The royal wedding
Live updates as Prince William marries Kate Middleton
- About 5,500 street parties will be held across Britain to toast next Friday's wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, although the royal nuptials appear to have failed to excite locals in east London.
uk.reuters.com - Our correspondent Olesya Dmitracova says TV crews are setting up around Westminster Abbey, including on top of a nearby building.
A fan of the wedding has already camped out near the abbey ahead of the weekend. - The Web sites of traditional media outlets in the United States have taken a front-row seat for Britain's royal wedding, outpacing the online coverage of their U.K. counterparts, Nielsen Co said on Monday.
uk.reuters.com - The royal wedding is approaching and many people will be pondering the mysteries of royal protocol. In this day and age is bowing and scraping, hand kissing and walking backwards really de rigueur?
uk.reuters.com - Who's on the royal guest list? See our slideshow here uk.reuters.com
- The Archbishop of Canterbury has praised "unpretentious" Kate and William blogs.reuters.com
- The once sleepy parish of Bucklebury in Berkshire, southern England, where the bride-to-be grew up and where her parents still live, has been swept up in wedding fever.
uk.reuters.com - Some 5,000 police officers will be on duty in London on Friday to deal with potential threats ranging from international Islamist militants to anarchists and stalkers.
uk.reuters.com - This week's royal wedding snapshots: uk.reuters.com
- John Loughrey, 56, has set up camp on the pavement across the road from Westminster Abbey, equipped only with a sleeping bag and two Union Jack carrier bags, and intends to remain there all week to beat the tens of thousands of spectators expected and ensure a good view of the event on Friday.
uk.reuters.com - London's Westminster Abbey will be adorned with seasonal British flowers, shrubs and trees mainly sourced from royal estates for the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton.
uk.reuters.com - Spot the difference? Here's a slideshow of Will and Kate lookalikes uk.reuters.com
- A rundown of Major British royal weddings since 1923 uk.reuters.com
- And here's some facts about recent royal weddings across Europe uk.reuters.com
London's only five star, family-run hotel, the Goring Hotel, will host Kate Middleton on her last night as an unmarried woman and commoner, ahead of the April 29th royal wedding.
- Invitees to the royal wedding: uk.reuters.com
- Last minute rehearsals for the wedding got under way before dawn in central London today with the royal couple expected to put the final touches to their preparations.
uk.reuters.com - Facts about Prince William: uk.reuters.com
- What's happening when: uk.reuters.com
- An eccentric German bicycle designer known as "El Diablo" to cycling fans has unveiled his newest creation -- a royal rickshaw just in time for the wedding.
uk.reuters.com - Want to follow in Kate Middleton's footsteps and marry a prince? uk.reuters.com
- Travel back in time and you'll discover that the pomp and pageantry of Prince William's wedding played out in the glare of the global media is a near perfect replica of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth's wedding day 64 years ago.
uk.reuters.com - Rain showers forecast on royal wedding day: uk.reuters.com
- Royal wedding fans are camping out. Here's a slideshow uk.reuters.com
- William is second in line to the throne after his father, Prince Charles. Here are some details about the succession uk.reuters.com
A baby sleeps in a pram with a union flag outside Westminster Abbey, in central London April 27, 2011. REUTERS/Nir Elias
Royal watchers sleep on the pavement outside the entrance to Westminster Abbey, the venue for the Royal Wedding, in London, April 28, 2011. REUTERS/Phil Noble
Police officers check the drains next to Westminster Abbey, in central London April 27, 2011. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
A royal watcher sits inside a sleeping bag amongst the tents lining the street outside the entrance to Westminster Abbey, the venue for the Royal Wedding, in London, April 28, 2011. REUTERS/Phil Noble
- Couple "deeply touched" by well-wishers: uk.reuters.com
- An Australian TV comedy show on the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton has been axed after the BBC banned usage of its live feed for comedy, satirical or entertainment purposes.
uk.reuters.com - Lets have some more balanced coverage please. What about the silent majority who do not care about the Royal Wedding?
- Hi Ian - the live coverage page is of course aimed primarily at those that are interested in the wedding, and the content here reflects that. Similarly our sports pages do not feature many articles focussed on people that are not interested in sport...
We do have a number of pieces on the varying levels of interest amongst the public, however:
This article details the differing levels of interest in street parties across the country: uk.reuters.com, and this opinion piece provides a distinctly disillusioned viewpoint: blogs.reuters.com. This article looks at what the wedding might mean to Britain's republican movement: uk.reuters.com.
We have more content looking at apathy and opposition to the wedding coming within the next hour or so as well! - Reporting on the wedding - a royally strange engagement: blogs.reuters.com
- My blog on the surreal reporting experience that is the #royalwedding reut.rsby jodieginsberg via twitter 4/28/2011 12:10:25 PM
- Royal wedding apathy matches passion in Britain reut.rs #royalweddingby jodieginsberg via twitter 4/28/2011 12:13:57 PM
- The #royalwedding in numbers reut.rsby jodieginsberg via twitter 4/28/2011 12:14:33 PM
- RT @reuters_co_uk: Royal wedding apathy matches passion in Britain reut.rsby morvenmc via twitter 4/28/2011 12:21:06 PM
- RT @reutersDavidM: More seriously, GfK consumer confidence index hit a 2-year low after #Osborne budget. Will #RoyalWedding perk it up? ...by jodieginsberg via twitter 4/28/2011 1:23:21 PM
- Small businesses are paying a steep price an extra holiday marking the Royal Wedding, which economists estimate will cost the UK economy around £6 billion pounds in lost productivity.
uk.reuters.com - Royal fans descend from far and wide: uk.reuters.com
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