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not lady kate middleton. >> reporter: anyway, so let's take kate's family back a generation to when they were poor. her mom's dad, kate's grandpa, was a truck driver whose parents were edith, a domestic servant, and charlie, who delivered coal. kate's grandma was dorothy whose family for generations were coal minors in the pits of northern egg gla england. up there, we found some not so distant relatives. >> i'd love to think i'm as good looking as kate but i'm certainly not. >> reporter: this is kate's cousin once removed. his family has run this fish and chip shop for 100 years. >> just to know there will be a link to the royal family, although through marriage, is a fantastic, fantastic honor. >> reporter: nearby is anna, a small-town hair dresser. and she is kate's -- >> third cousin i think. is that right? eeh, i'm related to her. lady anna. [ laughs ] >> reporter: thoueir great-grandmothers were sisters. >> yeah, we look alike. can you not see the resemblance? we are pretty in our family, all the girls. >> reporter: but fate and money dealt them very different hands. >> she went to

. -- this is a 34 diana and kate middleton. they came from working-class stock and descended from coal miners. i think if she had not laid the to go to ther a decadkate right schools and if she had not shepherded kate and william through the famous break up, none of this would have been happening. the mothers of the bride and groom are very much felt here. >> there was a story that kate middleton had a picture of the prince on her wall even before she got to school. >> if you set your sights on anybody, it might as well be the future king of england. diana had the same kind of interests in prince charles as a young woman. carroll has said -- kate has said it was the calvin klein got she had on her wall. i have talked to her friends to said, she had a picture of william on her wall. it was a photograph of william taken with prince charles fishing at balmoral, and kate had ripped charles out of the picture. >> we will take a quick pause. there is so many different theories as to what the breakup happened. maybe it had something t

i think kate is wise enough at 29 years old to make her own mark. >> reporter: kate has had more time to get used to the role. friends say she's nervous and confident in the limited public appearances she's made this spring, crowds seem to love her. while diana and kate are very different women, nbc news royal expert camilla tominy says kate's ability to connect is similar. >> in the end of the day she's normal. that's the system reason diana was popular. people believe there is something to identify with. she's aspirational and also touchable. >> reporter: kate is likely to do things differently from diana. >> kate and william will be more careful. they will try to present a dream double act rather than two solo superstars like charles and tien i can't presented themselves. >> reporter: the memory of diana can't help but shape the future, the altar where william and kate marry is the place he walked to behind his mother's casket. friends say he's protective of kate, that he learned from his mother kindness, the ability to love. william once said not a day goes by he doesn't think abo

but kate grew up with privilege. their home, up for sale for $1 million. >> they're friendly. >> reporter: but kate's life became more posh, when her parents launched a successful, party-planning business. they moved to the upscale town of buckleby, when she was 13. and kate, younger sister pippa and older brother, james, attended the school. >> there, she would be going in with other people in william's circle. and going to the university like he did. >> reporter: all according to plan. carole middleton, encouraging her daughter to land the prince. >> it is a family on the make, it is said. >> reporter: so much so, the middleton girls are known as the wisteria sisters, being fragrant enwith the ability to climb. kate landon on prince william's radar. ordinarily, it would be extraordinary for someone of kate's background to meet the prince. >> reporter: kate was on the road to the palace, all-being a long, winding one that would take two breakups and eight years. she got to know the ways of william's world. >> i got

kate reportedly went through her vows. after the rehearsal, crowds cheered as prince william left the abbie smiling along with his brother and best marngs prince harry. same goes for the bride-to-be and her family, all of them looking relaxed and happy just hours before the big event. kate middleton is now staying at the goring hotel, getting ready for the big day. on wednesday staffs were busy bringing in bags of her clothing fueling speculation on what kate will be wearing on her trip down the aisle. she spent wednesday afternoon in cambridge with the duke of edinborough in one of her last public engagements before the wedding. fans are camping out to get the perfect view of the new royal couple. there's rain in the forecast, but royal waefrps don't seem to mind. >> it's going to be beautiful and exciting and magical. >> it is beautiful. >> reporter: also st. james palace has confirmed that prince william will spend the evening having a private din were his father, the duchess of cornwall and his best man, prince harry.

kate is 29. she's much more confident. she's a grown woman. >> couric: and the envy of a new generation of little girls... >> when i grow up, i want to be a princess. >> couric: ...who are seeing a fairy tale ending for someone just like them. and still ahead, what every girl, young and old, is waiting to see this week: the dress. >> finally tonight, prince william is expected to be married in his military uniform just as his father was, and, frankly, no one really cares. that's because all the talk here in london is about the dress. here's michelle miller. >> reporter: 30 years ago, the buzz was all about a dinner royal bride and what her dress would look like. >> could you have any do you have any comment to make about that? >> no. >> so that's the front door right here, right. but right at the top, you see the two -- >> reporter: the eaves. >> that was the top workroom. that's where we made the wedding dress. >> lady diana spencer was marrying prince charles, the ha to the british throne and pickedded david emanuel and

