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NEW YORK – Television viewers will be able to see hours on hours of programming tied to this spring's royal wedding before Prince William and Kate Middleton even approach Westminster Abbey for their big day.
A Lifetime movie, a show that brings wedding fanatics from the U.S. over to London and a TLC special on hoarders of royal memorabilia are all in the works. These run-up shows are in addition to the anticipated exhaustive coverage of the April 29 wedding itself by news programs.
"It's wedding fever here," said Perry Simon, general manager of BBC Worldwide Americas. "All wedding, all the time."
There's no surprise that the American offshoot of the British Broadcasting Corp. would try to own the story in the weeks leading up to the nuptials. BBC America has already aired two specials, "William & Kate: Modern Monarchy" and "Modern Monarchy: Here and There," and will air them again.
The network is also working to acquire up to a half dozen other specials, including ones on Princess Diana, another on her two sons and one on royal lineage.
BBC America's biggest push will be for "Royally Mad," a two-part series led by "So You Think You Can Dance" host Cat Deeley, which premieres April 12. The show finds four royal wedding fanatics who have never been out of the U.S. and takes them to London to visit people and places that play a part in the wedding story.
"We wanted to do a combination of programming that took an affectionate look at the wedding but could also have a sense of humor," Simon said. He wants to examine what the event means from both the American and British perspectives.
Simon was working in NBC's entertainment department when William's father, Prince Charles, married Diana in 1981 and remembered the attention paid to the event.
"It took us all by surprise," he said. "We thought there would be some interest, but we had no idea how much interest there would be. These kinds of events are once-in-a-generation. The royal family is unique."
In the week leading up to the wedding, the TLC network will air a series of programs. One special will tell the story of India Hicks, who was one of Princess Diana's bridesmaids. She tells stories about what that day was like.
The special on extreme collecting of royal memorabilia is another highlight of TLC's programming plans. Archived footage and interviews with the royal family will be rolled out in separate shows.
Lifetime, known for its signature romantic movies, has commissioned "William & Kate." The movie chronicles their courtship, from the moment they met and when a friendship turned into romance, with the unique difficulties that go into dating a member of the royal family. Nico Evers-Swindell and Camilla Luddington portray the couple in the movie, which doesn't have an air date yet but will be seen in April.
The tiny Wedding Central network, an offshoot of WE that is seen in only 3.5 million homes, has ordered a documentary it boldly calls "William & Kate: The Wedding of the Century." The special, the first piece of original programming the network has made, will talk to designers, cake makers, wedding planners and experts to hear their vision of the day.
Royal wedding watchers are getting increasingly excited about the upcoming nuptials between Prince William and Kate Middleton which will take place on April 29 at Westminster Abbey. But as we are now only fewer than 100 days before this grand event is scheduled to take place, if you are thinking about crossing the pond to try and catch a glimpse of the royal couple, you better get booking. Airfare and hotel rates continue to rise as more and more fans of the couple from across the globe decide that they just have to be in London to witness the event. So if you are someone who is thinking about going or have already decided that you need to be there, here is a sampling of some royal wedding packages that are being offered.
British Airways is offering a royal wedding package that encompasses the whole weekend of April 27 through May 1. The package starts at $820 and includes airfare and accommodations at your choice of four hotels. The hotels included in the package are the Pembury Hotel, The Royal National Hotel, the Holiday Inn London Regents Park and the Grange Holborn.
The Hilton London Tower Bridge Hotel is also offering a "Royal Wedding Package." The package includes a three-night stay during the weekend of the royal wedding, breakfast every morning and a cream and tea reception in your room. There will also be a Gala dinner on April 30 at the Larder Restaurant.
One Aldwych, a hotel located in Convent Garden in London is also getting in on the celebrations as well. The package consists of a one night stay at the hotel which includes breakfast for two, a champagne toast, a wedding gift, champagne and treats to watch the royal procession and dinner at their restaurant Axis. The package is $768.
And if you can't seem to make it across the pond, The Trump International Hotel in New York is going to be celebrating the wedding of The Prince. The price for a couple is $1,425 but will be well worth it for those serious royal watchers. It includes a one night stay at the hotel with a private showing on huge monitors all while eating breakfast at Jean Georges. Guests who book this package will also receive a piece of the Royal Wedding china as well.
So there are multiple packages that you can choose from if you're planning on traveling to London (and even if you can't) to try and catch a glimpse of Prince William and Kate Middleton, on their royal wedding procession. But no matter which one you choose, you're sure to have a great time.
The royal wedding stands to be a massive event. Those who don't get to see the royal wedding live, or see the procession live, will be huddled around their televisions on April 29. Fans of Prince William and Kate Middleton, and other onlookers across the world, likely can't ask for anything more. However, Rupert Murdoch tried to give TV viewers one more thrill, with plans to broadcast the royal wedding in 3-D. Yet the family nixed that idea, leaving Prince William and Kate to get married in plain old 2-D.
3-D televisions are scarce and very expensive. But Murdoch's BSkyB network has just debuted a new 3-D channel and wanted to broadcast William and Kate's nuptials on it. But according to Time, the royals rejected the idea, since there was no room for 3-D cameras in Westminster Abbey.
This means the royal wedding will not have the same visual spectacle as Avatar, Tron and Toy Story 3 after all. Yet if Murdoch had gotten his way, it would have been the next great showcase for 3D television. It has already taken over the movie industry, and now TV could be the next to fall before long.
