Royal wedding watchers gather at Princeton Public Library in the wee hours. (Mercer County Times, 4/30/2011)
Excerpt: Before the sun rose yesterday, as the clock here struck 5 a.m. and most people were still home in bed, local Anglophiles gathered at the Princeton Public Library to celebrate the royal wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
They sported pearls and lace gloves and wide-brimmed hats, tuxedos and three-piece suits and top hats, T-shirts and jeans and sneakers, with several in the crowd waving or wearing the Union Jack for the occasion.
All in all, more than 150 locals turned out to watch the wedding on the library’s big screen. They were rewarded for their efforts with scones, ladyfingers and English biscuits; a generous helping of camaraderie; and all the caffeine they needed to stay awake — in the form of tea, of course.
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