US Diplomats & Staff Get Off For Royal Wedding

The Royal Wedding will mean a day off for U.S. diplomats in the United Kingdom. The Washington Post reports most embassy staffers will enjoy a shorter work week in honor of the Royal nuptials. Prince William and Kate Middleton are getting married this Friday. Many diplomats already had Monday off because of Easter. U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Louis Susman, is scheduled to attend the wedding as the official representative of the U.S. government. No other U.S. officials and no foreign heads of state are invited to the wedding.