At a time when many of us have been reduced to hurling out event invitations on Facebook, Prince Harry and fiancée Meghan Markle have gone ahead and commissioned some of the fanciest wedding invites ever commissioned – and footage of their creation is probably just as good as heading along to their nuptials, anyway.
Kensington Palace today revealed that around 600 people have been invited to the couple’s wedding on May 19, and that those fortunate few were sent invitations printed on a vintage press operated by 24-year-old Lottie Small.
Luckily for us, images have emerged of the printing process. Folks, it’s basically mechanical ASMR. Forget the wedding: we need a live-stream of the Small working the Barnard and Westwood press, please and thank you.
Lottie Small, who recently completed her apprenticeship, printed all of the invitations in a process known as die stamping, on a machine from the 1930s that she affectionately nicknamed Maude. pic.twitter.com/kWs2RFx7nN
— The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) March 22, 2018
A 24 year old who made the 600 #royalwedding invites told us of her surprise when she was handed the job.
Lottie Small said she was “unbelievably excited” and “squealed a little bit” when she found out one Friday afternoon.
It took her two days to print all the invitations. pic.twitter.com/64QuYpEkRR— Chris Ship (@chrisshipitv) March 22, 2018
Using American ink on English card, the invitations are printed in gold and black, then burnished to bring out the shine, and gilded around the edge. pic.twitter.com/gQpC6tDot0
— The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) March 22, 2018
The royal wedding will be held at St George’s Chapel, followed by a lunchtime reception at St. George’s Hall. 200 guests are invited to the full-on evening reception at the incredibly-named Frogmore House.
And we’ll be here watching these videos on repeat. Thank God for Maude.