funny thing was, kate was walking back with william. i was watching kate. and i didn't see the queen. the queen was right there. everyone was bowing. and i didn't mean it. i was watching kate and william at the front. >> you had to drop to your knees. >> it was too late. i've seen the queen before. but it was fabulous. >> will you get her to your pub? >> she will have to come along. i should have brought business cards with me. >> is there going to be a party at the pub? a massive party. we have live music, a disco, fancy dress and children. a really great evening. >> a real knees-up. >> a real knees-up. we're going to have a fabulous time. >> barbara and diane, if you don't have plans later, i would say we should go to john's. >> mr. haley -- this is barbara walters. i wonder how you had gotten invited. was it just an invitation? or did mrs. middleton say, guess wh what? >> i got a phone call. it comes through. and i spoke to them. it was a member of the family. kate would like you to come to her wedding. oh, what date is that? i wasn't sure about the date

qualities we see echoed in kate. but perhaps it's in their differences that we see diana's real legacy. >> he really chose the un-diana. i don't mean he didn't adore his mother, he absolutely did. but there was so much drama and craziness, so much tragedy, really, in his life as a child growing up that he really needed someone to be the anchor, not the drama in his life. >> reporter: as a 19-year-old bride to be, diana was as much a girl as a lady. before they married, she had only met charles 13 times, and the pressure of public life was almost too much for her to bear. >> diana's body language was very closed. you could see that she wasn't comfortable with the cameras. you would see her looking down and allowing the fringe to cover her eyes because she didn't want to be photographed. >> reporter: her tortured relationship with the press would last throughout her life. she died trying to get away from the paparazzi, and none of us will ever forget this image. of william and harry solemnly following her casket throug

kate was christened at st. andrews church and much of the talk is how she's ready to be the princess bride. >> it doesn't really get noticed and now kate middleton is from this small village and that's good. >> reporter: daniel nichols is especially proud. he taught kate and all the middleton kids piano. >> i don't think anybody thought she'd be a brilliant pianist but a fantastic princess, i'm sure, and one day a fantastic queen as well. >> reporter: he even composed a song in her honor which he just released on itunes. everyone here seems to be celebratin celebrating. even the local brewery has royal wedding ale just for the occasion. and there will be parties everywhere from the streets to the pubs to a sold out celebration for the village of 2,000 at bucklebury farm park. >> we have the main theme here. >> reporter: claire shepherd has been baking cakes for the occasion for two months. >> making a huge deal of it and having a brilliant party. there is a lot going on. >> reporter: all seemingly enjoying the

there's kate's dad. what's in his bag? kate at the wheel. is that the wedding hairdo? kate taking a box out of the trunk. what's inside? meanwhile, last minute rehearsals for fly past pilots, horseback horn players. and, in the predawn quiet, all the queen's horses and all the queen's men. a full rehearsal. sir malcolm ross was once the queen's master of the household, choreographing such events. what can go wrong? >> nothing, nick. nothing must go wrong. >> reporter: today, not just flowers, but 20-foot trees taken into the abbey to decorate. >> i'm happy. >> very exciting. >> i think it's a little bit of a historical moment. >> reporter: historic because kate's what they call a commoner. no blue blood. her mom's family were coal miners. >> from coal mining to future queen of england. i mean, it's an astonishing story. it is a fairy tale, frankly. >> reporter: now, diane, this time tomorrow night, kate will be with her family in that hotel. and prince william, he'll be at st. james' palace, just around the corner. a quiet night in with his father, prince charles. >> a

kate owns a face fater from this collection. we'll see something similar if not exactly like this on kate. rach sl wearing the lucille dress. it's a gorgeous iris blue. it's sexy without being too revealing. >> not trying too hard. >> exactly. that is kate's style. the l.k. bennett shoe. she's a huge fan. only wears her sures i think. an iconic signature luke. >> thank you, rachel. alicia. a style, perhaps, we'll see. no veil? >> no veil. we wanted to show the fascinator again. a gorgeous rheem acra dress. it's so constructed. >> gorgeous. thank you very much. and now the wedding guests. what might they be wearing? >> they will have to be appropriate for westminster abbey. the shoulders need to be covered. i think this suit is stunning. it's pink. and the topper, and i do mean literally the topper, the superb phillip tracy hat. he's the milliner of the century and the milliner to the royals. you will not take atnks away from kate middleton wearing this, but you'll feel confident and resonate your own personal style. >> can we ha

and kate joined them. and they adhered to tradition, and spent the night separately, which you would expect them to. >> it was very nice. charles had din we're his two sons. and kate, catherine, had winner with her family. and what we're all waiting to see, the big suspense is, what is she wearing? who designed it? and what is she going to do with her hair? did the queen give her a tiara? usually, that happens after the wedding. >> and, barbara -- >> robin -- >> i'm sorry, diane. we'll have to wait a little longer to see all those things that barbara was talking about. at the goring house, they smartly put up an awning out of the side entryway, so catherine can smartly get into the car, without really being seen. so, the first time we will see her will be here, right behind us, when she enters in the west door. she was out and about a little bit last night. and she was greeting people. very comfortable in her surroundings, tina. >> and william and harry greeted the crowd last night. it shows this couple be

