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What are ‘the proms’? And why would anyone want to sit through royal weddings
by manitowoc 5y ago
What are ‘the proms’? And why would anyone want to sit through royal weddings
- flobosg 5y agoHe is probably referring to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Proms#Last_Night_of_the_Proms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Proms#Last_Night_of_the_Pr...
- iso1631 5y agoMajor cultural event And as for weddings about a million people lined the streets of London when Kate + William got married. Might not be your cup of tea, but horses for courses.
- manitowoc 5y agoOk. Major British cultural event. It would have been helpful to include that since (I assume) most HN readers are American. And I guess Royal weddings are more popular than I thought, at least in the UK.
- qw 5y agohttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/tv-ratings-royal-wedding-brings-18-million-viewers-us-broadcast-1113498 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/tv-ratings-royal-... > TV Ratings: 22.4 Million U.S. Viewers RSVP to Royal Wedding
- lazyasciiart 5y agoMost HN readers should have been able to work out it was a non-American comment, based on the "royal wedding" event option even if unfamiliar with Glastonbury and the proms.