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The Royal Wedding

Information聽to help you get the most out of watching the Royal Wedding

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Prince William and Catherine Middleton will marry at Westminster Abbey on Friday 29 April with billions of people around the world watching.

Hundreds of thousands of well-wishers are also expected to head to聽central聽London to catch a glimpse of the couple on their big day and join in the celebrations.

If you are planning to make the trip to the capital tomorrow, you can get up-to-date information before you travel from the official online sources:

  • the , which contains details of the service and the procession, along with news about Prince William and Catherine Middleton and their preparations for the day
  • , which contains authorised details of how to get to London, a map showing where facilities such as toilets and first aid will be located,聽and a wealth of other information to help people have a happy, safe and memorable day

As well as lining the procession route, people聽will be able to watch聽the wedding聽on two big screens; one in Trafalgar Square and the other located in Hyde Park. There will be accessible viewing for disabled people at both locations and the Hyde Park screen will also have subtitles. Both screens open at 7am and admission will be on a first-come-first-served basis. More information about the screenings can be found on the .

People not planning to make the journey to London will be able to follow the event online. will broadcast live coverage of the wedding and updates will be available on聽the official social networking channels聽and the Royal Wedding聽website throughout the day.聽.

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Published 28 April 2011