Shut it down everyone, Billy Idol had the best tweet about the Royal Wedding

It's a nice day to start again.
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Angie Han
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You'd think if anyone had an obvious Royal Wedding joke lined up and ready to go, it'd be Billy "White Wedding" Idol.

Turns out what Idol had in mind was even better.

Like seemingly everyone else on Twitter, Idol logged on yesterday to share his thoughts about Harry and Meghan's nuptials.

But what he didn't say was even more noticeable than what he did.

Yup, the dude went with "lovely day" instead of "nice day," "Harry and Meghan's wedding" instead of "a white wedding." It's so close to his famous lyric, but not quite, and that not-quite-ness drove Twitter absolutely nuts.

Not everyone was mad at Idol, though. A few people respected the game he was playing.

Idol did eventually "cave" to pressure and give the people what they wanted. But only after a good 10 hours of making people beg him to say the line.

And that, folks, is how you steal the spotlight on a prince's wedding day.

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Angie Han is the Deputy Entertainment Editor at Mashable. Previously, she was the managing editor of Slashfilm.com. She writes about all things pop culture, but mostly movies, which is too bad since she has terrible taste in movies.

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