Can’t make it to England for the royal wedding, but don’t want to just watch the ceremony on TV at home? The Royal Wedding at Piedmont Park will mark the nuptials on Friday morning of Prince William and Kate Middleton near the new Legacy Fountain.
Guests can watch the ceremony under a grand tent at the park, where there will be cocktails and appetizers along with wedding and event vendors from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost is $30. Piedmont Park, Piedmont Avenue and 10th and 12th streets. 404-875-7275, piedmontpark.org.
The W Atlanta Buckhead will hold a free sunrise viewing party at 6 a.m. Friday that will be hosted by B98’s “Vikki & Kelly Morning Show.” Guests will watch the ceremony on big screen TVs and toast the royal couple. The hotel will also provide photos with its “royal guard.” For those wanting to stay at the hotel the night before, the royal wedding package offers accommodations, two cocktails, tea service for two, and access to Thursday night’s Whiskey Blue Hen & Stag Night party. At that event, concierge-minister David-Michael Searcy will be on hand to marry any couple wanting to beat William and Middleton to the altar. Packages start at $169. 3377 Peachtree Road N.E., Atlanta. 678-500-3100, watlantabuckhead.com.
Friday evening, catch the Royal Wedding Reception being organized by the British consulate-general in Atlanta. The black-tie event, at the Crowne Plaza Ravinia hotel, is a chance to rub elbows with Consul General Annabelle Malins and VIP guests like Gov. Nathan Deal and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed. You’ll also dine, dance and watch video highlights of that morning’s wedding ceremony — all while raising money for the Starlight Children’s Foundation. The charity helps seriously ill youngsters in both the U.S. and the United Kingdom.
The event is 6:30-11:55 p.m. Individual tickets start at $200; tables start at $2,500. Crowne Plaza Ravinia, 4355 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Atlanta. 404-954-7700, www.ukinusa.fco.gov.uk (click “about us,” then “other locations /Atlanta”).
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Cost of the official souvenir program for sale to crowds lining the wedding parade route in London.
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