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SAN NARCISO, Calif. (Bennington Vale Evening Transcript) -- Straight out of the pages of a fairy tale, and painstakingly planned to be that way, Catherine "Kate" Middleton wed Prince William at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011. With William second in the line of succession to 16 sovereign states within the Commonwealth, the marriage was seen by the Royal Family as imperative to preserving the bloodline and The Crown. But the union, despite the flawless execution of the nuptials, was not without its internal controversies -- the foremost being the Queen's displeasure with William's choice of a commoner as a bride. On Tuesday morning, with the birth of a new prince, those concerns seemed almost ancient history. The 87-year-old monarch joined jubilant Britons in welcoming the youngest addition to the Royal Family and breathed a sigh of relief in knowing that at least one more generation of white heirs will ascend the throne.

MONEYGALL, Ireland -- U.S. President Barack Obama, whose place of birth remains an ambiguous and hotly contested issue on all sides of the political fence, created a new uproar on Monday by claiming Irish ancestry. Introduced by Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny as “the American Dream come home,” President Obama elicited cheers from a throng of admirers in Dublin, saying, “My name is Barack Obama, of the Moneygall Obamas.”

Not surprisingly, birther champions such as Donald Trump and Bill Posey (R-Fla.) seized on the opportunity to once again question the President’s apparent confusion over his own identity.

LONDON, U.K -- Straight out of the pages of a fairy tale, and painstakingly planned to be that way, Catherine “Kate” Middleton wed Prince William at the Westminster Abbey altar Friday morning. With William second in the line of succession to 16 sovereign states within the Commonwealth, the marriage was seen by the Royal Family as imperative to preserving the bloodline and The Crown. But the union, despite the flawless execution of the nuptials, was not without its internal controversies. The foremost being the Queen’s displeasure with William’s choice of a commoner as a bride.