“Maybe if Kate wasn’t marrying a Prince she’d of had a more exciting hen do”

 

South Yorkshire bride-to-be Chantelle Pennent gives her views on Kate Middleton’s low key hen night.

In Britain we have a tendency to celebrate our last days of singleton with a night on the town, laced with copious amounts of alcohol and dressed in veils and ‘L’ plates. Generally the aim of a British hen night is to pin as much tat onto the bride-to-be as possible and encourage her to walk around with a blow up doll. Yet our future Queen chose to celebrate the end of her single life with a low key event, she had a few close friends and her sister Pippa Middleton, round at a friend’s house.  

Should we be sticking to our rowdy tradition or be having more sophisticated evenings on our hen nights?

Bride-to-be Chantelle Pennant thinks that the style of a hen night all depends on the bride and the circumstances surrounding them. She said: “Maybe if Kate wasn’t marrying the Prince of England, she would of had a hen do that was a little more memorable or exciting”.

Chantelle’s hen night included drinks at happy hour, with all attendees’ dressed in pink sparkly cowboy hats and feather bowers, a three course meal and dancing the night away in a club.

She said: “I think that hen do’s are important as they not only celebrate the forthcoming nuptials, but are also a celebration of your ‘single’ life prior to getting married, in that you are celebrating with the people who have known you during your single life.”

 “I really enjoyed mine and it was nice to see people that I may not see every day but have known me throughout my life at different stages.”

 The Human Resources Assistant, can see how hen nights can become sleazy she said: “I think people can get caught up in trying to make it memorable and this is where it can becomes sleazy”.

“I think it all depends on the person in question and how you define a ‘sleazy hen do’. There are factors to be considered such as your background, for example working class meets upper class.”

Chantelle,25, also raises the point that hen do’s can be a symbol of status, she said: “I also think some people would look at hen do’s as a form of status, for example how many turn up to a hen do can symbolise how popular you are.”

Chantelle thinks hen nights are an important tradition she said they symbolise the importance of marriage.