Early Show Apologetic For Letting News Interfere With Coverage Of 'Royal' Clinton Wedding

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It's "royal." It's of "historic proportions."  It's Chelsea Clinton's wedding, and CBS apologizes for letting actual news get in the way of its breathless coverage.

Anchoring the coverage in Rhinebeck, Early Show weekend co-host Erica Hill, after referring to the event as "America's royal wedding," threw it back to a remorseful Chris Wragge in the studio, who promised to get back to Erica in "just a couple of minutes" after a couple of news items "we have to address."  When she got the ball back, Hill described the wedding as being of "historic proportions."

ERICA HILL:  A Chelsea Morning.  Just a couple of hours away from America's royal wedding . . .  All of the preparations, the security, you name it, we've got it covered in Rhinebeck this morning, but I know you're also very busy back in New York this morning.

CHRIS WRAGGE: Exactly that.  A couple of news items we have to address here in New York and we'll get back to you in just a couple of minutes.

HILL:  Here in Rhinebeck, you really can feel the excitement brewing. Plenty of excitement, it's in the store windows, it's all over the town as it prepares for a wedding of historic proportions.

Does anyone recall this kind of breathless coverage for the wedding of Jenna Bush, arguably more "historic" given she was the daughter of a sitting president?  Anyone remember the MSM referring to the wedding as "royal"?