Sick of William & Kate? The Guardian Creates 'Royal Wedding Free' Version of Its Website

Sick of William & Kate? The Guardian Creates 'Royal Wedding Free' Version of Its Website

Published: April 29, 2011 @ 9:48 am
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By Dylan Stableford

While an estimated 2 billion people were soaking up Royal Wedding coverage like a tea-dunked scone, not everyone in the world was enjoying it.

Also read: Royal Wedding Review: The Season Finale of 'William & Kate Plus 2 Billion'

Sensing some Royal exhaustion among its readers, London’s Guardian created an alternative, William & Kate-free version of its website.

The paper embedded a toggle button at the top of the homepage -- one for “Royalists,” the other for “Republicans” (not the political party -- the ideology).

It’s not quite on the level of that Charlie Sheen blocker for your browser a couple of enterprising programmers built back in March, but for those suffering from Royal fatigue, it’ll do just fine.

Bloody brilliant.

Tags: Guardian, Media, newspapers, royal wedding, William and Kate
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