If you thought you were excited about the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, meet the ardent royalists already queueing for a prime spot outside Westminster Abbey

Syrian ambassador's royal wedding invite angers MPs 28 Apr 2011

Royal wedding: Syrian ambassador invitation angers MPs

The Syrian ambassador to Britain has been invited to the Royal wedding in a move which threatens to exacerbate an ongoing row over the guest list.

Royal wedding: Prince Harry posts spoof video on his Facebook page

Prince Harry tells his Facebook friends that the YouTube video starring royal lookalikes gives them a taste of 'what to expect' at Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding.

Royal wedding: Prince William’s pal Nicholas Van Cutsem will take command

Prince William's friend Nicholas Van Cutsem, who is a major with the Household Cavalry’s Life Guards, has a special role to play at the royal wedding.

Satirical coverage by Australian comedians blocked 28 Apr 2011

Royal wedding: Clarence House blocks satirical coverage by Australian comedians

Clarence House has blocked the Australian national broadcaster from broadcasting a live one-off special on the royal wedding.

Royal wedding: business as usual for the Queen

The rest of us might be in the grip of royal wedding fever, but for senior members of the Royal family it was business as usual yesterday as they carried out scheduled engagements around the country.

Prince William and Kate Middleton attend royal wedding rehearsal

Prince William and his bride-to-be Kate Middleton arrive at Westminster Abbey for a private wedding rehearsal ahead of their big day on Friday.

Royal wedding: a few final kicks before married life 28 Apr 2011

Royal wedding: Prince William and Kate Middleton relax in build-up to ceremony

Within touching distance of their wedding, you might expect Prince William and Kate Middleton to be making frantic last-minute arrangements for their big day.

Royal wedding: Archbishop predicts 'glorious' service

Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu, who will be a guest at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, said he was looking forward to a “very glorious service which will have a lot of hope, a lot of fun”

America comes to the wedding party 27 Apr 2011

Royal wedding: The American media comes to the party

The cream of the US media has landed as the fascination for all things royal and British captivates viewers back home.

The history of Prince William and Kate Middleton's royal romance

From St Andrews to the Abbey - a look back at the royal couple's relationship from university to union.

Royal wedding: best look-a-likes compete for crown

Twenty Prince William and Kate Middleton look-a-likes from across Europe converge on London to compete for the crown of best royal double.

Dear burglars, I'm sorry that my stuff was such rubbish

A house is burgled every minute, which means that as I write this, scores of you have had something stolen, says Bryony Gordon.

Royal wedding: Celebrate by using Color to share eye-witness pictures of the world's biggest party

The Telegraph has joined forces with Color to bring together live eye-witness photos of the royal wedding and the celebrations going on across the country, effectively creating a snapshot of Britain on the 29th of April 2011.

Royal wedding: Marriage is an institution for a good reason

Prince William and Kate Middleton are about to make a commitment that is becoming all too rare, says John Sentamu.

Royal wedding: Lancaster pilot talks fly-past precision

Flight Lieutenant Ernie Taylor describes his involvement in the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight for Prince William and Kate Middleton's big day.

Royal wedding highlights map 27 Apr 2011

Live interactive Royal wedding map

The Telegraph live interactive map of the Royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton.

How to tune in to the royal wedding on TV and radio

A channel-by-channel guide to getting the best out of the royal wedding on television and radio.

RAF practises royal wedding fly-past

Pilots at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire practise their fly-past ahead of Kate Middleton and Prince William's marriage.

New York prepares for the royal wedding

British expat Claudine Moore and her colleagues are frantically preparing for a royal wedding bash in New York.

On camera: 90 years of royal weddings

Throughout the 20th Century almost all royal weddings have rigorously followed the same traditions.

Wedding 'legitimate terror target' 27 Apr 2011

Muslim group claims royal wedding is legitimate terror target

The royal wedding is a “legitimate target” for a terrorist attack because of Britain’s foreign policy and the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, a radical Islamic group has claimed.

Radical Muslim group cancels royal wedding protest amid terrorism fears

The radical group Muslims Against Crusades have cancelled their protest at the Royal Wedding claiming the event is a terrorist target.

Royal wedding super-fans 27 Apr 2011

Royal wedding fans pitch their tents and set up camp outside Westminster Abbey

Kate Middleton falls for Princess Diana's favourite handbag

Kate Middleton spotted carrying Tod's 'D-Bag' named in Princess Diana's honour.

BY Belinda White | 27 April 2011

Royal wedding: military in full-scale dress rehearsal

Early risers in London were given a sneak preview of the pomp and grandeur to expect on Friday as up to a thousand members of the military carried out a pre-dawn royal wedding dress rehearsal.

Royal wedding: dawn military dress rehearsal on streets of London

Up to 1,000 members of the armed forces carry out a pre-dawn dress rehearsal for the royal wedding.

Royal wedding: Kate Middleton's carriage awaits

A royal set of wheels will be a nice little extra for the bride, writes Neil Lyndon.

A home fit for Prince William and Kate Middleton

Christopher Middleton casts his net around the country to seek out luxurious houses of character fit for the royal couple to begin their ascent up the property ladder

Trees delivered to Westminster Abbey 27 Apr 2011

Royal wedding: 20ft trees delivered to Westminster Abbey

Potted trees from royal estates are delivered to Westminster Abbey in preparation for the royal wedding.

Plug for Middletons' street party kit 27 Apr 2011

Royal wedding: Kate Middleton family's website plugs street party essentials days ahead of royal wedding

Kate Middleton’s parents have risked accusations that they are cashing in on their daughter’s royal wedding after plugging bunting and other street party essentials on their Party Pieces website.

