Crowds camped out in London and foreign dignitaries flew in from around the world for Friday's wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
The wait is nearly over for Prince William and Kate Middleton, who are to marry at Westminster Abbey on Friday in a dazzling display of royal pomp and pageantry set to draw a huge audience at home and abroad.
Britain's Prince William and his long-time girlfriend Kate Middleton will marry on Friday at London's Westminster Abbey. Here are details of the music and hymns they have chosen for the occasion.
Prime Minister David Cameron will give Prince William and Kate Middleton a book of photographs of the rugged Welsh island of Anglesey as a wedding gift, a spokeswoman for Cameron said on Thursday.
Britain's Met Office has forecast a mix of sunshine and showers in London on Friday, when hundreds of thousands of people are expected to line the streets for the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
Some 200 people were already camped out on Thursday across the street from London's Westminster Abbey where the couple will tie the knot the following day.
Prince William will wear the red uniform of Colonel of the Irish Guards when he marries girlfriend Kate Middleton on Friday, royal officials said.
Toasting the happy couple with champagne, the Chinese community in London held a special celebration for Prince William and Kate Middleton one day before the royal wedding.
Royal watchers talk amongst the tents lining the street outside the entrance to Westminster Abbey, the venue for the Royal Wedding, in London, April 28, 2011.
Britain's Prince William, second in line to the throne, will marry long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton in a ceremony full of pomp and pageantry on Friday expected to be watched by hundreds of millions of people across the world.
Britain has withdrawn the royal wedding invitation to Syria, with the support of Buckingham Palace, after a violent crackdown against pro-democracy supporters, a Foreign Office spokesman said on Thursday.