It’s the wedding we’ve all been waiting for...

Billions of people across the globe will be glued to their TV screens when Prince William marries  Kate Middleton at  London’s Westminster Abbey on Friday April 29, 2011, at 11am BST (8pm EST).

The momentous occasion, which is being billed as ‘the wedding of the century,’ is the biggest royal wedding since William’s parents, Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, tied the knot in 1981.

Bringing the celebrations to Sydney, Nvisage Media is hosting a specially-created Royal Wedding Party at Sydney’s prestigious Customs House.

For this historic day, the square will become a sea of red carpet, royal bunting and union jack flags, and ‘guests’ wanting to watch the couple take their vows in comfort can sit on one of the plush white wedding chairs facing the huge LED screen.

From 10am – 10pm the screen will broadcast live coverage from London, including the build-up, wedding procession, ceremony and other royal content, and revellers can toast the bride and groom at the VIP bar.

For those wanting to go the extra mile, there will be goodie-bags available for guests who arrive at Customs House dressed as their favourite royal*.

Pundits estimate 2 billion people across the globe will watch William and Kate take their vows – double the 750million that tuned in to see Charles and Diana say, “I do.”

The couple, who have been together for nine years, got engaged in October after William proposed to Kate with his late mother’s diamond and sapphire engagement ring whilst on holiday in Kenya.

During his recent visit to Australia, the Prince hinted an Australian honeymoon could be on the cards, admitting, “I have always wanted to dive the [Great] Barrier Reef. I will have to come back – maybe we’ll have a honeymoon in Cairns.”

Miss Middleton, 29, will travel to Westminster Abbey in a Fifties Rolls Royce, and the newly-weds will return to Buckingham Palace in a glittering cavalcade of horse-drawn royal carriages.

With their union being marked with an official public holiday across the UK, 500,000 well-wishers are expected to line the streets of London’s Parliament Square, Whitehall, Horse Guards Parade and The Mall to cheer the royal procession.

WE WOULD LOVE YOU TO COME DOWN AND JOIN US, SO DIG OUT THAT HENRY VIII OUTFIT AND PREPARE TO HAVE A ROYALLY GOOD TIME!

* Bondi boutique costume hire Fancy Shmancy is offering a 15% discount for ‘wedding guests’ attending the site. For more details, visit them at fancyshmancy.com.au or their shop at 91 Oxford Street, Bondi Junction NSW 2022.

New Zealand All Whites return to soccer world stage for first time in 28 years!

It has been a long time coming, but New Zealand’s 1-0 victory over Bahrain in the second leg World Cup play-off match at Wellington’s Westpac Stadium made it worth the wait. Rory Fallon, the striker from UK championship team Plymouth Argyle, scored the decisive and only goal in injury time of the first half to put the All Whites into their first World Cup Finals since 1982.

Despite rugby union being hailed as the nation’s number one sport, this unprecedented match was a total sell-out, with Westpac stadium filled to its 36,000 capacity. Thousands of people also gathered in bars and pubs around the country, and in Wellington itself a “Fan Site” was set up at Queen’s Wharf, where thousands of fans flocked to witness this momentous occasion on the giant LED video screen set up there.

The national team will be looking to replicate their heroics in South Africa in June and July, although the task will be a hard one having been drawn alongside Paraguay, Slovakia and, in arguably the biggest encounter in the team’s history, defending World Champions, Italy. Despite the great rivalry between the Kiwis and their Australian neighbours, the All Whites will be looking to replicate Australia’s form of the 2006 World Cup and qualify for the next stage, but will have to overcome the mighty Italians to do so – something the Socceroos came only a minute away from four years ago.

Due to the huge increase in the popularity of soccer in the country since New Zealand’s historic qualification, Nvisage Media have reached an agreement with Wellington Council to set up two Fan Sites to broadcast all of the All White’s matches during the World Cup, along with every match of the knockout stages, including of course the World Cup Final itself. In addition, other matches with teams that have a high visitor or inhabitant population in Wellington will be shown, including those involving Australia, England, and tournament hosts South Africa. All the matches in question will be broadcast LIVE and uninterrupted.

The Fan Sites will be set up in the heart of Wellington’s CBD. Queen’s Wharf will once again play host to the main site, with a forty square metre screen located at the water’s edge, whilst another screen will be running above the Embassy Theatre. Both venues will be free of charge to the public.