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In case you need a last-minute gift idea for someone in the royal family, here are a few things they've already received. Surely any royal couple needs 1000 pounds of cheese.

Paul Anthony Jones










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Almost anyone can officiate a wedding by becoming an ordained minister of the non-denominational Universal Life Church—and a number of celebs have taken the church up on that offer.

Miss Cellania








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From reality TV shows to The Beach Boys’ croons of Aruba and Jamaica, references to honeymoons are everywhere. But where did the term "honeymoon" first come from?

DeAnna Kerley




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Throwing rice at a newly married couple has been a tradition for thousands of years, possibly going back as far as the ancient Assyrians and Egyptians. Are birds suffering from our holy matrimonies?

Matt Soniak