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Parliament Square campers moved on... a few yards

12.09.11
A group of protesters and their tents were cleared from a pavement in Parliament Square, only for a number of them to set up camp yards away... more

Duchess Catherine inspires nail varnish collection

05.09.11
Duchess Catherine has inspired a range of nail polishes by nail varnish creator Essie Weingarten... more

Kate's wedding dress goes on public display

22.07.11
It was the most anticipated dress of the century - and from tomorrow the public will be able to see it up close when it goes on show at Buckingham Palace ... more

MoD 'stops Welsh Guards promoting album for Afghanistan'

21.04.11
An army band that will perform at Buckingham Palace on the royal wedding day has been banned from promoting its album that is raising funds for civilians injured in Afghanistan, it was claimed... more

Protesters show romantic side with 'truce' in Parliament Square

20.04.11
Protesters camping out in Parliament Square said today they will declare 'a truce' for the royal wedding... more

Field test that ensured we will get best view of royal wedding

31.03.11
Workmen have spent a month mocking up a scaffold in a field to test out the TV viewing platform for the royal wedding ... more

Russell Brand wants to gatecrash royal wedding

24.03.11
Russell Brand hasn't been invited to the nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey but still wants to attend dressed as the Queen... more

iDo: Digital recording of royal wedding to go online within hours

23.03.11
Royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton will be digitally recorded and available to download online within hours, the Standard can reveal... more

Westminster Abbey organist: I'll pull out all the stops

15.03.11
Organist James McVinnie is preparing for the performance of his life after being selected to play at the royal wedding ... more

Band of the Welsh Guards to play for royal newlyweds

14.03.11
Band of the Welsh Guards will provide the royal wedding soundtrack - and launch a possible million-selling album ... more

Hyde Park's giant screens will attract 200,000 for royal wedding celebrations

07.03.11
Hyde Park will be the centre of royal wedding celebrations for hundreds of thousands of spectators, the Standard can reveal ... more

Website to share secrets of Kate Middleton's wedding dress

02.03.11
Website that promises to reveal the first details of Kate Middleton's wedding dress was launched by St James's Palace ... more

Pubs to stay open longer for royal wedding

12.01.11
All pubs are expected to be allowed to stay open until 1am for two nights of celebrations for the royal wedding... more

Family of student who needed brain surgery after protests to take legal action against Met

13.12.10
The family of a London student who needed brain surgery after being injured when the tuition fees protests turned violent plan to take legal action against the Met police... more

Emergency brain surgery for student ‘hit on head with police truncheon’

10.12.10
Student protester had emergency brain surgery after a police officer hit him on the head with a truncheon, his mother said... more

Prices rocket as London's top hotels charge 'Kate rate' for royal wedding

09.12.10
An 'unprecedented' rush to book hotel rooms for the night of the royal wedding has propelled rates to all-time highs... more

There'll be no scrimping on Kate Middleton's wedding

25.11.10
Some predicted an austerity wedding - but with a four-day party weekend across the nation, the royal nuptuals will be anything but... more

William and Kate: We want everyone to party on April 29 wedding day

23.11.10
Prince William and Kate Middleton announce that they are getting married at Westminster Abbey on Friday April 29... more

Kate Middleton visits 'royal wedding venue' Westminster Abbey

18.11.10
Westminster Abbey emerges as the firm favourite to be the venue of Prince William's wedding after being visited by his bride-to-be, Kate Middleton... more

Prince William and Kate Middleton start planning royal wedding

17.11.10
Prince William and Kate Middleton sit down with royal advisers to plan crucial wedding details of date and venue... more

£60m cuts to services, then council throws £10,000 party

06.08.10
Town hall chiefs hosted a £10,000 summer party days after cutting frontline services to the tune of £60 million... more

Anti-war protesters fly their flag from Westminster Abbey roof

21.05.10
Three protesters climbed onto the roof of Westminster Abbey to demonstrate against the war in Afghanistan... more

Ted Hughes to be honoured in Poets’ Corner with Auden and Eliot

22.03.10
EXCLUSIVE: Ted Hughes is to join the great names in British literature in Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey... more

Bankers have souls too, says Dean of Westminster

23.12.09
Christmas is a time when we think with compassion about those who have less. But, says the Very Rev John Hall, there is nothing un-Christian about prosperity... more

It’s incomplete, but no less satisfying because of it

29.06.09
Westminster Abbey, like most large medieval churches, is unfinished business. Its original builders would have imagined towers and spires that were not built for centuries, or ever. ... more

Obamas in tourist trip to abbey

09.06.09
They may be America's First Family but Michelle Obama with children in tow did what all tourists do when in London - they visited Westminster Abbey... more

Tamils climb on to Westminster Abbey roof

12.05.09
Four people were arrested after scaling Westminster Abbey in support of the anti Sri Lanka demonstration in Parliament Square... more

Free culture in London

13.08.08
In these straitened times, the first sacrifices are the theatre, concert tickets and art gallery visits, right? Wrong.... more

Planners reject 'superchurch' in Rainham

15.02.08
Plans for an £80 million "superchurch", which could hold five times as many worshippers as Westminster Abbey, have been rejected... more

The £30,000 crucifixion of Andrew and Fergie

17.10.06
A picture depicting Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson nailed to crosses by transvestite potter Grayson Perry is to go under the hammer.... more


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