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CANNES - British broadcasters are offering their international counterparts an array of royal-related products at the MIPTV trade show this week ahead of the much-anticipated royal wedding.
Up for sale at the world's premier market for buying and selling programming are documentaries about Prince William and fiancee Kate Middleton to historical shows about royal weddings over the decades.
A one-off special production by Britain's BBC Worldwide, "William and Kate: A Royal

LONDON - A British minister said on Wednesday that more than a quarter of the world's population was expected to watch television broadcasts of this month's royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton.
Prime Minister David Cameron's spokesman said a figure of 2 billion people was provided by Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt during a briefing at a cabinet meeting where he also said preparations for the April 29th nuptials were going well.

LONDON - Britain's first official royal app was launched on Tuesday, and with the marriage of Prince William to Kate Middleton just weeks away, unsurprisingly it focuses on royal weddings.
The "Royal App", launched by the Royal Collection, will feature details of seven previous weddings, including Queen Victoria's marriage to Prince Albert in 1840 and the 1981 wedding of William's father Prince Charles to Princess Diana.
It culminates with Charles's wedding to second wife

WASHINGTON - While the British are already overwhelmed by the media frenzy surrounding Prince William's wedding, coverage in the United States is just now heating up and will reach fever pitch in the week before the April 29 ceremony at Westminster Abbey.
"It's catching on pretty quickly in the US. There is a fascination and the degree of media coverage is really starting to pick up now on the networks," said Diane Hall, president of 2 For Life Media, a Canadian company that

LONDON - Thousands of street parties will be held across Britain to celebrate Prince William's marriage to Kate Middleton next month, local government officials said on Saturday, as royal wedding fever grips parts of the country.
In London alone, some 500 requests have been made to councils to close down roads so locals can get out the bunting and set up their fold-up tables for the traditional get-togethers, held in honor of major state occasions.
"Street parties are an

LONDON - Queen Elizabeth's head chef may be as eager for the royal wedding day to arrive as Prince William and Kate Middleton themselves. Mark Flanagan says he and his 21-strong team at Buckingham Palace are "excited" about treating the 600 guests to canapes made from the best of British produce.
He's keeping mum on the full menu for April 29, but the selection of canapes (two-bite decorative finger foods) could include smoked salmon on a beetroot blini, confit duck-leg terrine

LONDON - Britain's Royal Mail announced on Tuesday it planned to issue two official stamps to commemorate the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton. The stamps will feature photographs taken by Mario Testino to mark the couple's engagement and will be available at post office branches from April 21, eight days before the ceremony.
"We are honoured to be celebrating this very special and historic occasion," said Stephen Agar of the Royal Mail. "We believe that that this set

LONDON - Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton have picked an ornate multi-tiered fruit cake for their wedding on April 29, royal officials said on Sunday. The traditional cake -- which is usually made with candied or dried fruit, nuts, spices and sometimes spirits -- will be decorated with cream and white icing and will have "a strong British floral theme", Clarence House and St James's Palace said in a statement.
The website of the chosen cake designer, Fiona Cairns, who

LONDON - The official recording of the royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29 will be available to download within hours of the service finishing. Decca Records, part of the Universal Music label which also released the recordings of Prince Charles's wedding in 1981 and Princess Diana's funeral in 1997, will have a recording of the royal nuptials for sale on the net within hours and then release the official album of the marriage ceremony on May 5. The

Award-winning British singer and former army officer James Blunt said in an interview broadcast on Monday that he will be playing the organ at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in April.
"I'm actually playing. I'm not singing, I'm playing the church organ there," Blunt told during a concert tour stop in Italy following the release of his third album 'Some Kind of Trouble.'
Blunt shot to fame with his first album 'Back to Bedlam' in 2005 including the hit

KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC), while appreciating the conservation of electricity due to the early closure of marriage halls, has demanded similar measures to be enforced at all parks and grounds in the city. In a statement issued on Thursday, the KESC noted that the closure of marriage halls by midnight has resulted in approximately 50 megawatts of electricity saved on a daily basis. The conserved electricity, according to the KESC, can be utilized at more

LONDON - Don't get stressed and enjoy your big day is US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's advice to Prince William, fiancee Kate Middleton and their families ahead of the royal wedding next month.
Clinton, whose daughter Chelsea got married last year in a ceremony dubbed "America's royal wedding", said organising an event which also attracts global interest could be taxing. "I can only tell you that the wedding itself was wonderful but the preparations, and I'm sure that

LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II's eldest grand-daughter and champion show jumper Zara Phillips is to wed Mike Tindall, the England rugby union captain, in Edinburgh on July 30, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday. "Miss Zara Phillips and Mr Mike Tindall will be married at the Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, on Saturday, 30th July," the brief statement said.
"The couple will hold a reception at the Palace of Holyroodhouse following the ceremony." Holyroodhouse is the sovereign's official

LONDON - A new website providing all the latest official information on the upcoming wedding of Britain's Prince William to girlfriend Kate Middleton was launched on Wednesday. Royal officials say the website, www.officialroyalwedding2011.org, will be regularly updated with new details about the ceremony on April 29, as well as featuring photos, features, and video content.
It will also be the first place where details of Middleton's dress will be revealed on the day of the

Elton John, a close friend of the late Princess Diana, on Tuesday admitted he got an invitation to the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, despite insisting the opposite seconds earlier. The 63 year-old piano man appeared on a TV show during which he talked about his newborn son and his latest projects. Marilyn Denis asked if he would attend the wedding in London on April 29. "As far as I know, I don't have an invitation," John said.
Denis pressed, saying "we heard you

SIALKOT - As many as 20 deserving couples got married in a mass-wedding ceremony held at village Kharotta Syedaan-Sialkot under the auspices of a local non governmental organisation "Royal Friends Welfare Association". Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Rana Mashhud Ahmad and Human Rights Minister Kamran Michael were the chief guests.

Hugh Hefner has revealed details of his upcoming nuptials with Crystal Harris - the pair is set to wed on 18 June. The Playboy icon is preparing to marry for the third time after proposing to his 24-year-old girlfriend on Christmas Day. And now the 84 year old has unveiled his plans for the big day, revealing he will exchange vows with Harris in a romantic ceremony at his mansion.
After Harris announced the date to CNN host Piers Morgan, Hefner added, "My brother will be my best