Royal Wedding 2011: A Complete Guide

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THE BASICS What's Happening?: The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton will take place on Friday, April 29th, 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London, England. As a wedding involving senior members of the royal family, it is sure to generate significant national and international attention. Royal Wedding Facts: There have been 14 royal weddings at Westminster Abbey since 1100, but there were none between 1382 and 1919. This year's royal wedding will be the first at Westminster Abbey since July 23, 1986, when Prince Andrew, second son of Queen Elizabeth II, married Miss Sarah Ferguson. New Royal Titles: The Daily Telegraph reports that Prince William is expected to be offered a dukedom at his marriage, which would make his wife a duchess. It's believed his official title could become Duke of Cambridge, Duke of Sussex or Duke of Clarence. Official Royal Wedding Website: The Royal Wedding website offers exclusive content, photos galleries, features and videos related to the event. It also displays official social media accounts related to the royal family. Find it here.

LATEST HEADLINES April 25: Diana's Bridesmaid On Whom She'll Wear To The Royal Wedding April 25: Guard BANNED From Wedding After Calling Kate A 'Posh B*tch' April 23: Official Royal Wedding Guest List, Seating Plan Released April 22: Kate Will Not 'Obey' William April 21: Prince William & Kate Visit Diana's Grave April 20: What Kate Bought On Her Pre-Wedding Shopping Spree April 18: Princess Diana's Bridesmaid Talks 25-Foot-Long Train Disaster More News

ON THE BLOG Yvonne Yorke: Why Sophie Cranston Isn't Ruled Out As Dressmaker Yvonne Yorke: Exclusive: Kate Middleton's Wedding Dress Designer Revealed Yvonne Yorke: Royal Honeymoon In the Seychelles? Yvonne Yorke: Will These Two Outsmart The Press On Their Honeymoon? Yvonne Yorke: How To Get To London In Style For The Royal Wedding Yvonne Yorke: Bollywood Bash At Buckingham Palace! More Blogs

TIMELINE Oct. 20, 2010: Prince William proposes to Kate Middleton Nov. 16, 2010: The engagement is publicly announced Dec. 18, 2010: First public appearance since engagement Jan. 26, 2011: Queen Elizabeth sends out 'Save The Date' fax Feb. 14, 2011: Royal Wedding Maid of Honor, bridesmaids, Best Man & page boys announced Feb. 21, 2011: Royal Wedding invitations sent out Feb. 24, 2011: Prince William, Kate make first "official" appearance March 2, 2011: Official Royal Wedding website launches April 29, 2011: Date of the wedding

KEY PEOPLE Kate Middleton Prince William Prince Charles Queen Elizabeth II Pippa Middleton Prince Harry

PHOTOS Official Engagement Photos Chelsy Davy, Pippa Middleton Hit Harry Potter Castle Wedding Sketches Of Kate Middleton Royal Wedding Shoes Kate Middleton Enters Skirt Suit Territory Royal Wedding Dresses: The Bad & The Beautiful

VIDEOS WATCH: William And Kate's First TV Interview WATCH: Report On Prince William's Bachelor Party WATCH: Diana's Wedding Dress Designer Dishes Secret WATCH: A Tour Of Kate Middleton's Hometown WATCH: Expect 'Nightmare' When Kate Reveals Wedding Dress

BEST AROUND THE WEB OVERVIEWS Official Royal Wedding website Unofficial Royal Wedding Website Royal Wedding on AOL The Telegraph's Royal Wedding page The Guardian's Royal Wedding page BBC's Special Report: The Royal Wedding

BEST AROUND THE WEB ANALYSIS Entertainment Weekly: Biographer On The Royal Wedding People: Kate Middleton's Surprise Wedding Guests People: On The Royal Wedding Dessert Menu... People: Who Will Be Kate's Lady-In-Waiting?

Comments

[Adina Berzofsky]

11:41 PM on 03/10/2011

This is a really fun contest - Design a Royal Wedding Monogram for Prince William and Kate:

http://www.mycroburst.com/contests/wedding-monogram-for-prince-william-and-kate-unofficial-contest

The contest is just for fun - but anyone can enter and the winner gets $500! You can also vote for your favorite monograms!

[MimiK]

07:10 PM on 03/09/2011

Learning Welsh. Inviting the postman and shopkeeper of her home town. Being steady as the cameras click. Catherine is emerging as a remarkably responsible person who takes her role as a leader of her people very seriously and is already showing her signature leadership style: to respect and dignify the people and meet them with RESPECTFUL equality.

As for the Prince, he has so much natural warmth and charisma.

BOTH seem completely comfortable with the roles that fate and history and tradition have given them. What an amazing team they will be -- and already are.

[Eleonora]

12:55 PM on 03/09/2011

There have been a lot more than 14 royal weddings in England and the UK since 1100. The site to which this "fact" is linked seems to refer only to royal weddings in Westminster Abbey. Royal weddings have certainly taken place elsewhere. After all, Prince Charles's first wedding took place at St.Paul's. You'll note that wedding is not on the list.

[Craig Kanalley]

08:11 PM on 03/09/2011

You're correct. Fixing.