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British Businesses Grumble About Wedding Day Off

Apr 29, 2011 8:10 AM CDT

British Businesses Grumble About Wedding Day Off

Public holiday predicted to cost economy almost $10B

(Newser) - Guillotine-wielding protesters aren't the only people in Britain not entirely thrilled about today's royal wedding. The British are getting an extra public holiday for the occasion and business owners complain that they're losing revenue at a time when they're trying to recover from recession. The...

Newly Hitched Wills, Kate Snog

royal wedding

Apr 29, 2011 7:52 AM CDT

Newly Hitched Wills, Kate Snog

Couple makes traditional balcony appearance

(Newser) - At long last, newlyweds William and Kate (or, if you like, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge ) have appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace and engaged in not one, but two public kisses as husband and wife. Big cheer from the throngs below, but the kisses themselves? Pretty...

What’s With the Hats?

royal wedding

Apr 29, 2011 7:00 AM CDT

What’s With the Hats?

Maker: They're 'individual pieces of art'

(Newser) - If the press hasn’t been loud enough about the royal wedding, the hats on display are certainly making up for it. So what’s the story behind them? An eight-member team of milliners in southwest England made at least 50 of the hats, including some for the royal family...

Wills to Kate: ‘You
Look Stunning, Babe’

ROYAL WEDDING

Apr 29, 2011 5:09 AM CDT

Wills to Kate: ‘You Look Stunning, Babe’

The royal wedding is off and running

(Newser) - hey're married!

Kate Middleton has arrived at Westminster Abbey, looking gorgeous in a long-sleeved, long-trained dress. The BBC notes she's wearing a tiara under her veil, and her hair is down. Her dress was, in fact, designed by Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen; full details of her outfit

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Who’s Who
at the Royal Wedding

royal wedding

Apr 29, 2011 4:53 AM CDT

Who’s Who at the Royal Wedding

All the big names are there—but no Kate yet

(Newser) - The guests have streamed in to Westminster Abbey to watch Prince William marry Kate Middleton. Who got the biggest cheers from the throngs outside? Prime Minister David Cameron was a hit, as was Elton John—and, of course, Princes William and Harry, who arrived looking dapper in full military regalia....

Meet the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge

royal wedding

Apr 29, 2011 4:49 AM CDT

Meet the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

Royal duo get new handles right before big do

(Newser) - Britain's queen has dubbed her grandson the Duke of Cambridge, making Kate Middleton Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, Buckingham Palace officials announced shortly before the spectator-mobbed wedding procession was to begin. It's customary for royal couples to be granted new names at the time of their...

Men, Women Love
Wedding—But Not
for Same Reasons

Apr 29, 2011 4:43 AM CDT

Men, Women Love Wedding—But Not for Same Reasons

Women love romance, men sense of history, say experts

(Newser) - Men might be from Mars and women from Venus, but they're all drawn to the royal wedding—for different reasons, of course. Female spectators tend to be enthralled by the romantic relationship while men are intrigued by the history of the British knot-tying, say psychologists. “The royal wedding...

London Goes Bonkers

Apr 29, 2011 3:22 AM CDT

London Goes Bonkers

Ecstatic fans, posh guests in breathless anticipation

(Newser) - London morphed into one massive wedding party today as throngs lined the wedding procession route and head-of-state guests from around the world streamed into Westminster for the historic wedding of Britain's Prince William and his Kate. Some people camped out for days in the cold for a prime viewing...

What's Kate
Got That
Diana
Didn't?

Apr 29, 2011 2:53 AM CDT

What's Kate Got That Diana Didn't?

She's got an easy confidence—and a better groom

(Newser) - We've seen it all before: the pomp, the circumstance, the beautiful bride marrying her prince. Then it all went horribly wrong. Why should we expect anything different this time? Royal watchers say it all comes down to Kate and her confidence. Kate's older, more sophisticated, already more press-savvy...

Westminster Abbey Will
Block Tweets at Wedding

Apr 28, 2011 2:46 PM CDT

Westminster Abbey Will Block Tweets at Wedding

Royal nuptials will have signal-blocking technology in place

(Newser) - If you happen to be one of the nearly 2,000 invitees to tomorrow's royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, don’t expect to be sending any tweets from Westminster Abbey. To keep guests from spilling intimate details ahead of the nuptials, event organizers will implement a...

Good Luck, Kate: Being a Princess Kinda Sucks

OPINION

Apr 28, 2011 12:31 PM CDT

Good Luck, Kate: Being a Princess Kinda Sucks

But Middleton's no Diana, and that could save her

(Newser) - Regardless of your enthusiasm (or lack thereof) for the royal wedding, it's hard not to feel sorry for Kate Middleton. After all, being a princess isn't what it used to be—partially because of Middleton's would-have-been mother-in-law, Princess Diana. "Once the embodiment of beauty and glamor,...

