Gareth Thomas Calls Royal Wedding 'A Bit Of A Dream'
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- On Top Magazine Staff
- | May 05, 2011
UK rugby star Gareth Thomas has said last Friday's royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, who are now the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, was “a bit of a dream.”
Singer Elton John and his partner, filmmaker David Furnish, and Thomas were among the 1,900 guests of the Queen who attended the Westminster Abbey ceremony. In a news agency photo, Sir Elton, who recently became a father, is seen tearing up during the ceremony.
“It was an amazing experience,” Thomas told a reporter. “There was a time during the service when I sat there, had a little look around, seen the dignitaries over there, seen the heroes over there, the place I was in and it just brought goose bumps on the back of my neck to think that I'm a part of something so amazing.”
“You know, actually being there really brought the role true, it was kind of like a bit of a dream,” he added. (The video is embedded in the right panel of this page.)
The 36-year-old, 6-foot-3 Thomas came out gay in 2009. In a recent appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, he told his host that he once “prayed to be straight.”