Villagers Receive Royal-Wedding Invitations

Feb. 28, 2011— -- Hailing from Catherine Middleton's bucolic hometown of Bucklebury, England, a shopkeeper and his wife, a mailman, a pub landlord and a butcher now share something else in common; an invitation to the royal wedding.

The names of the locals who received gold-embossed invitations were leaked to the Daily Mail. Shopkeeper Chan Shingadia and wife Hash, who live above their shop, Peaches Stores, told the newspaper, "We're over the moon, absolutely thrilled. I have known Kate six years."

But Shingadia notes being most impressed by the prince's interest in his daughter, saying, "Meera is only 11 but he also asks how she is getting on at school. It is incredible of him to do that and it shows he really cares and thinks about the people he meets."

Following Diana's lead as the "People's Princess," the couple have expressed a desire for theirs to be the "People's Wedding."