Never Stop the Journey: A BabyMac Royal Adventure

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When exactly did my love for the Royals come about? Well, it could have started in July 1981 when Mum cooked us Steak Diane for dinner and we were allowed to eat it in front of the TELLY as Prince Charles married the beautiful Diana Spencer. 4-year-old Beth watched on in my dressing gown at that in awe. It most definitely was in April 1983 when Mum and Dad took us to Albury Airport when we were visiting the area to see Diana and Charles again on a Royal visit while we waved flags and watched their magic unfold. Even baby Wills was there!

I think the whole world fell in love with the Royals exactly 28 years later in April, when William married Kate Middleton and the pomp and ceremony of the Royals was once again in favour after what seemed like years of controversy and scandal. We hosted our own Royal Wedding Party at home here with friends, complete with dressing up and little Daisy watching on the telly in her own princess costume much as I had 30 years earlier.

It has certainly been in recent times, perhaps when Kate and I were preggers at the same time as Charlotte and Mags and when they were born 2 weeks apart?

That was some time wasn’t it Kate? Now look at them! And you! Ready to go alone. Happy to chat with you vis-à-vis that whole third child thing just as soon as you are. I’m here. It’s going to be OK.

And of course in the past few years with Netflix creating the remarkable TV series The Crown, I think everyone has taken much more of an interest with The Queen and the history of her reign since she took over in June 1953.

Maybe it’s just me? I don’t think so though.

I love to share photos of any Royal visits, pictures of George and Charlotte and of course was DELIGHTED in November last year when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were engaged. Onya Haz.

I know that their upcoming wedding at Windsor Castle in May this year will have the whole world watching. I mean who doesn’t love a wedding? Who doesn’t love HARRY? And whose heart doesn’t skip a beat at a potential Spice Girls Reunion? In a world of endless bad news at times it seems, these nuptials bring with them hope. Simple hope in the form of LOVE. And Fancy Royal Stuff.

I’m beyond excited.

It was when I shared the news about their engagement that a seed was planted. A ‘what if’ seed. So many of you guys were excited too. I wasn’t alone! This was one of those seeds that takes you breath away with excitement and potential but it seems SO remote and impossible that you only let yourself take that thought out every now and then to entertain it, before reality pushes it back into the AS IF pile.

But that seed of WHAT IF, well it wouldn’t go away. What if I went over to England to cover the Royal Wedding in an unofficial capacity? What if I just booked the ticket and went and soaked up this moment in history because isn’t life all about adventures on our journey? Even if I am just a Mum at home looking after 3 kids most of the time?

What if?
What if.
WHAT IF…

You’d know that I have been lucky enough to be working with Olympus since last year on the launch of their fabulous camera the OM-D E-M10 III. They have already taken me on wonderful adventures to the top of mountains, to change the way I take photos and to now be able to shoot and edit video all from this amazing little camera.

I decided to share with Olympus my little seed of WHAT IF. And being all about travel and adventure, about pushing yourself on your own journey through life and you know what?

THEY GOT IT.
They really got it.

Are you sitting down? They have decided to sponsor me on this BabyMac Adventure to visit the Queen (OK, not quite) but to cover this Royal Wedding of Harry and Meghan for ALL YOU GUYS in my best unofficial Royal Correspondent way.

YOU GUYS, I AM GOING TO THE WEDDING. Ok, outside the wedding on the streets of Windsor, BUT I’LL BE THERE.

I know!

I’m going to be travelling over to London in May with my Olympus OM-D E-M10 III and I will be capturing this moment in time in the flesh. As you saw when I was in New Zealand this little pocket rocket of a camera is THE ultimate travel accessory. It’s small size and weight means that I can throw it in my handbag without having to drag a big camera case around. The interchangeable lenses means that I can quickly change lenses to suit where and what I am doing: I can whack a 25mm F1.8 lens on for portraits and street photography, the longer lenses for when I want to get up close and personal and the stabilisation means that even when I am shooting on the fly, the shots will be clear. My all time favourite feature of wifi means that I can edit and upload to Instagram on the go too…no need to get the laptop out to get a perfect shot. And of course I will have a crack at some video too now that I know how to shoot and edit from my digital SLR too.

All my bases will be covered with this camera.

I will be chatting with people, visiting as many places as I can and getting swept up in the celebration of the year on a once in a lifetime adventure! I’ll also be giving away one of these amazing cameras for one of you back home. It’s going to be one great week and SUCH an adventure; I cannot wait to bring you all along with me.

Time to roll out the superior beige carpets at Windsor Castle…BabyMac is coming!

Obvs Haz and Meghan are thrilled at the prospect. They were kind enough to sit down with me this week to have a chat about it all.

While the last time I was at Windsor Castle it looked a little like this…

This time it might look a little like this:

And all I can say is BRING IT ON.

I’d love to hear what you guys want me to cover off as your unofficial Royal Correspondent on this special adventure….

The dress?
The People?
The sights of London?
A one on one with Her Maj?
Tell me EVERYTHING.

And again, can you even believe it? I can’t. Thank you Olympus.

And I will see you guys soon!

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