The only reason I can think of to cut the riding scene is if they didn't think it was important, which does not give me a good feeling about how they're going to be dealing with female characters in the series. The women in GoT exist in a world that is hostile and awful to them basically all the time, but they never stop fighting for agency and trying to hold onto whatever control they attain, and I think that's awesome. If they take out that aspect of Dany's storyline... ugh.

That being said, I'm still totally going to watch, because the rest of it was awesome.

See, I would love a wedding with a "And then the aliens landed" ending, especially if the happy couple were badass alien-hunters who would then lead the counterattack in the tattered remains of their gowns/tuxedos. (Oh man this needs to be a Jack/Ianto fic right now.)

There is absolutely no consideration that they're real people. There was this really gross article on Yahoo news (which is only half a step above the tabloids on its best day, but still) that was basically pictures of Kate hanging out with friends, going clubbing, at the mall, etc. with captions going "Well she won't be able to wear THAT when she's queen!" I guess I was supposed to be shocked that the queen has a slightly different dress code than your average twenty-something?