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    A Royal Wedding without a Hitch

    With all the trappings of history, will today's royal wedding raise the spirits of a modern nation in the throes of austerity? What's the attraction of a marriage between two people whose power is more symbolic than real?

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    By Warren Olney • Apr 29, 2011 • 51m Listen

    With all the trappings of history, will today's royal wedding raise the spirits of a modern nation in the throes of austerity? What's the attraction of a marriage between two people whose power is more symbolic than real? Also, today's Endeavour is scrubbed, and President Obama surveys wreckage and consoles victims in Alabama.

    Banner image: Their Royal Highnesses Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge make the journey by carriage procession to Buckingham Palace past crowds of spectators following their marriage at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011 in London, England. Photo: Tom Pilston - WPA Pool/Getty Images

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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