'Morning Joe' with Sugar and Tease

OMG, OMG! The countdown toward the Royal Wedding on Friday in London between Prince William and the crafty little commoner, Kate Middleton, has begun in the States. We certainly need a diversion from our dreary common lives.

The former is the typical response from anyone with a computer (and the ability to write) has/have been saying about the U.S. focus on the upcoming nuptials: “Distraction.”

(Pssst, GOPer’s – now’s the time to take over the country. Wink-wink.)

Already MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program has acquiesced to the “need” and has camped-out in a sunny spot at Trafalgar Square in London to ensure not one element of the preparations and wedding will be overlooked by American media. To pad away the time until something truly substantial occurs, the show will ensure a natty British feeling by interviewing anyone with a British accent who can talk and talk and talk about the U.S. economy in-between tidy bits of trivia about William and Kate’s romance, as well as the enduring lurve the U.S. and the UK have for one another (when the British in particular aren’t laughing at us for our naïve swoonings over anyone with what seems to be an ability to speak English without saying “ho” or “yo” or “Hell No!”).

Well, someone’s gotta do it and who can class-up a show like good ole’ Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski as they quack over a cluttered little table outside in the sun of a not-at-the-moment-foggy-London-town?

Did I see scones on the table or was it just wishful thinking? I did see (I think) lots of white mugs probably filled with tea this time but pretending to be a “cuppa Joe” just to keep the theme in place.

A little tip for you, Mika: Make sure you wear a fancy hat for tomorrow’s program, okay? It was bad enough that you had your sunglasses plastered to the top of your head rather than covering your love for Joe with them when you had a chance. Get with the mood, my dear. It’s all about hats and hats and more hats, don’t you know?

And it’s all about Kate, too. Frankly, I don’t envy her foray into the dungeon of Windsor and honestly believe that after nine years with William (minus a month or two here and there), she’s probably the first-ever Princess-to-Queen-to-be who may have a good run after most of the world gets over the vapors of the heady wedding festivities.

Can you imagine the world watching your marriage? Your every single move? It goes well beyond casual celebrity to marry into that family/heritage. You marry a country that will either adore you or boo and hiss if they disapprove your latest dress. Not to ignore the heavy expectations of the bride of any royal, be she also a royal or not, on the actual wedding day?

What if your eye starts to itch as you enter Westminster Abbey to the music you and your father-in-law-to-be spent hours choosing? What if you accidentally trip over an unforeseen loose Spencer gene as you make your way to a waiting real life prince? Oh, it would be the wince heard around the world, that’s for sure.

I gather that Camilla spent a great deal of time taking to her bed with a terrible case of the jitters prior to her marriage to Prince Charles when another round of obstacles sent their plans into limbo – reflecting the many years of their inability to be together – legitimatically. I admit I was surprised to hear about her “nerve” ee-sue. After all, she was no novice to the ways of that world and should have known Diana would be throwing darts from Heaven until the last minute, so……?????

Should Kate wish to do the same I wouldn’t blame her at all. However, the difference this time is perfectly clear. Diana is sending dewy thorn-less roses; the Queen, et al, supposedly adore her, and with the exception of one of the Queen’s guards who had the sheer idiocy to post unflattering remarks against Miss Kate on Facebook (and lost his job over it today), all should be well….

Until Harry proposes to his stripper-in-training -  the less than “proper” Chelsy Davy, who is certain to be the next “Fergie-In-Waiting“ if the heir-spare Prince Harry doesn’t have a strong intervention with his “royal jewels.”