As predicted, 2011 was always the favourite year for a royal wedding, competing with both the Jubilee and the Olympics in 2012 would have been just too much.
The potential for a boost to GDP is also handy. Sweden found that Princess Victoria's recent wedding increased GDP by some 5bn Crowns, against a direct cost of 20m Crowns.
Lets hope Royal Family plc gets its act together on licensing or the pound shops will be filled with the most appalling Chinese-made miniature manikins of Kate and Big Will next Easter.
Let's put it like this, if every time such a pair of potential spongers off my taxes said they were about to tie the knot were celebrated there would be fireworks over Buckland 24/7.
(Scrapped by Woolworths!)