All about the Royal Wedding

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My morning drive to work today was blasted with the Royal Wedding 'everything' of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. Every radio channel I flipped registered the words 'Royal Wedding'. I've heard friends talk about wanting to catch the event on Astro and online at Youtube. Even the Star paper had several pages dedicated to it. I've not talked about it yet because it doesn't seem to concern me.


But now that my ears have been bugged and my thoughts diverted, I've decided that it's time to learn more about the whole shebang.  The live telecast is, after all, scheduled at 3.30pm Malaysian time.
Here's what I learned from BBC, yeah, where else would you look for news about everything English.

The Schedule

The guests will begin to arrive at the abbey at 0815 BST. However, first members of the Royal Family - Prince William and his best man Prince Harry will only arrive after two hours. That's a long wait, albeit royal.

According to the confirmed wedding timings, the marriage service will begin at 1100 London time, or 7pm Kuala Lumpur time. An hour and a quarter later Prince William and Catherine Middleton will emerge as a married couple and take a carriage procession to Buckingham Palace.

The Seating

The wedding gathers 1,900 guests in Westminster Abbey, including 46 foreign royals, the prime minister and members of the cabinet and the armed forces. Take a 360 degree tour of the abbey.
Other members of the Royal Family and Middleton family, friends like David and Victoria Beckham and other diplomats from around the world are seated according to the arrangement shown here > Seating plan.

The Route

Shortly after midday in London or about 8pm Malaysian time, following the wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey, William and Kate will travel in an open carriage past crowds of well-wishers to Buckingham Palace.They will go in a procession past many of London's best known landmarks.

Explore the route on the map of the royal wedding route or if you want a little flavor of how it just might feel to be in the procession itself explore the route on video.

The Broadcast on youtube

The whole world can follow the Broadcast on youtube here > http://www.youtube.com/user/TheRoyalChannel

The broadcast begins at 5pm Kuala Lumpur time. People can upload their congratulatory video messages there too.

The Wedding Wish

So, I guess it's not too late for me to say "Congratulations Prince William And Catherine".

In Bahasa remix, "Putera William dan Catherine, Kongratulasi...!" 

Marriage is like mango lassi.  Jangan tunggu lama-lama, nanti basi.