wedding.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the celebrations, the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism invited guests to the islands to celebrate the Royal Wedding at a Tea Party at Government House (the official home of the British Monarch\u2019s representative in The Bahamas).<\/p>\n<p>By Bahamas Information Services<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bahamas Post Office Releases commemorative Stamps Featuring the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-9660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}