From our Royal Correspondent.

Things are not looking all that wonderful for the wedding. Street party euphoria is confined to the South East and only the posher boroughs in London are showing much interest. Assorted despots and dictators are in town for the event, "Doors To Manual" is still instructing her daughter in the finer points of not eating peas off her knife, the EDL are providing an honour guard and all in all things are not in what you might call the best possible taste. Now to cap it all the Met Office are forecasting rain for Friday. Stop that giggling at the back!