Topic: Buckingham Palace

Hordes gather for William and Kate wedding

Hundreds of thousands of spectators gathered in London on the eve of the biggest royal wedding for 30 years after Prince William and Kate Middleton took part in a low-key rehearsal for their big day.Well-wishers camped in front of the Westminster Abbey ...

Pre-wedding poll shows support for royals

As preparations step up for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, an opinion poll has shown two-thirds of people believe the country is better off because of the royal family.However, only 37 percent said they were "genuinely interested and excited" ...

Travel Postcard: 48 hours in London for the royal wedding

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Got 48 hours to explore the British capital where a prince's love will transform an ordinary girl into a princess on April 29th? Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors explore royal London amid the hoopla of Prince ...

Britain gears up for global royal wedding

Britain is making final preparations for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton next week as the biggest royal occasion in 30 years brings closure to the tragic legacy of Princess Diana.A worldwide television audience of two billion people is set ...

Kate to use car damaged in student riots

Kate Middleton will travel to her wedding in a Rolls Royce limousine that was damaged when student protesters attacked Prince Charles and his wife Camilla in December, royal officials said.Staff are repairing the claret-coloured 1977 Phantom VI after it was spattered with ...
Fanfare teams from the Royal Air Force and the Household Cavalry will be among the musicians performing at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton next month, Buckingham Palace said Tuesday.The trumpet players will be among those filling Westminster Abbey with ...

Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter Zara to wed in July

LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter Zara Phillips will marry in July, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday, becoming the monarch's second grandchild to get married in the space of a few months.Phillips, daughter of Princess Anne and her first husband Mark Phillips, ...

No royal wedding invite? Get a job at the palace

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - If you were not lucky enough to be one of the 1,900 people invited to Prince William's upcoming wedding, then fear not: you could always get a job making coffee for the guests or washing up afterwards.Queen Elizabeth ...
Prince William and Kate Middleton have invited 1,900 guests to their wedding in April, palace officials said Sunday, filling Westminster Abbey with an array of royals, world leaders, family and friends.Gilded invitations issued in the name of Queen Elizabeth II began dropping ...

Europe royalty told: Hold date for William & Kate

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - It may not be an invitation to Britain's royal wedding on April 29, but it is the next best thing.Buckingham Palace, official London residence of Queen Elizabeth, has sent out "notifications" to other royals in Europe asking them ...