Irish ladies watch royal wedding in luxury

CAKES, champagne and cucumber sandwiches were the order of the morning for the ladies at Hayfield Manor, Cork, as they waited for the start of the royal wedding.

Glamorous grannies, daughters and ladies of leisure gathered in the hotel drawing room as the first images of Prince William making his way to Westminster Abbey hit the screen.

One guest enjoying a taste of regal treatment was Cora Murphy from Carlow, who was in Cork with her daughter, Olive. She said: “I’ve always been a big fan of the royals, and the highlight of my holiday to Cork has been coming here to see the wedding — it’s like a fairytale.”