Who could not admire the pomp and ceremony of the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate (Catherine) on Friday, 29th April? This is one of the things that we Brits do rather well – even if I do so on behalf of ourselves! It was an all day extravaganza on television which had been declared to be a Public Holiday by the City of Edinburgh Council. That meant that all Edinburgh local government employees had an extra Public Holiday and as many business and other organisations had agreed with their employees to adopt the same holidays as their local council. Hipee!