Local merchants reflect on how they would cater to the royal couple

Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2011 12:00 am | Updated: 7:43 am, Thu Apr 28, 2011.

As the world prepares for Prince William and Kate Middleton to tie the knot in the most extravagant wedding of the decade, Lodi merchants reflect on how they would make the day special for the royal family.

Wedding planners, bakers, jewelers and florists spent time Wednesday dreaming of what they would do with an unlimited budget — and yet with the pressure of tradition weighing on them.

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