Royal wedding: mobile operators upgrade networks

Mobile network engineers are working to boost capacity in Kate Middleton’s home village of Bucklebury, as the world’s media and thousands of well-wishers descend on west Berkshire.

Royal wedding: the very ambitious Mr Middleton

James Middleton is determined to be known as more than just a princess’s little brother. Zoe Brennan speaks to 23-year-old cake-making entrepreneur.

Royal wedding: A special moment with a saint

Signing the register in the chapel of St Edward the Confessor is a good omen for Prince William and his bride, says Iain Hollingshead.

Royal wedding: American Kate Middleton angry over mix-up with Prince William's bride-to-be

An American woman named Kate Middleton has had her Facebook account shut down and has been bombarded by local media after she was confused with her British namesake who is due to marry Prince William at the royal wedding later this week.

Wedding costs: William and Kate £10m, average couple £16,500 27 Apr 2011

Average couple spends £16,500 to marry - that's about 0.2pc of the cost of the royal wedding

Prince William and Kate Middleton may be about to enjoy a £10m royal wedding, but the average couple is spending just £16,500 on their nuptials this year.

Royal wedding: The Queen hopes for a tourism boost at Balmoral

Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding will be shown on 63in plasma screens at the Queen's Scottish retreat, Balmoral.

Kate and Diana: a tale of two style icons 27 Apr 2011

Kate Middleton and Diana, Princess of Wales: a tale of two style icons

Can bride-to-be Kate Middleton prove a match for Diana in the fashion stakes, asks Hilary Alexander.

BY Hilary Alexander | 27 April 2011

Prince William on military training

Prince William's colleagues from the HMS Iron Duke send him a wedding message as newly released video shows the Prince in military training.

Royal wedding super-fan's four day Abbey vigil

One royal fan is so keen to catch a glimpse of Prince William and Kate Middleton on their wedding day, he's spending four nights camped out in front of Westminster Abbey.

Politicians, not republicans, are a threat to the monarchy

Ministers who want to change the nature of our constitution don’t grasp the consequences, writes Simon Heffer.

Savile Row tailors on dressing the royal groom

We've heard all about the royal wedding dress; here, Savile Row's finest talk about dressing Prince William for the big day. BY Melissa Whitworth | 26 April 2011

Royal Wedding: Prince William 'will be extremely nervous' about royal wedding, his RAF trainer reveals

He exudes a certain quiet confidence in public, but Prince William is likely to be a bundle of nerves before his wedding on Friday – if his flying habits are anything to go by. 26 Apr 2011

Dean of Westminster to help couple enjoy royal wedding

The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster Abbey, says he may crack a few jokes to relax Prince William and Kate Middleton on their big day.

Sam Cam bakes royal wedding cupcakes 26 Apr 2011

Samantha Cameron bakes cakes for royal wedding street party

Samantha Cameron, the Prime Minister's wife, has enlisted the help of four children in her preparations for the Downing Street royal wedding street party.

Royal wedding flowers sourced from Windsor Great Park

The Middleton family's florist, Emma Sampson, and Mark Flanagan, Keeper of the Gardens at Great Windsor Park, make their final preparations for the royal couple's big day.

Royal wedding build-up as it happened: April 26

Rolling coverage of the build-up to the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, from Tuesday, April 26, 2011.

Royal wedding: Sailor chosen for wedding duty discovers he is distant cousin of Kate Middleton

One of the servicemen personally selected by Prince William for a guard of honour outside Westminster Abbey has discovered he is a distant cousin of Kate Middleton.

Dean of Westminster Abbey prepares to crack jokes to ease Kate Middleton's nerves on wedding day

The Dean of Westminster Abbey is preparing to crack a few jokes to ease Kate Middleton’s jitters when she arrives for her wedding.

Royal wedding: thanks for the memorabilia

'Royal botherer’ Judy Rumbold on replica wedding dresses and more .

Royal wedding: the future for a modern princess like Kate Middleton

How long before Kate Middleton finds herself yearning for the simple life, wonders the novelist Philippa Gregory.

Royal wedding: the road where the street party tradition flourishes

A community that has held street parties for almost every major Royal celebration is setting the standard for how thousands of other parties will mark the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Royal wedding: what Prince William and Kate Middleton did next

After the wedding what will life hold for Prince William? Well, first he should focus on producing a Royal baby in time for the Diamond Jubilee, says biographer Hugo Vickers.

Britain embarks on £1.2bn spending spree over Easter and Royal wedding weekends

Britain is celebrating the 11-day Easter and Royal wedding holiday with a drinking and shopping spree worth £1.2bn to the economy.

Royal wedding: Prince William and Kate Middleton's romance in quotes

The private Prince William and Kate Middleton revealed by some of the people who know them best.

Royal wedding: lookalike 'Will and Kates' cash in ahead of the big day

Prince William and Kate Middleton lookalikes are capitalising on interest in the royal wedding, charging up to £1,000 a day for appearances.

Royal wedding: a love match that was meant to be

The story so far: how a shy, homesick young prince fell for his sporty home counties heroine. By the romantic novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford.

Royal wedding: ardent Royalist's family affair

Committed royalist Rowan Pelling explains why she is more than a batty woman with a flag. By joining the crowds on the Mall, she is following a long line of patriots

Royal wedding: an expert explains what to expect when on Prince William and Kate Middleton's big day

The seasoned royal watcher Ingrid Seward foresees a few surprises in the ceremony and reception

Royal wedding: Will Kate Middleton wear a tiara?

Even if the couple wants the occasion to be "the people's wedding", Kate Middleton must look like a princess. I think we can be assured that she will wear a tiara, writes Carol Woolton .