British royal weddings have become events of importance not only to the British public, but worldwide media extravaganzas. The wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer was watched by more than 500 million people around the world and brought the Prince and Princess of Wales popularity beyond the dreams of Hollywood; somehow, a thousand-year-old tradition of pomp and ceremony united the world in a holiday atmosphere.

          So it was with the wedding of Prince Andrew and Miss Sarah Ferguson – a bonding of the traditional with the modern; a celebration not only for the British royal family and the British public, but for the world.

          The ITN Book of the Royal Wedding presents a colourful and unique account of the wedding day itself and an insider’s view of the lives of both Prince Andrew and his bride. Alastair Burnet, is well-known for his authoritative writing on the British royal family. In this book he provides a firsthand account of the wedding day itself and a history of British royal weddings up to the present day.

          Complementing Alastair’s Burnet’s text are nearly two hundred colour illustrations, many of them exclusive to this book. Photographs include those provided from their family albums by Major Ronald Ferguson, Sarah’s father, and by the nanny who looked after Sarah in her childhood. The book also includes exclusive colour photographs of the wedding ceremony taken inside Westminster Abbey.