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<p>Come on bro. You should know that’s not true. It’s in The King’s Speech.</p>
<p>No… They’e so unimportant.</p>
<p>Why would I care if two people I do not know are getting married? As if seeing the wedding is going to change my life forever.</p>
<p>Well, it’s in the media because the American people eat it up. If no one cared, obviously it wouldn’t be so wide-spread.</p>
<p>Americans can be so stupid and pathetic it sickens me. Damn…it’s a wedding that’ll be forgotten the moment it’s over. Do we seriously not have more important things to think about or pay attention to? Or, for that matter, any other news or entertainment? How the hell does anyone get entertained over a wedding that’s going to happen across an ocean?</p>
<p>All i car’ bout is plezuring dem *****es and hoes.</p>
<p>I was surprised that Kate was able to remarry so quickly after divorcing John. I was also surprised that the kids haven’t got as much air-time as I would have expected.</p>
<p>@BillyMc, whose Kate and whose John, and who are their kids? </p>
<p>Yes, the Queen’s uncle did marry a woman who HADN’T been divorced till very few days before she got married to him. American socialite, Miss Wallis Simpson - Now that, was the scandal of the century, 1.) Because she was a divorcee. 2.) Because she was American (no monarch had married an American before.) 3.) She could have been the future Queen.</p>
<p>Yet he abdicated and she settled for Duchess and he for Duke, although he still remained a Prince of the United Kingdom (Or was it still the Empire?).</p>
<p>Nope</p>
<p>It is like $23,000 for a plane ticket there now!</p>
<p>The whole thing is ridiculous. Apparently its going to be really bad for their economy too:</p>
<p>"But according to the consulting firm Investec, a day without work could knock as much as a quarter of a percent off growth for the quarter, translating to a loss to the economy of as much as $50 billion. “You will basically lose a day of output, and largely speaking that will be that,” Philip Shaw, an Investec economist, has said.</p>
<p>A business lobbying group has put the loss figure at around $10 billion. But either way, it’s likely to far outstrip the positive impact on the economy from the influx of tourists and sales of wedding memorabilia, estimated at around $1.5-2 billion.</p>
<p>The additional holiday also means that this week will contain just three work days, because Easter Monday was a holiday, too. Britain also had last Friday off (Easter Friday) and will be idle next Monday because of the annual May Day holiday, observed on the first Monday of every May. Because of all the holidays, Britons can get an 11-day stretch away from work while using only three vacation days – and many are doing just that. As a result, the accounting firm RSM Tenon has said Britain will effectively close for business for the last two weeks of the month.</p>
<p>And all this leaves aside the cost to taxpayers stemming from the big day. The royal family – which already gets a government grant of $13 million a year – is picking up the tab for the wedding itself, with a bit of help from the Middletons. But the government will pay for things like cleanup and security – including sophisticated surveillance – amid concerns that the event could be a tempting target for Irish or Islamic terrorists. And because police will be working on a holiday, they’ll get overtime rates."</p>
<p><a href=“http://royalwedding.yahoo.com/blogs/royal-wedding-to-hurt-britains-economy-6351[/url]”>http://royalwedding.yahoo.com/blogs/royal-wedding-to-hurt-britains-economy-6351</a></p>
<p>jon and kate + 8?</p>
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Not anymore. Now it’s Will and Kate + 62,041,708. Still rhymes!</p>
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<p>What’s Jon and Kate + 8?</p>
<p>I just want to see the dress. I’m slightly obsessed with wedding dresses:)</p>
<p>@PreppyDude123 - It’s a really crappy American TV show that got Kate Whateverherlastnameis famous for doing absolutely nothing of any value.</p>
<p>Sounds fun. But trashy reality shows really aren’t my TV of choice.</p>
<p>Not in the slightest. They’re not going to get divorced, as everyone else has said, but it’s just another high-profile wedding.</p>
<p>I think it’s weird that I know what Jon and Kate + 8 is.</p>
<p>I don’t care for british royalty or any for that matter seeing as I’m an American and it really has no special impact on my life.</p>
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Apparently your prince feels differently.</p>
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Not really, since once-legitimate news sources feel the need to shovel this crap down viewers’ throats.</p>
<p>I am a huge news junkie and that is all I hear about. Libya, the royal wedding, and Donald Trump have been dominating the media. It’s getting tiresome.</p>
<p>Also, isn’t John and Kate plus 8 about a couple who has 8 kids?</p>