Macy Halford takes pleasure from this side of the pond:
The British royal wedding might be the last great bastion of (non-religious) kitsch in the English-speaking world. Remember our own recent royal wedding, and how speculation and emotionalism about the event were discouraged up to the very day of the occasion? Only afterward, when the official photographs had been released, were we allowed a glimpse into paradise, allowed to imagine Marc and Chelsea living out our dreams at their respective investment funds (or not). Well, you see the problem: American lives are not very romantic.
I am in a defensive and slightly bored mode this week. I will not be getting up at 4 am.
The Dish 