Prime Minister Harper gets up early to watch Royal Wedding
Posted April 29, 2011 12:56 pm.
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MONTREAL — There are few things that can distract a ramped-up politician in the dying days of an election campaign.
A royal wedding is one.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper may be regretting his decision to skip today’s lavish nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton in London.
Instead, he and his wife joined the many Canadians who rose at the crack of dawn to watch the pomp and pageantry on T-V.
From his hotel suite in Montreal, Harper recalled watching another royal wedding — likely Prince Charles and Lady Diana — while in university.
His wife Laureen offered some running commentary as they waited for the newlyweds to emerge from the balcony of Buckingham Palace — remarking how pretty the bride looked.
After William and Kate kissed — twice — Harper stood to make a toast to what he called “a once in a generation event.”
He added he and his wife were a little bit sorry they weren’t there — and then after looking at his wife, added — “more than a little bit.”
