The Royal Wedding will be broadcast live on YouTube as part of the palace's plans to embrace web media and expand its appeal to a younger audience.
Coverage of the event will begin 10am on Friday April 29th, and will run for four hours, ending after the couple's post-wedding appearance on the balcony at Buckingham Palace.
In an effort to get viewers involved, a live blog has been developed to run alongside the YouTube feed, and users will be able to click on links to learn more about the history behind the day.
A spokesperson for St James's Palace has stated that "this will be the first time a live blog has run alongside a live stream on YouTube for any occasion", and the organizers appear to be doing their utmost to embrace every available form of social networking.
In addition to the YouTube footage, which will be broadcast via the official Royal Channel, the royal wedding can be followed on Flickr, Facebook and Twitter, as well as the official royal wedding website, officialroyalwedding2011.org.
