An heir and a spare

Good news from Denmark: Crown Princess Mary is pregnant with her second child. I'm not one to pay a whole lot of attention to royal activities, but I am a huge fan of Tasmanian-born Mary and her Crown Prince, Frederik, who met at a bar in Sydney during the Olympics in 2000.

Their story really is the stuff of fairy tales -- handsome young prince and stunning Tasmanian meet at a delightfully non-royal location (pub) and fall in love. Stunning Tasmanian marries her prince wearing one of the most gorgeous dresses I've ever seen, featuring 100-year-old lace and "calasleeves," and carrying a bouquet of roses, peonies and -- in a poignant homage to her homeland -- snow gum and Australian eucalyptus. (I modeled my own bridal bouquet after hers.)

All this princely magic really is every little girl's dream, and I therefore offer sincere congratulations to the hot young royals. Keep the dream alive, kids.