so exciting!!! #gdnroywedħ.39am: Let's kick things off with a summary of developments overnight: no sign of crowd yet but slowly building thru day. ("Can't wait finally to get my teeth into a big story!" Chris emails.) Meanwhile, Esther Addley is heading up a team of reporters who are already based in special wifi-enabled tents on the Mall and outside Westminster Abbey. Justin McCurry is currently en route from Tokyo, and Chris McGreal will be joining us later in the week. I'll be here for the rest of today my colleague Andrew Sparrow will then be working a 19-hour extended night shift to keep us going through until the morning.ħ.35am: As explained in this morning's leader column, the Guardian is enhancing its royal coverage by temporarily recalling correspondents from various parts of the world to focus full-time on coverage of the wedding preparations. The fashion, the parties, the souvenirs, the world's reactions, the constitutional implications, and the razor-sharp commentary: we'll have it all. ![]() There's little doubt that, when the history-books come to be written, the spring of 2011 will be remembered above all for one event of major geopolitical significance - and this will be the place to stay up-to-date with it. ![]() For the next month, in line with our new commitment to unrivalled coverage of the royal family, we'll be bringing you a minute-by-minute, 24-hour live blog of preparations for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in Westminster Abbey on 29 April. 7.30am: Good morning, and welcome to a radical new frontier in the Guardian's embrace of the live blogging format.
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