disrupt what s going on in london by trying to launch a terror attack and because of that, they have been very, very vigilant about security. it was interesting. even when we checked into our hotel room you have to show your passport. i know that is something that happens a lot, but there are measures that are in place to make sure this goes off without a hitch. at the same time it s really not intrusive. there is certainly an atmosphere of celebration. it s not as though this is somehow a police state. we always make note of what it s like, let s say, in times square, for new year s eve when you almost feel like you re penned in, that they re really making sure nothing goes wrong, but to the point of sometimes infringing on the fun. well, we re still four days out, but here it seems that people are allowed to come and go as they please and it s actually a very, very free feeling situation right now as they get prepared for the royal wedding. yeah. in fact, they ve actually been more
this is not coming at an inexpensive price. this is quite costly. are the british taxpayers picking up the tab? the british taxpayers are picking up the vast majority of the expense. there is the absurd notion the middletons are supposed to be sharing the expense with the queen. how do you share the expense of a wedding with the richest woman on earth. you buy the flowers? i guess. something small a token. maybe hiring the disco in the evening or something like that. nice. they did have lunch with the queen the other day at windsor palace and i wonder if they discussed it then. perhaps they did or perhaps it wasn t proper to talk about money over lunch. i want to ask you a question. this harris poll out asking an interesting question, would you like prince charles to step aside for prince william. 44% of people said yes. 12% said no and 45% aren t sure. it s not as it s not as easy as it sounds he could just step aside. it s impossible he could step aside. first of
rehearsed. and she will get on with marrying william, it will be her special moment but she won t be thinking about the billions of people that will be watching. they expect there were 750 million people estimated to watch prince charles and diana get married. they expect 2 billion television viewers and this unique royally authorized youtube stream of the actual wedding as it s taking place. this is the first interactive multimedia wedding we ve experienced. absolutely. i wonder if we re going to reach a point where every person on the planet earth watches this wedding in some way. the idea of youtube, i think buckingham palace really using the multimedia well. a lot of announcements from twitter and they ve got their official monarchy website. that s right. and they are utilizing youtube. they re on the ball with this one. they certainly are. they re on the ball when it comes to making london fit. every flower it seems is out and beautiful, the streets are pristine. they
we ll keep checking in with you through the course the morning. speaking of checking in, how about checking in on your bags. delta is allowing you to track your bags, track your departure, check in on-line and track your bags. they have to be able to track them, they scan it everywhere it goes. why not us. i think it s a great idea. london getting ready for the royal wedding. kiran is there for us all week. she s definitely brimming with excitement about the whole thing. kiran, like everyone else in london. yeah. and those two dogs we ve been showing as well, they re excited as well. they re highly anticipating it. london security is getting ready, of course, as well to host 1.2 million tourists as well as everybody else that s going to be here. how they re getting organized, how the town is preparing, and we re also going to talk a little bit about the special relationship between the united states and the uk. we are here in sunny london. a beautiful shot of buckingham palace
should we skip prince charles come on! queen camilla. there s lots to talk about. we continue to debate here whether it is that you and london look what did we say? smashing or brilliant. smashing or brilliant. that s the proper term noll. i ve been getting a few weird looks when i say awesome for everything. i have a big sign that says i m american. that s a big question what you asked, whether or not charles should step aside, perhaps, and awilliam to be king and new bride catherine to be queen. we re going to be talking with royal watcher mark saunders, he joins us with that little new tidbit about the guest list and some of the controversies sure it to surround the wedding coming up. we ll be right back. live here at buckingham palace. what s this option? that s new. personal pricing now on brakes. tell us what you want to pay. we do our best to make that work. deal! my money. my choice. my meineke.