Economist's Royal Wedding Chart of the Day shows how Kate and Will indicative of wider trends in Britain
Kate is 29, Will is 28, which makes her bang in line with the average age of a first-time British bride and him two-and-a-bit years younger than first-time grooms. Since I got married in 1989, the average age of first-time grooms has shot up by just over five years, slightly less for first-time brides. That's a huge jump and the Economist cites social and economic changes like the sexual revolution and the changing role of women in the workplace as principle causes. But a similar jump has happened in life expectancy over the same period and I wonder whether this might also be a factor -- why rush into marriage if you've got more time to play with?