Guess Whose Royal Wedding Invite Was Yanked?

ROUNDUP

Apr 28, 2011 9:19 AM CDT

Guess Whose Royal Wedding Invite Was Yanked?

Plus: vows and programs and new pictures, oh my!

(Newser) - The big day is nearly upon us, so it's even easier to get your fix of news about tomorrow's royal wedding. Highlights:

Some people were a bit miffed to learn that Syrian ambassador Dr. Sami Khiyami was on the guest list, considering how many pro-democracy demonstrators have recently

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If You Watch the Royal Wedding, You’re a Traitor

OPINION

Apr 27, 2011 10:51 AM CDT

If You Watch the Royal Wedding, You’re a Traitor

We're supposed to hate the monarchy, not worship it: Mark Oppenheimer

(Newser) - America is supposed to be a place where everyone is equal—so why are so many of us glued to coverage of the royal wedding? Have we forgotten, Mark Oppenheimer wonders, that we "fought a bloody war for the privilege to ignore the king of England"? Now, many...

Why Wills and
Kate Fascinate Us

OPINION

Apr 26, 2011 1:45 PM CDT

Why Wills and Kate Fascinate Us

They're victims of an inescapable fate—but they seem happy anyway

(Newser) - Even to those of us with no plans to sit through the royal wedding, Prince William and Kate Middleton are intriguing. “My friend is not a royal watcher or a tabloid reader. Neither am I,” writes Anne Applebaum in the Washington Post . Yet both were familiar with Kate’...

Royal Wedding:
Who Got Snubbed?

Apr 26, 2011 9:32 AM CDT

Royal Wedding: Who Got Snubbed?

It's not just prime ministers that are notably absent from guest list

(Newser) - With just three days left before the royal wedding, the inevitable complaints of guest list snubs are coming to the surface. News came out over the weekend that the last two British prime ministers weren't invited, and now the New York Times notes that some of Princess Diana's...

Princess Di
Lover Eyed
Suicide After
Their Affair

Apr 26, 2011 4:03 AM CDT

Princess Di Lover Eyed Suicide After Their Affair

Perturbed James Hewitt also denies he's Harry dad

(Newser) - The handsome British calvary officer who had an affair with Princess Diana contemplated suicide when their five-year relationship became public, he revealed . "I got in my car to go to France—to shoot myself," James Hewitt told Inside Edition . But his mother insisted on accompanying him. If she...

Facebook Rant Gets Soldier Axed From Royal Wedding

Apr 25, 2011 4:26 AM CDT

Facebook Rant Gets Soldier Axed From Royal Wedding

He calls Kate 'stupid cow,' fantasized of 'shooting Jews'

(Newser) - A soldier has been banned from a procession at the royal wedding after calling Kate Middleton a "stuck up cow" in a "vile" Facebook post in which he also joked about shooting Jews, reports the Daily Mail . "Her and William drove past me on Friday and all...

Bahrain Prince Declines
Royal Wedding Invite

ALSO: BLAIR, BROWN SNUBBED

Apr 24, 2011 12:45 PM CDT

Bahrain Prince Declines Royal Wedding Invite

Under duress; and it's no place for old Labour PMs, either

(Newser) - The news that Bahrain's crown prince was ducking out of his troubled country to attend Prince William's much ballyhooed nuptials raised some eyebrows, and Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa today reversed course, sending Prince Charles his regrets. Saying he was "saddened and troubled" by British media...

Here's Who's Going
to the Wedding

Apr 23, 2011 8:03 AM CDT

Here's Who's Going to the Wedding

Other royals, politicians, celebrities, even normal people

(Newser) - You might not have heard, but Prince William is getting hitched in six short days, and the confirmed guest list is out today. A list of the notables, as per the AP:

Foreign royals: Denmark's Queen Margrethe; Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja; Spain's Queen Sofia; Prince

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Teen on Hunger Strike Gets
Flight to Royal Wedding

Apr 22, 2011 10:15 AM CDT

Teen on Hunger Strike Gets Flight to Royal Wedding

Desperate to attend, Mexican woman spent weeks outside UK embassy

(Newser) - She went on a 16-day hunger strike for a cause: to get to the royal wedding. Now, the dream is coming true for 19-year-old Estibalis Chavez of Mexico, after a pitying man lent her the airfare to head to London. Desperate to attend the wedding, she spent two weeks camped...