Friday, April 29, 2011

Prince William and Catherine Middleton Royal Wedding

The wedding of Prince William of Wales and Catherine "Kate" Middleton is scheduled to take place at Westminster Abbey on 29 April 2011 at 11am BST (UTC+1). Today, on April 29th 2011 Prince William and Kate Middleton finally get married.Today, Miss Middleton will become the official wife of Prince William and will vow to love, comfort, honour and keep him.


The wedding will be broadcast live on all major TV channels worldwide. The wedding day was released yesterday, and it includes the marriage service at 11 a.m., the carriage procession at 12.15 p.m. and the official dinner.

William and his brother Prince Harry, 26, who is his best man, are expected to arrive at 10.15am.Royal fans lined the streets of London by the tens of thousands Friday, hoping to snatch a glimpse of history as Prince William weds Kate Middleton in a marriage expected to revive Britain's beleaguered monarchy.Just one aspect of the preparations involves clothing and dressing the Royal family, visiting house guests, the Royal bridal party, uniforms, and more.

Prince William, who is second in the line of succession to Queen Elizabeth II, first met Middleton in 2001, while both were students at the University of St Andrews. Their engagement, which began on 20 October 2010, was announced on 16 November 2010.

The route of the bride and groom goes between Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey, by The Mall, passing Clarence House, by Horse Guards Road, Horse Guards Parade, through Horse Guards Arch, Whitehall, the south side of Parliament Square, and Broad Sanctuary.

Broadcasting

The wedding will be widely broadcast on television, internet and radio. It has been estimated that the coverage will be watched by two billion people worldwide.[69] ITV[70] BBC[71] and CNN will cover the ceremony and associated events live through the combined pool of footage from the BBC, Sky and ITN to help cover the overall cost.[69] In the United States, which is five to eight hours behind British Summer Time, the wedding will occur during the time usually taken up by network breakfast television programmes, which will expand their normal length to allow for full coverage. NBC's Today will begin coverage at 4 am Eastern Time and will partner with ITV.[72] ABC will partner with BBC,[73] CBS has its own live London affiliates,[74] and Fox will partner with Sky News. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation will carry BBC coverage, while CTV will have live coverage.[76] Cable networks and radio will also have live coverage.[77] The Australian Broadcasting Corporation will also take the BBC feed in Australia, in addition with Pay TV UKTV. Coverage will also be found on the Seven Network, Nine Network and Network Ten. There were plans by the ABC to produce alternative commentary with The Chaser, but the BBC has since barred the use of such footage on orders from Clarence House.[78] The royal wedding will also be streamed live online on Youtube via The Royal Channel.


source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_of_Prince_William_of_Wales_and_Kate_Middleton