Fans camp out to witness history
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April 29, 2011, Friday
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FOR some fans, no distance or discomfort is too great if the prize is a prime view of the wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton.
Some 200 people were already camped out yesterday across the street from London's Westminster Abbey, where the couple will tie the knot today. Dozens of tents have been set up, but despite a chilly breeze some fans are making do with just mats or sleeping bags.
Sheree Zielke, 55, came from Canada to see the wedding.
"I'm a romance novelist so I had to come for the most romantic event in the world," she said.
Many campers have decorated their tents and chairs with Union Jack flags and pictures of the couple.
These are just a few of the tens of thousands expected to line the procession route the couple will take from the abbey to Buckingham Palace after the wedding service.
VisitBritain, the national tourism agency, is predicting an extra 600,000 tourists in the capital today.
Cindy Sagar, from the English city of Oxford, has been camping outside the abbey since Wednesday evening.
"I went to Charles and Diana's wedding and it was electric - it was one of the best days of my life," she said.
Some 200 people were already camped out yesterday across the street from London's Westminster Abbey, where the couple will tie the knot today. Dozens of tents have been set up, but despite a chilly breeze some fans are making do with just mats or sleeping bags.
Sheree Zielke, 55, came from Canada to see the wedding.
"I'm a romance novelist so I had to come for the most romantic event in the world," she said.
Many campers have decorated their tents and chairs with Union Jack flags and pictures of the couple.
These are just a few of the tens of thousands expected to line the procession route the couple will take from the abbey to Buckingham Palace after the wedding service.
VisitBritain, the national tourism agency, is predicting an extra 600,000 tourists in the capital today.
Cindy Sagar, from the English city of Oxford, has been camping outside the abbey since Wednesday evening.
"I went to Charles and Diana's wedding and it was electric - it was one of the best days of my life," she said.
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