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Royal Wedding: from Diana to Kate
Despite some surprises during the hotly anticipated wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, tradition still prevailed. But how did it compare with Charles and Diana’s marriage 30 years earlier?
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Royal Wedding: from media scrum to Harry’s party
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.
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Police: squat raids ‘are not Royal Wedding-related’
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.
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Prince William and Kate’s Royal Wedding details revealed
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.
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Royal Wedding: how to enjoy it (and avoid it)
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.
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Royal Wedding: pageantry vs security
As the ceremonial military get ready for the Royal Wedding, thousands of police officers begin a London-wide operation to make sure there are no threats to security.
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The Royal Wedding – coming to a street party near you?
The guest list is out, the seating plan has been revealed but not everyone in Britain is proving keen to celebrate the Royal Wedding.
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Extreme Muslim group calls for ‘forceful’ anti-Royal protest
The Muslims Against Crusades group tells Channel 4 News that a protest to disrupt the Royal Wedding “will definitely go ahead” despite a ban on them demonstrating outside Westminster Abbey.
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Royal Wedding: where is the satirical art?
As the royal wedding approaches Matthew Cain asks what has happened to satirical art targeting the royal family.
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Dodging bullets from a Taliban marksman
“The Taliban marksman was off his game. The bullet landed short at the feet of a young soldier it was meant to kill.” Captain Doug Beattie writes from Helmand on the changing threat of the insurgency.
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The 2.9bn pound Royal Wedding bank holiday
How much will the Royal Wedding cost? According to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the bank holiday on that day will cost the economy a similar amount to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee bank holiday in 2012, amounting to £2.9bn.
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Royal wedding fanfare to bolster UK economy
The fanfare of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding is set to create a “bumper couple of years” for the economy alongside the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and London 2012, Channel 4 News finds.
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William and Kate: a Royal future awaits
From flatmate to the future king’s first love, Kate Middleton is to marry Prince William amid traditional fanfare and a future of public scrutiny. Channel 4 News looks at the married couple to be.
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The latest Royal wedding in a line of colourful nuptials
The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton will join a historic list of colourful royal marriages, some more successful than others, writes historian Dr David Starkey.
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Gypsy life making its mark on the arts scene
Their controversial deportation from France angered the EU – but here stories about Romany Gypsies are having an increasing cultural influence, writes our Culture Editor, Matthew Cain.