The Royal Wedding of the Century steals the thunder from Alabama and even stormy Mid-East

The hats seen in the congregation put up a good challenge to THAT dress in terms of mentions in the extensive coverage.

"here is my little input on the royal wedding. it was cute, she was gorgeous, loved the dress, blah blah blah, but the real show stoppers were the definite WTF 'hats' (i say hats loosely)"

The list of attendees: "The list is long but i red marked and Bolded the Arab guests for easier following but i cant find prince alwaleed bin talal on the guest list …. did he crash the party ??!!!"

No King Abdullah and Queen Rania either.

Cast your eye over these royal balcony shots and note the historic hot-spot this royal gallery that looks out on the crowds has been over the years.

"Google Arabia announced in a blog post today the search engine’s most recent localized feature for Muslims which provides City specific Islamic Prayer Times highlighted immediately in the results page, kind of."

Though the Royal Wedding of the century was bound to out-do all possible threats to its spotlight- neither Mid-East revolutions nor vicious storms striking the South (USA) could steal the 'thunder' from this big day.. But storms in Alabama gave it a run for its money:

"What a strange news day it’s been today. I was a tad out of touch with it, but am poking around now to find odd goings on. For those who aren’t aware, terrible tornado-generating storms heavily hit much of the American South and East. My home state, Alabama, seems to have borne the brunt of it. While my family was, thankfully uninjured and relatively unscathed, many were not. Please pray with me for them. "

Now the morning of TEDxDeadSea!