Now I wish Wills and Kate the very best of luck in their life together...

...and I have no reason to doubt all that I've heard about their loving each other. 

But, let's say, for a moment, that things don't work out for the couple. 

If the marriage doesn't work, I fear that they both will be trapped in a way that even Wills' mom and pop weren't -- since this is the way it's supposed to be done. 

For, if THIS doesn't work, who's gonna break it to a) the royal family, b) the British people, c) the world?

Not Kate and Wills, I bet.    

Unrest in Jordan: Trying hard to figure out a title that includes the phrase "neither Noor..."

Since Hosni Mubarak's decision to not run again for president of Egypt has pretty much taken the fun out of that country's "civilized disobedience" (to quote Katie Couric), I turn my eyes farther to the east, to Jordan. 

So, would a position in the new cabinet of Jordan's King Abdullah II be a stepping stone to anywhere? 

Or, if nothing else, would I get to hang around Queen Noor, probably my favorite royal since Princess Grace!