Royal Wedding: the history and the pantomime
Jon Snow mounts his bike and gets ready to cover the Royal Wedding in all its pomp and ceremony.
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Royals can now marry Catholics, but what about Hindus or Muslims? Or someone else of the same sex? Channel 4 News examines what recent legislation means for British royalty.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy blogs on the jolly mood down by Westminster Abbey ahead of the Royal Wedding.
Jon Snow mounts his bike and gets ready to cover the Royal Wedding in all its pomp and ceremony.
In the Queen’s own words it was an “amazing” day: see how the wedding of the century unfolded via the Channel 4 News live blog, plus the Royal Wedding in 60 seconds.
Channel 4 News correspondents say a planned protest against the Royal Wedding by anarchists appears to have been thwarted by a massive police presence in Central London.
With an estimated two billion tuning in to live coverage, and celebrations taking place everywhere from Nairobi to New York, and Torremolinos to Shanghai, Royal Wedding fever grips the globe.
Thousands of people gather for the wedding of the century at Westminster Abbey as Prince William marries Kate Middleton.
A joke at the altar, a blushing compliment and a nervous kiss on the balcony – lipreaders pick up the hidden words of the Royal couple on a historic wedding day.
Channel 4 News speaks to cultural commentators, friends of the Royals and ardent republicans about their plans for the big day and the meaning of the pomp and party plates in modern Britain.
Much has been made of the coalminers and tradesmen in Kate Middleton’s family tree, but what about her royal links? Genealogist Patrick Cracroft-Brennan analyses her ancestry for Channel 4 News.
The man behind the now famous “Andrew Lansley rap” sets his rhyming talents upon the Royal Wedding with a track recorded and written exclusively for Channel 4 News.
The Syrian Ambassador’s invite to the Royal Wedding is withdrawn as Channel 4 News learns envoys from countries with questionable human rights records, such as North Korea and Iran, are attending.
Scotland Yard insists raids on squats across London that saw 20 people arrested were not driven by fears that anarchists will try to disrupt the Royal Wedding.
Whooping as you string up the bunting or throwing a royal wobbly? Channel 4 News takes a look at some of the alternative Royal Wedding events, plus a guide to avoiding the national party altogether.
The Royal Wedding order of service has been revealed. One of the hymns chosen by Prince William and Kate Middleton was sung at the funeral of Princess Diana in 1997.