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Two people got married.
Woman marries man. Wow. #PippasWedding— Just Jenny Essex (@Just Jenny Essex) 1495266020
Both are siblings of someone famous.
Many people are pretty nonplussed about the coverage it's been getting.
With regret I will be missing #PippasWedding .....I've got a life to live & a family to worry about during #Austere times...Also no invite 😌— 💙Catherine A. Higgins (@💙Catherine A. Higgins) 1495272537
For some reason, despite not wanting to, people keep hearing about the wedding of the hedge fund manager and party-planner.
Anyone else totally fed up of hearing about Pippa Middleton's wedding?! #PippasWedding https://t.co/KWPqqX9Bja— Grant Rivers 🏳️🌈 (@Grant Rivers 🏳️🌈) 1495271230
To be fair, it's not like there's lots going on in the news right now.
A little general election is coming up and the US President is on his first foreign trip.
Can you all just focus on #PippasWedding, and not the cuts to funding of the NHS, schools, police, disability benefits, free school meals…— PM Boris Bumblewit (@PM Boris Bumblewit) 1495269922
There's confusion if this is even newsworthy.
It is trending on Twitter, though many people are unsure why
#PippasWedding seems to be trending because so many people are tweeting about how they don't care about it— Ben (@Ben) 1495274805
So excited for #PippasWedding. Said nobody. Ever— Jane (@Jane) 1495266024
There were a few people tweeting with genuine congratulations and praise.
🎊🎊 Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Matthews! 👰🎩💍💍 #JamesAndPhilippaMatthew #PippasWedding #Sohappy #Bekind https://t.co/kN1U9x096C— Raminta Sadaus 💛💛💛 (@Raminta Sadaus 💛💛💛) 1495281223
But these were somewhat outnumbered by the more negative tweets.
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