A Kenyan hotel is charging couples up to $10,000 for a package to watch the televised proceedings of Britain’s royal wedding Saturday.
Couples are to come dressed in their “finest wedding guest attire” to the viewing party at the Windsor Golf Hotel and Country Club in Nairobi, according to a poster advertising the event dubbed “A Royal Wedding Celebration.”
Organizers said the premium package comes with a two-night hotel stay and a helicopter ride to Mount Kenya, but many Kenyans on social media argued ticket fees for the event were higher than the cost of attending the wedding in the UK.
One of the organizers defended the pricing when contacted by CNN and said guests would be getting the “royal experience.”
“We just want to bring people together to see the royal wedding and also give them the royal experience,” Wanjiku Kamau said.
But others said the event illustrated the rampant inequality in the country, where the average consumption per capita of households in Nairobi is less than $3,000 per year.
“Some privileged Kenyan couples will pay USD10,000 for the privilege of being seen by other privileged Kenyans as they watch, on TV, the wedding of some privileged Westerners in a country far, far away,” Adrian Blomfield said on tweet
Prince Harry whispers to Meghan Markle as they watch a dance performance by Jukebox Collective in the banqueting hall during a visit to Cardiff Castle.
