Julian Knight - The Royal Wedding for Dummies

The Royal Wedding For Dummies

by Julian Knight

The Royal Wedding For Dummies

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About the Author

Julian Knight was born in 1972 in Chester. He was educated at the Chester Catholic High School and later Hull University, where he obtained a degree in History.

Julian has been a journalist since 1998 and has written for the Guardian, Financial Times Group and many other publications.

From 2002 to 2007 he was the personal finance and consumer affairs reporter for BBC News. Since 2007 he has been the Money and Property editor of the Independent on Sunday and has won many industry awards for his journalism. He has also authored Wills, Probate, and Inheritance Tax For Dummies, Retiring Wealthy For Dummies, The British Citizenship Test For Dummies and Cricket For Dummies.

Dedication

To Pip. Enjoy the big day! With all my love.

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Introduction

T he royal wedding is, by far, the biggest British national celebration of 2011. Millions of people plan to watch on television as the energetic and dashing young Prince William and the beautiful Catherine (Kate) Middleton are married, and hundreds of thousands of well-wishers are expected to line the streets of London.

This book is designed to help you get the most from the build-up to the wedding event of the year and during the big day itself.

I cover everything you need to know about the participants and the wedding and how to organise your own festivities, from a street party to a fun quiz for friends and family.

William and Kates wedding is the good news event of the year and this book shows you how to enjoy it to the max happy reading!

About This Book

For Dummies books are all about giving you useful advice and information in a light easy-to-access format, and this ones no different. I go through the background to the royal wedding as well as royal weddings and major celebrations of the past. In addition, I look at the wedding itself, the venue and how best to view the whole event. If youre visiting London I advise on where to stay and if youre staying at home how to organise your own celebrations and get the most from whats sure to be a day to remember.

This book is chock-full of hints and tips to help make life as easy as possible for you on the big day. Whats more, the weddings covered with a fair smattering of humour; the days going to be fun and I hope this book is as well.

Conventions Used in This Book

To help you navigate through this book, I use a few conventions:

Italic is used to highlight new words or terms that are defined.

Boldfaced text is used to indicate the action part of numbered steps.