{"id":726,"date":"2012-11-18T17:34:27","date_gmt":"2012-11-18T15:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howtogoon.com\/?page_id=726"},"modified":"2023-05-05T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T10:05:06","slug":"royal-drag","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/index.php\/royal-drag\/","title":{"rendered":"ROYAL DRAG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Drag was a performance. It was also our actual wedding. It took place on the 29th of July, 1981, the same day as Prince Charles and Lady Di, at Club 57, on St.Marks Place in New York City.<br \/>\nThe wedding cake was made by the magnificent Sur Rodney Sur, and the photographs were taken by the late great Timothy Greathouse (1&#038;2), Jo-Ann Porter (3,5,6,8&#038;9) and Anonymous (4&#038;7).<br \/>\n Topo, my Lady-Di, died in 2019.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1297\" style=\"width: 249px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/index.php\/royal-drag\/wedding-carry-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1297\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1297\" src=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-carry-4-239x300.gif\" alt=\"Photo: Timothy Greathouse for the Village Voice\" title=\"wedding-carry-4\" width=\"359\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-carry-4-239x300.gif 239w, https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-carry-4.gif 596w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo: Timothy Greathouse for the Village Voice<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1306\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/index.php\/royal-drag\/wedding-zip-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1306\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1306\" src=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-zip-1-300x238.gif\" alt=\"Photo: Timothy Greathouse for the Village Voice\" title=\"wedding-zip-1\" width=\"450\" height=\"359\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-zip-1-300x238.gif 300w, https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-zip-1.gif 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo: Timothy Greathouse for the Village Voice<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1245\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncentre\"><a href=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/index.php\/royal-drag\/wedding-veilfix\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1245\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1245\" src=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-veilfix-300x226.gif\" alt=\"Photo: Jo-Ann Porter\" title=\"wedding-veilfix\" width=\"450\" height=\"339\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-veilfix-300x226.gif 300w, https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-veilfix.gif 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo: Jo-Ann Porter<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1309\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/index.php\/royal-drag\/wedding-chdi-onsteps\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1309\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1309\" src=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-chdi-onsteps--205x300.gif\" alt=\"Photo: Unknown\" title=\"wedding-ch&amp;di-onsteps-\" width=\"307\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-chdi-onsteps--205x300.gif 205w, https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-chdi-onsteps-.gif 402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo: Jo-Ann Porter<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1256\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/index.php\/royal-drag\/wedding-timrodneyhowiedrag-19\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1256\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1256\" src=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-timrodneyhowiedrag-19-300x223.gif\" alt=\"Photo: Jo-Ann Porter\" title=\"wedding-timrodneyhowiedrag-19\" width=\"450\" height=\"334\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-timrodneyhowiedrag-19-300x223.gif 300w, https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-timrodneyhowiedrag-19.gif 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo: Jo-Ann Porter<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1263\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/index.php\/royal-drag\/wedding-preachermeet-26\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1263\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1263\" src=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-preachermeet-26-214x300.gif\" alt=\"Photo: Jo-Ann Porter\" title=\"wedding-preachermeet-26\" width=\"321\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1263\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo: Jo-Ann Porter<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1314\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/index.php\/royal-drag\/wedding-tvnews\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1314\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1314\" src=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-TVNews-300x222.gif\" alt=\"Photo: Unknown\" title=\"wedding-TVNews\" width=\"450\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-TVNews-300x222.gif 300w, https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-TVNews.gif 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo: Jo-Ann Porter<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1276\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/index.php\/royal-drag\/wedding-cakedi-36\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1276\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1276\" src=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-cakedi-36-300x224.gif\" alt=\"Photo: Jo-Ann Porter Cake: Sur Rodney Sur\" title=\"wedding-cakedi-36\" width=\"450\" height=\"336\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-cakedi-36-300x224.gif 300w, https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-cakedi-36.gif 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo: Jo-Ann Porter Cake: Sur Rodney Sur<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1279\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/index.php\/royal-drag\/wedding-topo-grin\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1279\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1279\" src=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-topo-grin-300x225.gif\" alt=\"Photo: Jo-Ann Porter\" title=\"wedding-topo-grin\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-topo-grin-300x225.gif 300w, https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/wedding-topo-grin.gif 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo: Jo-Ann Porter<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Drag was a performance. It was also our actual wedding. It took place on the 29th of July, 1981, the same day as Prince Charles and Lady Di, at Club 57, on St.Marks Place in New York City. The wedding cake was made by the magnificent Sur Rodney Sur, and the photographs were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":25,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-726","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726"}],"version-history":[{"count":83,"href":"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2902,"href":"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/726\/revisions\/2902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/howtogoon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}