The Royal Wedding of William & Kate is this Friday. It is hard to escape this news as it has seemingly had 24 hour coverage on all new channels over the past week. Below is a guide to how to follow the event through social media, whether you have your alarm set for 4 AM on Friday or the Chicken Dance gives you nightmares.
The Royal Channel: The official YouTube channel of the British Monarchy, The Royal Wedding will be live streamed over YouTube. In addition to viewing the ceremony, you can also see a map of the procession, view the wedding book, and upload your videos.
Photos: The British Monarcy will be leveraging Flickr to share photos from the wedding today. To check out their photo stream, simply click here.
Getting Social: The British Monarchy is very active on Twitter and Facebook. On Twitter they give regular updates on everything from the seating plan to pictures as they are setting up. This is truly a behind the scenes look at how a $60 million wedding comes together. You can also follow BBC’s diplomatic and royal correspondent Peter Hunt, as well as the BBC, CNN, and The Today Show.
The Facebook page has everything you can imagine you might want to know about the wedding. This includes an interview with the Archbishop of Canterbury, an appeal from the charitable gift fund, a guide to visiting London, and the Royal Wedding Video Message Book.
Going Mobile: If you want to make sure you don’t miss anything even if you step away from your desk for a minute, fear not there are a plethora of IPhone apps and Android apps available to you. They offer everything from insider photos from the wedding to a countdown timer.
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