On the day of the wedding, Sophie was getting dressed, surrounded by all her
family, and she suddenly realised she had forgotten to get any shoes. Panic
struck. Then her sister remembered that she had a pair of white shoes from her
wedding so she lent them to Sophie for the day. Unfortunately they were a bit
too small and by the time the festivities were over, Sophie's feet were agony.
When she and Edward withdrew to their room the only thing she could think of
was getting her shoes off. The rest of the Family crowded round the door to
the bedroom and they heard roughly what they expected: grunts, straining noises
and the occasional muffled scream. Eventually they heard Edward say, 'God, that
was tight.'
'There,' whispered the Queen. 'I told you she was a virgin.'
Then, to their surprise, they heard Edward say. 'All right. Now for the other
one,' followed by more grunting and straining. At last Edward said. 'My God.
That was even tighter.'
'That's my boy,' said the Duke. 'Once a sailor, always a sailor.'
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