Right Royal knees-up planned for the Royal Wedding on Friday

With just two days left until the brunette beauty walks down the aisle to marry her prince, communities are in the fine tweaking stages of street party planning - with children making bunting and pictures to brighten community spaces, catering details being fussed over, runs to warehouses to make sure there is something with which to toast the newly weds, and ensuring balloons, flags and other party paraphernalia are sufficient to meet the level of demand.

If you plan to attend a ‘posh’ event, then The Fountain is the place to be and you may well recognise one of two people as there is a strict fancy dress code. Everyone is asked to turn out as a member of the Royal Family.

The morning will begin with a community breakfast, and then the celebration will get underway in earnest with street entertainment, face painting and other fun ‘crafty’ things to do. The wedding service will be shown on a big screen, and The Fountain will have it’s own Royal Wedding.

Plans are afoot at Caw for a party to celebrate the wedding at 3pm at ‘Masie’s Square’.

For those in the RBL who want some congenial company but a more sedate celebration, then head to Iona Terrace, where the members of the Royal British Legion will be opening the doors from 10am until 1pm and sandwiches, tea and othe rlight refreshments will be available free of charge. The wedding will be shown on a big screen at this venue as well.

Meanwhile, over in The Memorial Hall, it is more than just a rumour that the members of the Campsie Club of the Apprentice Boys of Derry will be holding their ‘own wedding’ on the big day to celebrate. No doubt those who are involved will be pulling out all the stops to ensure that it is an event packed with merriment, but they have so far remained tight-lipped about the details.

At the Services Club on Spencer Road the members will be staging a Celebration Dance. The event will sick off at 9pm and will last into the wee hours.

The Newbuildings Friends of the Park will be hosting a street party at the Community Centre, and plans for that are at an advanced state.

However, the only people from the City who will see the actual event - provided they are seated in the main aisle of Westminster Abbey - will be DUP man and Speaker of the Assembly, William Hay, and his wife, Doris.

Originally William had been issued with a single invite, and while he had planned to travel to London for the big event with his wife, unfortunately Doris was not able to accompany him, but as with all the best fairytales, a change of circumstance means Mrs Hay is now also on the elite guest list.