NBC: the Royal Couple is boring

Really? You don't say

April 19, 2011 at 4:31PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Gosh! All the stuff you can get! It's the most important event of our time!

Wow! A previously unseen photo! And since it's British, you can spell it "programme," which would be totally the way the Royal Couple themselves would spell it. Say, here's some other insider dish! From People! This is so exciting! It's like a fairy tale!

He won't see her until the wedding? They have some strange customs, those Royals! Anything more, you ask? Sure! People report: her family has a coat of arms now, just like knights of yore!

There's also a symbol of a miner with a spade, representing all those who spent their vigorous, fertile years digging for gold.

Then there's this: astrologers and fortune-tellers square off to predict the couple's future. Here comes the pseudo-science:

Oh noes, bad energy! He recommends adding salt in the wine, and putting up pictures of horses. Ancient Chinese secret. Meanwhile, in the Indian Express:

Odd. According to this astrologer, the main factor in their happiness is their complimentary star signs.

So the opposite signs lead to immediate intuition and understanding. Somehow I suspect that having similar signs would be a good sign, too.

Are you excited yet? No? You're not alone. The Daily Mail reports:

But - but - they're royalty! The very physical embodiment of unearned hereditary privilege and feudal class stems. Isn't that romantic?

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