WRAP Reactions in US to Prince Williams engagement ADDS Washington DC

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(17 Nov 2010) SHOTLIST • New york, New york • 1. News ticker at New York's Times Square reading: (English) Kate Middleton in the Spotlight: Royal Engagement • 2. Wide pan from Times Square street scene to news ticker • 3. Crowded New York City street • 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Laura Crowell, New York City resident: • I think it's great. It's about time. • 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Dorothy Washington, New Zealand tourist: • I'm thrilled. After Diana died, this is great. • 6. Street scene with pedestrians • 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Darrelyn Snider, New York City resident: • I don't know what it is. I think it's just because it's the fact that there's a prince involved and the word 'Prince' and the word 'Queen' or 'King' or whatever. It's just a fascinating word to people. They just find it, it's so much more beyond what they're used to, I think. So it's just something that's so much bigger than what we know. • 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Kaiser, New York City resident: • I think we're just enamoured with royalty and you know, it's something above celebrity because it's something they're just born into. • 9. Pedestrians • 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Clyde Washington, New Zealand tourist: • It doesn't really matter either way to me. I'm not really too concerned about it. It's not a really big thing to me. • Washington, DC • 11. Wide of people walking across street, US Capitol in background • 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Arthur Schweitzer, Washington resident: • Why should I care about his wedding? It's his wedding. • 13. People walking down street • 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Leslie Berlin, Washington resident: • I think it's wonderful. I'm glad that he seems to be really happy and my son is the same age as him and just got married, so I think that he's matured and they've been together for a long time so she sees the ups and downs and I wish them the best. • 15. People walking down street • 16. SOUNDBITE (English) Alex Papanicolaou, Washington resident: • I think because it's a continuation of the happiness that he had with his mother, as well, so I think it's something that he likes to look at and kind of hold on to and you know, remember his mother as well. • 17. People walking across street • 18. Wide of people walking across street in front of the Capitol • STORYLINE • Americans offered mixed reactions on Wednesday to the news of the engagement of Britain's Prince William to Kate Middleton. • As they watched a news ticker on the city's famous Times Square announce the news, most New Yorkers most appeared to welcome the development. • I think it's great. It's about time, said New York resident, Laura Crowell. • Many in Washington, DC also appeared excited by the news, although one resident, Arthur Schweitzer, had a different take on things. • Why should I care about his wedding? It's his wedding, Schweitzer told AP Television. • As as for the much discussed engagement ring - a brilliant sapphire surrounded by diamonds that once belonged to Princess Diana - Washington resident, Alex Papanicolaou said: It's a continuation of the happiness that he had with his mother, as well, so I think it's something that he likes to look at and kind of hold on to and you know, remember his mother as well. • The marriage will link Middleton - whose parents, self-made millionaires, founded a successful mail-order party supply business after working in the airline industry - with William, scion of one of the richest royal families in the world. • Middleton brings youth and glamour to a monarchy tarnished by divorce and scandal. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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