but the one thing we mustn't think of is kate middleton as being common. she's had just the same education as william. in fact, she is a new style of royal bride. she's a university girl, and she's clever, and she's confident, and at ease in her skin. unlike poor diana. who was so nervous to begin with. >> she's also ten years older than diana was. >> exactly. she's ten years older. but it's the level of education. this is the most equal royal marriage that's ever been. they're both university school graduates. >> it's kind of shocking. i think people at home, ingrid, might be surprised to hear this is the first person who graduated from a university to marry into the royal family. >> that's true. but, if you remember, in the old days, often people were educated at home by governesses. girls in this country didn't go to university. it's a fairly recent phenomenon. surprised by that. >> and there's another way that arbiter, and that is that she living with prince time before they have actually tied the knot. and, you know, that might have been scandalous ba

>> kate was at her parents' home in berkshire. and lo and behold, william rolls up in time for easter lunch with the middleton family. his other family. and leaves about 4:00, leaves them to do all the washing up. >> didn't want to get his hands dirty. he really does have quite the connection with them. is it true he calls mr. middleton dad? >> well, apparently he does. he likes their sort of normalness. it couldn't be more different from william's own life. that they're normal people, and you know, it's just a sort of real tight-knit family. >> what do we know this monday morning, four days to go, about the dress, how kate will wear her hair, which tiara she's chosen? >> well, we've heard that kate's hairdresser actually went to st. james's palace to have lessons in putting a tiara on, from hugh, the king of tiaras, and camilla's personal hairdresser now. i'll guess she will wear a tiara. i suspect she'll square a tiara given to her by the queen. sort of lent for a lifetime. i think she would look wonderful in a tiara. and the dr

she would haven't upstaged kate. but the princes would have wanted her to be a part of it. >> william said there is not day that goes by that he does not think about her every day. not being able to say the word mummy, a lot of people take it for granted. he and his brother have not been able to say it for 13 years. >> when diana lived, she was responsible for demist fieing the monarchy. >> he didn't want to cast daylight on the magic. he felt that the mystique of the monarchy was the part of the power. it's since 1969, nobody brought more daylight into the monarchy than princess die can in. in the last 14 years, i think the monarchy stood back from that. they don't like to overexpose themselves. >> i think the princes are running a little bit late. they were supposed to come out at 5:10. it's now 5:12. >> the procession will go a mile and a half other to westminster abbey along a beautiful route. we went on that mall about 11 times because you were trying to get your lines straight. we went up and down that mall con

kate met her prince at st. andrews university where she rowed and got her degree in art history. >> she's an independent girl. famously said, she, when someone said you're lucky to be going out with him, she responded, he's lucky to be going out with me. >> reporter: she was criticized for working in the family business while waiting for a proposal, but supporters say it kept her safe from the british paparazzi. as the british say, kate has never put a foot wrong. ozpoised, dressed impeccably, already a style icon. you can even ask for the kate hairstyle in london. but don't be fooled, kate is still a country girl. >> she isn't glitzy or celebrity. she's not going to be the girl at the end of the night dancing on the table. she'll be quietly finishing her one and only glass of wine. that's just her style, and that's why it's perfect for the royals. >> at st. mary's church in bucklebury, built in the 11th century, the bell ringers are getting ready for a three-hour composition in her honor on friday. >> it's som

william appearing to tell kate "you look beautiful." or joking to his new father-in- law, "we're supposed to just have a small family affair affair." >> you have both made your decision today. i will. >> reporter: and even as the now-married couple stepped into the hundred-year-old carriage, they did what normal couples do. "are you happy?" she appears to ask. "yes, are you?" he seems to reply. she nods and says yes. and with perhaps a million people waiting to see them and perhaps billions watching on t.v., one final check. "you okay?" a thoroughly modern couple for a gradually modernizing monarchy. >> they perhaps symbolize the future which is going to be a take away monarchy. they go get pizza and sit in front of the television and watch movies. they're leading a modern life. >> reporter: and they'll lead that life for some time as william is still second in line to the throne after his father and playing his role. "one more" he says. "okay, let's go." >> somehow in marrying kate middleton, the next-but-one heir to the throne looks a

his wife to be, kate, is at a london hotel spending her last night as a single woman. the queen gets the party started, joining other royals for a prewedding celebration. the invitation to the syrian ambassador is withdrawn. thousands of well wishers storm the capital streets. hello and a warm welcome to you from buckingham palace, where the eyes of the world are focusing on the royal wedding between prince william and kate middleton. in less than nine hours the husband will come here as husband and wife after a glittering wedding ceremony at westminster abbey. you can see many behind me at buckingham palace. they are braving the cold because it is getting chilly overnight. then it is about how moved they are by the public's reception. william and kate will have dinner with families. prince william went out to greet the well wishers. the queen hosted a dinner for heads of state. this is our first report on the final preparations for the big day. just a word of warning, it does include some flash photography. >> the years of waiting are almost over. accompanied by her m

