Prince William and Kate Middleton are to marry at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011. It will be a bank holiday in celebration!

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The special date falls on a Friday and the UK Government has designated it as a bank holiday.

The UK Prime Minister says, “We want to mark the day as one of national celebration – a public holiday will ensure the most people possible will have a chance to celebrate on the day.”

The timing of the wedding will mean there will be two four-day public holidays, two weekends in succession. The Monday after the wedding, May 2, is already a designated bank holiday; and the previous weekend is Easter, which also has two bank holidays on the Friday and Monday. I bet the people in the UK are happy about it!

Congratulations!

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