Murdoch's Fox helped start the 3-D movie revolution with Avatar, which inspired other studios to put pretty much everything in 3-D. However, ever since Avatar, people have been less fond of paying more money for the giant glasses. So since the movement may have jumped the shark in Hollywood, they may need to focus more on television.
Seeing the royal wedding in 3-D might have had some appeal to desperate viewers. They could have gotten up close to Prince William and Kate without having to stand with millions in a massive crowd. It also could have made them feel like they were in Westminster Abbey -- since the average citizen likely can't get in on April 29.
These nuptials are already massive enough in 2-D, but that wasn't enough for Murdoch. Ratings are going to be massive for this event, so networks will need an extra edge to stand out. Therefore, 3-D became an option for BSkyB, but it didn't pan out.
No matter what, the royal wedding will be the Avatar of nuptials, regardless of the dimensions. For now, big television events won't require giant 3-D glasses -- although those who use them will still be paying sky high prices for them.
Beforehand, 3-D was just ideal for special effects extravaganzas, horror films, or animated movies. Now there's even a desire to see people get married in another dimension -- but it won't be fulfilled quite yet.
The royal wedding stands to be a massive event. Those who don't get to see the royal wedding live, or see the procession live, will be huddled around their televisions on April 29. Fans of Prince William and Kate Middleton, and other onlookers across the world, likely can't ask for anything more. However, Rupert Murdoch tried to give TV viewers one more thrill, with plans to broadcast the royal wedding in 3-D. Yet the family nixed that idea, leaving Prince William and Kate to get married in plain old 2-D.
3-D televisions are scarce and very expensive. But Murdoch's BSkyB network has just debuted a new 3-D channel and wanted to broadcast William and Kate's nuptials on it. But according to Time, the royals rejected the idea, since there was no room for 3-D cameras in Westminster Abbey.
This means the royal wedding will not have the same visual spectacle as Avatar, Tron and Toy Story 3 after all. Yet if Murdoch had gotten his way, it would have been the next great showcase for 3D television. It has already taken over the movie industry, and now TV could be the next to fall before long.
Murdoch's Fox helped start the 3-D movie revolution with Avatar, which inspired other studios to put pretty much everything in 3-D. However, ever since Avatar, people have been less fond of paying more money for the giant glasses. So since the movement may have jumped the shark in Hollywood, they may need to focus more on television.
Seeing the royal wedding in 3-D might have had some appeal to desperate viewers. They could have gotten up close to Prince William and Kate without having to stand with millions in a massive crowd. It also could have made them feel like they were in Westminster Abbey -- since the average citizen likely can't get in on April 29.
These nuptials are already massive enough in 2-D, but that wasn't enough for Murdoch. Ratings are going to be massive for this event, so networks will need an extra edge to stand out. Therefore, 3-D became an option for BSkyB, but it didn't pan out.
No matter what, the royal wedding will be the Avatar of nuptials, regardless of the dimensions. For now, big television events won't require giant 3-D glasses -- although those who use them will still be paying sky high prices for them.
Beforehand, 3-D was just ideal for special effects extravaganzas, horror films, or animated movies. Now there's even a desire to see people get married in another dimension -- but it won't be fulfilled quite yet.
When we think of wedding rings, most of us see them as being made of gold. This is due to the western historical tradition of gold being the metal of choice for wedding rings. There are, and have been, numerous other metals used in wedding rings, such as platinum, silver, and even iron. However, no other metal has had as long and popular a use in wedding rings as the precious metal gold.
For most of us, gold is gold is gold, and any gold will do for our wedding rings. While this is true for the average person in their choice of the precious metal for their wedding rings, it is not the case for some royalty and the celebrated wealthy. For some of these elites, in their wedding rings and some other jewelry, only Welsh gold will do. Yet using Welsh gold for wedding rings may not be an option available much longer for even this group of people.
A recent article in the Times Online from December 29th, 2006 reports that not many more wedding rings will be made with Welsh gold as Welsh gold is running out. The main producer of Welsh gold, Welsh Gold plc, states in the article that they have only one mine remaining open, and that it will be closed in the next six months as the gold deposits in their mine, and all mines throughout Wales, are almost completely depleted. This is the gold that has been one of the primary gold sources of choice for the Royal Family of England in their wedding rings and other jewelry for centuries. In recent years, the royals Princess Diana and Camila Parker Bowles have had their wedding rings made with Welsh gold, as has film celebrity Catherine Zeta-Jones.
The Royal Family may not need to worry about having to have wedding rings made of a different gold for quite a while, however. The director of Rhiannon Welsh Gold Centre in Tregaron, West Wales, Ifan Evans, states in the article that it is his understanding that the Royal Family was given a solid kilogram of pure Welsh gold sometime in the 1980s. Such a quantity of pure gold could supply enough gold for quite a number of wedding rings.
For the rest of us, however, the ability to purchase pure Welsh gold wedding rings may never be an option. Still, even if fresh deposits of Welsh gold are found and economically viable in the future, this may change little for most in regards to their choice of gold for wedding rings. For most people the symbolism of the commitment and love contained in their wedding rings is far more important than the particular geographic location of the mine from which the gold for their wedding rings came from.
Contributing Abazias Staff Writer
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