kate looked like kate. sometimes on a person's wedding day, they don't look like themselves. she looked like kate. everything was simple. the boueautiful earrings, the tiara. the detail in the lace sets it apart. >> the length of the train. a lot of yap about that. why that length? what does it mean? >> um, well, it was well-pro portion portioned. diana's was 25 feet. >> you made history with your dress. today, all this pressure. now it's done. we have a new bride, a new dress, and everybody seems happy. elizabeth, thank you so much for the time. >> thank you. >> my sisters will be so proud that i got meet you. thank you so much. >> lovely to meet you. >>> much more to stay and come back to. the royal wedding on "gma." more for local services to help hospitals expand and schools grow. investing in the places we all call home. this is the way forward. - good night, honey. - and they could fix... - all better? - almost anything. - yes. - thank mom with the charmed memories collection from kay, the number one jewelry store in america. - i love you guys. - we know. chances are yo

prince william and kate middleton are officially married. the couple are at birmingham palace as other members of the royal family continue to arrive. now we are waiting for the couple and the queen and the royal family to appear on the balcony at birmingham palace. that is expected to take place in 35 minutes about 5:25 this morning. that is kate middleton as she arrived at west minister abbey at 3:00 this morning after leaving the hotel with her father. certainly a lot of anticipation over her wedding dress which was long sleeve with lots of race. the two made the short commute in a rolls royce. >>> for the first time foreign correspondent laura logan is sharing her story about being attacked. thousands had gathered to sell late bathe the resignation of hosni move baric. in an interview logan says she thought she was going to die but despite the brutal aattacks she says she is going to continue to cover conflicts. >>> surveillance cameras captured the train rear ending another train inside the west portal tunnel. the driver put the train i

and then, ceremony over, kate, i'm so happy. but it's a long ride. a long day. and kate flagged. cue william, you have to wave back, even if it's too much for you. and during that carriage ride, a stray horse, snapped by an abc producer, bolting. a minor blip. as our lip-reader clocked a page boy on the balcony saying, it's good fun, being with the royal family. you know something? it is. it's good fun. and what we've got to look forward to next, a honeymoon, maybe some kids. i have to say, bianna, it's a bit weird, the royal world. but it's the best soap opera on earth. >> we have to wait until the next royal gets married to partner up in some of our pieces, as well. nick, thank you so much for your coverage this week. >> thank you, bianna. >> see you soon. >>> for more on all the late-night partying, with me is abc news contributor, and royal editor for "the sun," duncan larcombe. welcome. >> good morning. >> you were there. you were there at the wedding. you saw everything. you saw will bite his lip. now, we're on to the next stage, the honeymoon. we saw them just take off. an

kate? >> richard engel watching the region for us tonight. thank you. >>> a program note, senator john mccain who was in libya this week will be among david gregory's guests tomorrow on "meet the press." >>> the trouble in the arab world is being felt here at home, most visibly in gasoline prices. the unrest is spooking the markets and gas markets edged up yet again today. aaa says the average price of a gallon of regular is now $3.86. that's up a full dollar from one year ago. nbc's ron mott has more tonight on the growing pain at the pump. >> reporter: with the nation's average gas price now just 25 cents away from an all time high, many americans are bracing for changes in how they get around. >> that's $81.24 to fill my minivan. that's a lot of money to pay. >> going to fill it up. >> reporter: today in atlanta, smith grubbs paid $4.39 a gallon for premium, saying he might start downgrading future fillups. >> i'm concerned about it. i filled up and it was $62. and i used to fill up for

and kate's age, too, diana was barely 20. kate is 29, a few months older, in fact, than william. the average age for a british bride is now 30. there have been other comparisons too. the feather in their caps. the red and black with hats to match. here in london, even in these final days before the wedding, kate's making it very clear she's of the people. she came here to banana republic, bought a dress, they're still very excited about that here, but it was as she came out of the store and continued shopping -- that image that was so reminiscent of the life of diana. a crush of cameras. 30 years after diana comes kate. a bride who this time has already learned this royal world and welcomed it. long before she arrives at westminster. there is a huge difference this time. kate middleton practically a member of the royal family already, given the time she's spent with them long before she gets to the wedding here at westminster. and, diane, we've learned it's widely expected prince william will talk about his mother, princess diana, come the wedding day, during the groom's speech,

the first look at kate's dress. and a collective sigh. [ cheers ] >> reporter: then the royal vows. >> i william arthur philip louis. >> reporter: of course some of the stateside spectators watched somewhat longingly. >> wouldn't we look good together? >> it's a good match but blonds have more fun. >> reporter: their consolation prize? a lovely 40-carat-like tiara. some 2 billion people were expected to watch worldwide and as the sun came up in the u.s., the other most anticipated moment. [ cheers and applause ] >> just a magical moment. >> reporter: one last toast to the prince and his new princess and then sadly it was off to work for many. >> i'm ready to get the hat off and get to work. >> reporter: no royal holiday here. the lucky ones able to trundle off to bed. >> it was perfect! >> reporter: trundling off to bed is what they are all doing now, except those who have to go to the office. i'm sure you have research material there. i have been basing what i have been saying on this. it seems to be working on thi

