The Royal Wedding

A surprising statistic came out after the Royal Wedding on April 29th of this year: Ireland ranked number 1 in internet searches (excluding England) of the term "Royal Wedding." Will the chilly, often cold relationship of these two countries this comes as a great surprise. Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton are famous far outside the United Kingdom...especially next door.

Google Trends is a site that tracks the web searches done by country, thus allowing us to see what many Irish wouldn't freely admit: they are very curious and interested in the English Royal Wedding. The future King and Queen of the United Kingdom outpaced searches for "Osama Bin Laden killed" more than one whole week after the wedding had happened.

A lovely day that was watched the whole world over...even by those who have long held a less than pleasurable view of the royal family.