The. Royal. Wedding.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

I did get a kick out of the shamrocks on his collar. I wonder how citizens of the Republic felt about that.

For most of us (myself included) Prince William's collar insignia a non-event, not merely because the shamrock isn't the national emblem of Ireland, but because the Irish Guards was formed in 1900, and pre-dates independence. The Irish Guards was formed at the insistence of Queen Victoria specifically to honour those Irish who had valiantly served in the Anglo-Boer Wars. Even today a large number of recruits to "Irish Regiments" of the British army (including the Guards) come from the Irish Republic, as do the horses ridden by the Household Cavalry.