which was the kate middleton red. >> that is the power of kate. she is a style icon now, isn't she? >> absolutely. >> reporter: but perhaps nothing more dazzling as when the royal fashion plates go for the glamour. diana always looked effortlessly sophisticated. and for a royal, sometimes utterly daring. >> she really knew how to pull off glamour. and she was not going to disappoint people. when she went out, she was going to be dressed as a princess. >> reporter: kate's dresses today may not carry the same couture designer price tag. but they certainly turn heads. like this body-skimming, diana-like pink dress. >> i think that's when people looked at her and thought, this girl is a fashion icon. >> reporter: and even at play, both diana and kate manage to do off-duty chic, with their own flare. >> everyone wanted to look like diana. and she was copied like that. she seemed like a normal girl. >> reporter: today's casual chic look, bought at chain retail stores that women want to copy. >> i think she would look amazing in her nighty. >> reporter: from the relaxed, to the tailored, t

but wait, william and kate had one more surprise. and a break with tradition that delighted the crowd. a drive from the palace with the prince behind the wheel of a purple aston martin convertible on loan from his father. we saw centuries of tradition today, but with the hope of a new beginning. take a look at these newest pictures we have gotten in. brian, it shows the couple all decked out, ready to celebrate the night away. so many people i talked with today said they feel like today they witnessed a new chapter beginning in the monarchy. brian. >> kate snow in london tonight after the big day there. >>> when we come back from here, what has happened to our weather lately? >>> back now from tuscaloosa, alabama. some more of the staggering numbers we have been telling you about. in the month of april, a record 453 tornadoes have been confirmed. this not counting wednesday's line of massive storms. and when they tally those up, that will be larger, and remember, may is usually worse than april. our friend, weather channel meteorolog

guess who's coming to the wedding of prince william and kate middleton? captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news with lester holt." >>> good evening. this threatens to be a sleepless and maybe dangerous night for a lot of folks in the upper midwest. on the heels of a massive tornado that flattened part of mapleton, iowa, last evening, tonight parts of at least four .tates from iowa to upper michigan are under severe weather watches or warnings and forecasters say conditions may be ripe for more tornadoes into monday. right to the weather channel's chris warren in the wisconsin dells who's watching it all for us this evening. chris? >> reporter: lester, where i am right now might seem okay for now. but parts of the midwest right now are seeing some very strong storms. tonight promises to be the main event. think about this. when you think about that when you think about this. the fact that yesterday we saw some extremely strong storms. and yesterday was just a teaser. >> get b

sueÑo, vanessa que quiere lucir como kate. >> en vivo estÁ con nosotros en los estudios, ya lista para comenzar con su transformaciÓn, pero estÁn aquÍ conmigo el estilista, asesor de moda quienes serÁn los responsables de convertir a vanessa en toda una princesa. >> bienvenidos muchachos. >> a ver. >> de quÉ manera piensas imitar el corte de cabello en vanessa?. >> acabo de conocer a vanessa ahorita y el color de ella es bien rojizo, va a contrarrestar el rojo que tiene y le vamos a cortar el cabello. >> y hacerla bien parecida como kate estÁ ahorita. >> te parece un tremendo reto ¿cuÁl es el obstaculo a la hora de teÑir el cabello de vanessa?. >> su cabello es bien rojizo, es el reto mÁs grande. >> sabemos que kate tiene muy buen gusto y estÁ en la lista de las mejores vestidas, quÉ vestuario de ella piensas

kate's great grandmother elizabeth temple was shirley's aunt. she remembers her determination to find something better. >> it was auntie elizabeth. she wanted to go away from the northeast and she wanted to better herself, and the women of the family, have been -- how can you say this? >> driving force. >> the driving force, yes. >> so it was with elizabeth temple's daughter dorothy, kate's grandmother, perhaps the most determined of them all. 's jean harrison is another of kate's cousins and has been invited to the wedding and has clear memories of kate's great grandmother elizabeth, lily, and her grandmother, dorothy. >> lily and dorothy had one ambition in life, and that was to get on. lady dorothy, she was known as. i don't know why, but we always called her lady dorothy. >> dorothy harrison died five years ago but not before she knew her granddaughter was romancing a future king. now the family of katherine middleton who still in what was once the durham coal fields feel immense pride. >> oh, i think it's going to be wonderful. i think she'

