Thursday, April 21, 2011

The Royal Wedding : Your Telly Guide



For Indonesian Royal Wedding spectators, have you found your tv listing yet for the live coverage of the wedding ceremony? Maybe this can help you..

Everyone who live Indonesia and (apperently) subscribes for cable, these following (bunch) of channels will broadcast the wedding ceremony live from Abbey London:

(The wedding ceremony in Abbey starts  April 29, 11 a.m. local time, so it means 5 p.m. [WIB] here)

CNN - "A Royal Wedding"
starts @ 3 p.m. (WIB) | hosted by : Anderson Cooper, Pierse Morgan, Richard Quest and Cat Deelay
*available in live-stream too on CNN.com

BBC Knowledge - "The British Royal Wedding"
starts @ 2 p.m.

SKYNEWS - tbc

E! - "William & Kate's Royal Wedding"
starts 3 p.m. | hosted by Gullianan Rancic

TLC - "Willian & Kate : Royal Wedding"  tbc
starts @ 4 p.m. | hosted by Clinton Kelly, Randy Fenoli, Monte Durham & special guest singer Colbie Caillat

DW TV Asia + "The Royal Wedding Live"
starts @ 4 p.m.

What about our local tv? will any of them broadcast the wedding live? Well, I'm not quite sure. But for those who are not a cable subscriber, YouTube will be broadcasting the wedding live via official Royal Channel in YouTube. Click here for the site

So, be sure which telly you prefer to.. and make sure you don't miss this event of the year...  

Royal Wedding : 10 Fascinating Facts You Didn't Know About Prince William & Kate Middleton




William has 'another-woman' fantasy? The Queen rehearses for her funeral while the wedding prepared? Kate is related in blood to William?


So, ABC News found some fascinating facts related to the upcoming royal weddings. Here are the fascinating facts you (absolutely) didn't know about Prince William and Kate Middleton...


#1
William & Kate are distantly related. 12 cousins away
#2
ABBA's Dancing Queen is William & Kate's favorite song. Maybe they will dance w/ that song on their wedding
#3
as a teenager, William was the big fan of Pamela Anderson & Baby Spice Emma Bunton
#4
Kate is 5 months older than William 
#5
Apparently the wedding preps is used by HM the Queen for her funeral rehearsal. She directly involves in the planning. (I don't get this) 
#6
Will's nickname as a kid was Wombat, in college Pee Willy, and Kate calls him Big Willy..
#7

Will's footmen serving on the wedding are in average height. It is part of their job descriptions.  5'9'' with a 36-inch chest. Uniforms they wear cost US$ 3,000. Some of them are hundred years old. By the way, the Queen bans all the palace staffs from wearing vest, clip-on bow ties, loafers
#8
Prince Charles won't travel anywhere without his colouring-hair spray. Well, prince William may need one...
#9
William shouldn't really be in-line in the throne. Not until, The Queen Elizabeth's father King George VI ascended his brother throne.. (as it seen in "King's Speech")
#10
Will's entourage who guide him & kate back to the palace after the ceremony in Abbey, will have their pants painted in white (over the white) in purpose to make them extra white. 
Source : ABC News