“Royal Ball” or "Where There's a Will, There's a Kate"

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2011/royal.wedding/interactive/gallery.wedding.key.moments/?hpt=C2

Great Britain’s Prince William married Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey in a fairy tale wedding watched by fans around the world.  Of course, despite meticulous planning and attention to detail, there were a few awkward moments:

• American tourists took pictures of a group of Royal family members in formal military dress, thinking they were members of the Village People.

• In tribute to his mother, Princess Diana, Prince Harry wore her hairstyle.

• A door opened, and loyal British subjects called out “Long live the Queen,” as Elton John entered.

• As many of the women in the royal family were privately being primped before stepping out into the public view, Camilla Parker-Bowles was mistakenly saddled and bridled.

• Prior to the wedding, Prince William got a haircut, but when he asked the stylist to “just even it out,” she felt compelled to shave his head.

• A British man was arrested after trying to put a walnut in Prince William’s mouth, having seen him in his red dress uniform and mistaking him for a nutcracker.

• When some money was found that wasn’t wasted on the opulence of the royal wedding, the Prime Minister just tore it to shreds and showered the bride and groom with the confetti.

• Kate’s dress wasn’t purely white; it had some off-white stitching sewed into the lacing so you could tell where the dress stopped and the skin of everyone in the royal family began.

• More than once Sir Elton John was asked whether he was the bride’s or the groom’s grandmother.

• William and Kate left Buckingham Palace to Clarence House in a blue Astin Martin.  Almost immediately, James Bond reported that his car had been stolen.

• It was a great day for England.  Over 5,000 police officers provided security for the event, so it was a really great day for side-street burglars.

• A billion people watched on TV around the world.  As with any programming in the United States that gets such big ratings these days, Americans were mainly watching to see whether it would be Kate or William who would get voted off.