kate, a country girl with working-class roots. >> how would you describe kate middleton? >> well balanced would be the first thing i'd say about kate middleton. i think there's nothing fraught about her. there's no hidden turmoil there in the way that there was with diana. >> reporter: and she's had more time to get used to the role. william and kate were friends first, built a relationship over many years. kate has reportedly studied videos of diana and received training from the palace on how to cope with the constant scrutiny. >> i would love to have met her, and she's obviously -- she's an inspirational woman to look up to. >> reporter: diana would embrace a child with aids or walk among land mines to make a point. >> she was a darling of millions of people. i think that kate and william will be slightly more careful. they will try to present, if you like, a dream double act rather than two solo superstars like charles and diana presented themselves. >> reporter: the memory of diana can't help but shape their future. the altar where william and kate marry is the very

prince william and kate exchanging vows tomorrow. charlie d'agata is live in london. as the royal' last day before >>> welcome back. the world is watching prince william and kate middleton exchanging vows tomorrow. >> charlie d'agata is live in london as the royals prep on this the very last day before the big day. hi, charlie. >> hello to you, frank and sydnie. more activity here at westminster abbey. looks like somebody is about to go in or come out. but the excitement is building. the crowds are building. security is in place. they are going to start closing off roads tonight in preparation for tomorrow's wedding. police escorted kate middleton, her bridesmaids and best man prince harry from westminster abbey this morning after their final wedding rehearsal. with just one day to go before the real thing, the city of london is buzzing with excitement and last-minute preparations. last night, kate and prince william were all smiles after their last walk-through at the church together. today, the official royal wedding website releas

kate on the balcony, "oh, wow." indeed. kate marveled, "they're in perfect formation." william was all business. "come on, okay, the kiss?" the first kiss was a little weak. we were unimpressed. kiss her again! "you want this," asks william, "another kiss?" the fabled second kiss. you a in tradition, perhaps? i'm taking credit for that kiss. i started the chant. little tom mused, "it's good fun being with the royal family." then, another royal tradition. the queen decided that was enough. and everyone followed. you know, the one thing that we can't show you is the party that is still going on behind me in buckingham palace. but you know what, diane, maybe some things are best left behind palace walls. >> possibly so. but let the history books record it was nick watt who said "kiss her again" and made it happen. thank you, nick, for what you did for all of us today. >>> and we want to remind you, later on, barbara walters will have a special two-hour royal wedding edition of "20/20." she has new interviews, new details from the day. and we thank you for watching tonight.

now protect his bride to be tomorrow, kate middleton. as we mentioned, the commoner, but just for one more night, diane. everyone says that is the main differences here. she's had eight years to see how the royal rules play out. diana didn't have that chance. so, people are hopeful this will be different. >> very moving to see diana in this context, isn't it? >>> and we have a few notes about the program for tomorrow. kate's brother james, 23, will be the only member of either family to read a passage, a bible passage, at the wedding. and prince charles, who reportedly chose a lot of the music for the wedding, appears to have selected the march that played at his to diana, to play tomorrow during will and kate's ceremony. here it is. ♪ a preview of the music coming up tomorrow. >>> and ahead still on "world news," a simple questionnaire, just three minutes of your time, could help you detect autism in a child. and i was a pack-a-day smoker for 25 years. i do remember sitting down with my boys, and i'm like, "oh, promise mommy you'll ne

good evening, mike. >> reporter: and good evening, kate. tonight this neighborhood looks like a bomb went off. the home behind me flattened by the twister. and on this easter sunday many are saying it's a miracle that no one was seriously injured.

>> su cabello es bien rojizo, es el reto mÁs grande. >> sabemos que kate tiene muy buen gusto y estÁ en la lista de las mejores vestidas, quÉ vestuario de ella piensas imitar. >> voy a ver si le puedo dar el look clÁsico, que era un vestido azul, creo que le va a favorecer mucho cuando estÁn hablando del color de pelo. >> tiene un cuerpo bastante parecido, tiene un cuerpo bolo nit y vamos a ver si podemos recrear el momento en que se comprometiÓ con william que es un de los momentos mÁs importantes. >> porque el cuento de hadas hecho realidad. >> sin duda, ahÍ estÁ vanessa es quien tiene la blusa verde, esÁa viendo revistas y todos los look. >> estÁn comentando quizas cÓmo le gustarÍa verse, quÉ estilo de kate quisiera imitar. >> yo creo que va a imitar. >> es una sorpresa al final, la del anillo. >> pero vamos a ver si el estilo le va a quedar bien, tiene un cuerpo muy parecido al de waet waet es y creo que e vestido y el look que le vamos a harÉ, va a ser princesa por un dÍa y esÁa el cuento de hada aquÍ en despierta amÉrica. >> no perdamos tiempo, vamos a ir prese

william and kate walking out on the balcony this morning. waving to the crowd which is cheering a huge crowd. took their first public kiss in front of them as well. we will show you that coming up.

