By — Larisa Epatko Larisa Epatko Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/royal-wedding-sneak-peak Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Early Arrivals Get Sneak Peak at Royal Wedding Pageantry World Apr 27, 2011 4:06 PM EDT Crowds are building in anticipation of Friday’s royal wedding, with tent camps cropping up along the route the bride and groom will travel. Estimates say about 700,000 spectators will come to London for the celebration, while 2 billion viewers will watch from afar. You can watch the wedding live here on the Rundown. Our online coverage starts Friday at 5 a.m. ET. The early well-wishers in London were treated to a dry run of the military’s participation in the grand day in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday. Uniformed personnel lined the route between Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey as mounted troops escorted a look-alike carriage. The drill gave people who are already camped out along the route a good show, said Craig Johnston, a cameraman and editor working for CNN who is positioned directly across from Westminster Abbey. “They were up and out of their tents, cheering. It was electrifying.” Onlookers are making the most of the party atmosphere, getting pizzas delivered and decorating their temporary shelters with British flags. Even the men are wearing tiaras, Johnston reported. “That’s the wonderful thing about England; there are a lot of eccentrics.” Some of the most enthusiastic visitors are those who were present when Prince Charles and Lady Diana married 30 years ago, and who wanted to return to see Prince William and Kate Middleton’s union, he added. Feeling nostalgic about the wedding in 1981? Ray Suarez offers his recollections of covering the event 30 years ago. And the Washington Post has a slide show of their happy day. We also got an on-the-ground perspective from GlobalPost reporter in London Michael Goldfarb about the wedding day plans of those not attending the nuptials. View all of our World coverage and follow us on Twitter. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Larisa Epatko Larisa Epatko Larisa Epatko produced multimedia web features and broadcast reports with a focus on foreign affairs for the PBS NewsHour. She has reported in places such as Jordan, Pakistan, Iraq, Haiti, Sudan, Western Sahara, Guantanamo Bay, China, Vietnam, South Korea, Turkey, Germany and Ireland. @NewsHourWorld
Crowds are building in anticipation of Friday’s royal wedding, with tent camps cropping up along the route the bride and groom will travel. Estimates say about 700,000 spectators will come to London for the celebration, while 2 billion viewers will watch from afar. You can watch the wedding live here on the Rundown. Our online coverage starts Friday at 5 a.m. ET. The early well-wishers in London were treated to a dry run of the military’s participation in the grand day in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday. Uniformed personnel lined the route between Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey as mounted troops escorted a look-alike carriage. The drill gave people who are already camped out along the route a good show, said Craig Johnston, a cameraman and editor working for CNN who is positioned directly across from Westminster Abbey. “They were up and out of their tents, cheering. It was electrifying.” Onlookers are making the most of the party atmosphere, getting pizzas delivered and decorating their temporary shelters with British flags. Even the men are wearing tiaras, Johnston reported. “That’s the wonderful thing about England; there are a lot of eccentrics.” Some of the most enthusiastic visitors are those who were present when Prince Charles and Lady Diana married 30 years ago, and who wanted to return to see Prince William and Kate Middleton’s union, he added. Feeling nostalgic about the wedding in 1981? Ray Suarez offers his recollections of covering the event 30 years ago. And the Washington Post has a slide show of their happy day. We also got an on-the-ground perspective from GlobalPost reporter in London Michael Goldfarb about the wedding day plans of those not attending the nuptials. View all of our World coverage and follow us on Twitter. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now