Royal Wedding fever in Spain

Royal Wedding fever is the number one topic in the UK news this week. On the Costa Blanca, there is an all day party in Rojales with Paul Cunningham Nurses plus many bars, restaurants, streets and Urbanisations have their own plans.


All major television stations in the world will broadcast the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, which will be held on Friday 29 April. The ceremony will be also transmitted on the Internet channel (The Royal Channel), YouTube.

 

The British Government estimates that the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton will watched by about 2 billion people worldwide, one-third of global population.  The Brits all over the world are planning parties and functions galore to celebrate the biggest Royal wedding since Prince Charles wed the late Lady Diana back in 1981.

 

One of the biggest celebrations will take place in the Costa Del Sol in southern Spain where officially lives about 120,000 Brits. Unofficial sources estimate the number of British expats in Costa Del Sol around 500,000, the BBC gives the number of 350,000 and Guardian newspaper around 300,000.

Most of them will watch it in British bars and restaurants on large television screens and organize street parties on the streets of Nerja, Fuengirolla, Toremolinos, Benalmadena and Marbella. The owners offers a special Royal Menu combining famous Spanish champagne CAVA, Spanish wines together with traditional british fish and chips and Spanish paella.