kate winslet? >> reporter: when it comes to the royal wedding it seems we guys have not been doing our homework. let me walk you through some photographs. maybe it will jog your memory. tell me who these people are. don't know who that is? i'll give you a hint, she is very important to the wedding. >> one of the bridesmaids? >> reporter: not the one who is getting married, do you know her name? >> sophia, i think it is. >> reporter: princess sophia. >> princess sophia. >> reporter: do you know his that i am? >> no. that's the father. >> reporter: do you know his name? who is this? >> prince. everybody knows prince. >> reporter: many of you tuned out the wedding of the secentur. >> you have kate, a bride, a dress, the romance and a prince. really none of these things actually appeal to men. >> reporter: never fear, men, there's still time to learn the players and the game. and to help you we present the guy's guide to the royal wedding. starting at bride-to-be kate middleton out of the university of

kate's sister will be bring are her handsome boyfriend to the wedding. as the last-minute preparations are taking place, william and kate are set for this last public appearance. >> it's kate middleton's last public appearance before the royal wedding. the next time we see her, she will be stepping into westminster abbey with two billion people watching her. >> no pressure, then. can you national the decisions kate has to make? like what will she wear in her hair. a dilemma every bride goes through. well, most bride. >> a huge selection of tee -- tiaras belonging to the queen. >> look at these diamonds, pearlz, and gold. oh to be a princess. so is it going to be great british roses that will adohrn -- adorn kate or a tiara? >> the inside scoop is she will wear a tierra and is toying with the idea of wearing flours instead. >> or maybe she will go down the sarah ferguson route. >> rather extraordinary wedding, carrying flours -- flowers, and when she took the flowers off, she was wearing a tierra underanything. >> alan: leigh and i will not be attending t

last week the sun tried to public pictures of kate to university. they barely made a splash because the palace had already given us pictures of kate at university. there's a lot more give and take from the palace which means the paparazzi won't have quite the same frenzy. we'll definitely see them more prominent. thank you so much, victoria, we were talking about the paparazzi, and, of course, charles spencer really chastised and admonished the paparazzi at diana's funeral talking about how ruthless they pursued her, and of course blamed them, really, for the accident that led to her death. one of the things, i think, you'll see differently here is, do you think kate middleton will be able -- catherine, will be able to handle the paparazzi in sort of a better way, and do you think they will have a hands off approach? >> i don't think they will have a hands-off approach, and i think the palace will try. i remember diana saying it was like being chased by these camp ares. >> violated. >> violated. >> but equally diana wanted it. diana spent her time l

we'll call her kate no matter what. but celia sam's was saying of course we always see at wimbledon prince and princess michael of kent. that's her official title. so it remains to be seen. it will be the big announcement on friday morning before kate middleton walks down that aisle. that woman celia sames knows both familyings involved and said her life will never be the same. frank and grace, back to you. >> great stuff, paula. we appreciate it. thanks so much. >>> 5:19. the aflac duck -- no, we are going to weather. >> well, he has been called worse. [ laughter ] >> i have been called a lot worse. especially this year. but you know what? people are going to have news things to say about me today. it's going to be breezy at the coast. but we got a clear start around the bay area. 40s and 50s right now. i think as we look toward the afternoon a few clouds across the skies should make for a really neat sunset tonight. temperatures pretty nice. 60s, some low 70s around the bay area and again those winds kicking up out at

middleton. >> prince william and kate middleton. >> kate middleton. >> reporter: as royal wedding fever builds, viewers have been treated to stories on everything from hats to horses. in london they've been preparing for invasion by an estimated 12,000 journalists. opposite buckingham palace they built a three-story stack of temporary studios. news organizations can rent them for 60,000 pounds a time. so why the interest? >> at the core of it is diana in my view. having talked to correspondents at the core of it, you have a wedding, prince william's mother was diana, princess of wales, and he's going to be king of england. people talk about soap opera, they talk about fairy tale, however you describe it, it's a story that everybody wants. >> reporter: and at the other end of the processional routes the main entrance at westminster abbey and across the road, another structure specially built for the media, rather more modern this time, still thankfully pretty substantial. stills photographers are paying 900 pounds a time to be here but for some broadcasters these positions aren't good en

we all know kate middleton is the princess bride. but did you know she also sells bicycles and spends her time teaching spin classes in massachusetts. >> we are talking about the kate middleton, who shares same name. good morning, good it see you. this is quite a ride you've been on. kate middleton as a potential member of the royal family and your phone starts ringing, right? >> the phone started ringing after a newspaper article came out about having the same name as prince william's fiancÉe. and my co-workers started playing around with it a little bit and said, she's not here yet, she's having tea with the queen. >> so reporters are beginning to call? >> yes. >> and you're getting facebook messages as well? >> i'm getting a lot of facebook messages. facebook deactivated my account, which was kind of disappointing, because i am actually older than the kate middleton in england and i've been around a little longer and thought it was justified that i keep my account. >> what's it like now? you walk through grocery stores. you see y

