London Celebrates Royal Wedding April 29, 2011

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London and the world celebrates Royal Wedding

Kate Middleton is now Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge .

Congratulations to the world’s newest Royal Couple.

Our eliteBUZZ London Correspondents have been among the thousands who have camped out in the British City for days.

It is estimated that the global TV audience may go as high as two billion. This would top the 750 million people estimated to have watched the most popular event ever broadcast – the 1981 wedding of William’s parents, Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer.

Britain’s PA news agency reports that 4,500 staff from 100 foreign outlets will be carrying Friday’s events live.

CNN has sent 50 people to London to cover the wedding. Brazilian channel Record has sent a team of 12 while Japan’s Asahi has a crew of 20 in London, additionally, eliteBUZZ has contracted 17 persons to cover the event.

This is certainly pomp and pageantry at its best.

The fact that the 1000 GMT wedding will begin in the early morning hours in the US has not deterred network chiefs.

“I’m confident people will be watching. It will be a major global event,” said Marc Burstein, executive producer for ABC News Special Events.

CNN said it was “focused heavily on our digital applications so Americans can watch it when they wake up”, the Britain’s Guardian newspaper said.

Some 50 foreign heads of state are among the 1,900 invited guests attending the wedding.

However Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa turned down his invitation, saying he did not want the unrest in the Gulf kingdom to spoil the celebration.

The invitation for Syrian ambassador Dr Sami Khiyami was withdrawn amid condemnation of a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in the country.

The Foreign Office said his presence would be “unacceptable” and that Buckingham Palace “shared that view”.

The ambassador for Libya – where the UK is involved in Nato strikes against Col Muammar Gaddafi’s armed forces as they fight a rebellion – was officially invited but is not expected to attend, the Foreign Office said.
Joke or venerable tradition?

The 23% of those questioned who said they would definitely NOT watch the royal wedding just pipped the 22% who said they definitely would.

Many, in Britain and elsewhere, will be watching merely for a look at the pomp and pageantry or to say they saw a moment of history. What does that say about the enthusiasm of the Brits in relation to the Royal family in general? Or is it just in relation to how they feel about who will be riding in the second to last and last Carriages? (Not Kate’s parents naturally).

This is not just a BUZZ, this is eliteBUZZ.

Sources: eliteBUZZ London Correspondents Luthando, Guy, Catherine (not the Princess), Phillipa, Getty Images, Ustream and video courtesy of the BBC