. >>> and what's the one word kate middleton and prince william are dropping from their wedding vows? >>> and good afternoon, i'm chief meorologist jeff ranieri. we did have a few showers today. still activity showing up on the radar. we'll have more on our chance for showers this week. as we head throughout tonight 'lwe clitall cl 4thoo0s returning to the south bay. others. described as an african-american in his early 20s took off with three other men in a white dodge avenger like this one. then two hours later, following a lil wayne rap concert, another shooting at kimball's where locals say an afterparty was being held. >> when they have the wrong venues at either one of the two clubs you get too many people outside and you -- you always have a problem or later at night. >> jerry rossi, owner of the fat lady says all the violence is proof more officers need to be on the streets. >> we should be having uniformed police officers outside. because usually that's where the problem is. >> reporter: the killings bring the city's number of homicide victims to 34 this year compareded to 30

don riddell joins us again for what is next for william and kate. don. >>> what is next hosted by the queen as we speak. and then tonight when the queen makes way they will turn the music up and really get stuck in. that will be for the hard core group of 300 youngsters that are left to really celebrate with the happy couple. it has been a fabulous day here today and a historic day and a day in which tens of thousands of people have played their part. duke and duchess of cambridge their first public kiss as man and wife. transfers the climax of a day filled with pomp and pageantry excitement and suspense. not only for the couples and their guests but for the people that lined the streets hoping to get an up close glimpse of a historic royal celebration. as early as 8:15:00 a.m. london time. guests wearing morning suits and fancy hats began arriving at west minister abbey. among them celebrities. david and victoria beckham and elton john and then the arrivals of dignitaries. the groom and his mother, the mother and brother of the bride. finally the m

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>> sÍ. >> quÉ piensan de kate? >> me fascina, creo que es una persona como diana, una persona que va a ser humanitaria. una persona que se ve sencilla pero con clase. >> michell tambiÉn tiene el plato oficial que mandÓ a hacer la reina para la boda de guillermo y kate. dice ella que va a faltar la presencia de su princesa favorita. >> va a ser muy impresionante porque ella no va a estar. >> no sÉ si tanto como michell. pero sÍ se nos va a soltar una lÁgrima de emociÓn. >> claro, es que es increÍble. el mundo de la aristocracia y la sangre azul que de alguna manera no nacimos en esto. pero para ellos es parte esengial y para nosotros es una fantasÍa. >> todos queremos encontrar a nuestro prÍncipe aunque no baile nada pero lo intentamos. [risas] >> vamos a un mensaje. >> lo voy a lograr! >> te quiero ver! ♪ ♪ >> mira, la mejor parte de esa promo es cuando se dice por univisiÓn. [risas] >> claro, claro. que sale blanca soto, verdad? >> sÍ, sí. [risas] >> queremos hacer referencia a algo muy pero muy im

kate kept the dress a surprise. the kiss on the balcony. it's just been such a privilege to witness it firsthand. i can't wait to get the party started. >> you and i will have a front row seat. we'll be sitting at buckingham palace tomorrow watching it all along with rachel johnson. we look forward to seeing you a little bit later today and also tomorrow. our complete wedding coverage on cbs kicks off at 4:00 a.m. eastern time with katie couric up at westminster abbey. we'll have all of that coming up for you right here on cbs. still more to come live from london. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. pooches and puppies, we are fed up with being fed on. we demand k9 advantix ii. it not only kills fleas and ticks, it repels most ticks before they can attach and snack on us. frontline plus kills but doesn't repel. any tick that isn't repelled or killed may attach and make a meal of us. so let's put our paws down in protest. no fetching, no friendship till we all get k9 advantix ii. join us at poochprotest.com. [ male announcer ] ask your

the first look at kate's dress. and a collective sigh. [ cheers ] >> reporter: then the royal vows. >> i william arthur philip louis. >> reporter: of course some of the stateside spectators watched somewhat longingly. >> wouldn't we look good together? >> it's a good match but blonds have more fun. >> reporter: their consolation prize? a lovely 40-carat-like tiara. some 2 billion people were expected to watch worldwide and as the sun came up in the u.s., the other most anticipated moment. [ cheers and applause ] >> just a magical moment. >> reporter: one last toast to the prince and his new princess and then sadly it was off to work for many. >> i'm ready to get the hat off and get to work. >> reporter: noel roy royal hol here. the lucky ones able to trundle off to bed. >> it was perfect! >> reporter: guys, as my tear mother who i know was watching would say, no one puts on a pageant like the brits. a lot of people probably tuned in to see the dress as well. this thing doesn't have to be back until monday. does anyo

>> to wills and kate! >> to wills and kate! >> hey, liz, liz, thank you so much. tell your friend there, liz, that there's always prince harry. i don't think he's completely taken. >> i'm going to get myself a glass now, too. >> all right, liz, that's okay. we'll talk to you laterp enjoy, enjoy, liz. let's go down to ben tracy who is at street level who i understand may have a guest or someone who showed up to watch the royal wedding from one of the streets of london. ben? >> katie, that crowd that you've been showing surging toward buckingham palace is filled in behind us. one person who is out in that crowd, charlotte babadeau came all the way from boston, massachusetts. you're a big royal family fan. >> a big royal fan, yes. >> this is a dream come true. i have a feeling you're living it. >> when this all came about originally, it was kind of like, okay, this is cool. but each day, each time i spoke with cbs, it was like this is getting really exciting now. it's really coming true. and then flying here and spending the week here and seeing all of the people and