News-stand Launch for Royal Weddings Souvenir Bookazine by ILN and Haymarket

The Illustrated Royal Weddings: Victoria and Albert to William and Catherine

LONDON, April 11, 2011 - A souvenir edition "bookazine", The Illustrated Royal Weddings, has been
jointly published by Illustrated London News (www.iln.co.uk/) and
Haymarket Media Group (www.haymarket.com/home.aspx) and hit
news-stands on 6 April. The publication draws on rare archive material from
The Illustrated London News, as well as sister titles in its archive,
including The Tatler, The Sketch, The Bystander, The Sphere and The Graphic,
setting the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in the context
of its heritage.

With a print run of 46,000, The Illustrated Royal Weddings will be sold
through WHSmith, Waitrose, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Fortnum & Mason, The Royal
Collection shops, including Buckingham Palace, Holyrood Palace and Clarence
House, and at selected news-stands in key overseas markets including United
States. It will also be distributed in British Airways First Class and Club
Class cabins and lounges worldwide.

The publishers anticipate this special edition will appeal to an audience
that is appreciative of the heritage and tradition of royal weddings in this
country. Some of the material has not appeared since it was published, and
covers items such as the 9-foot "bride cake" for Queen Victoria's nuptials in
1840, wedding gowns through the decades, style icon brides, the dogs invited
on royal honeymoons, and the spectacular wedding presents from a Kenyan
hunting lodge to an ostrich shawl. The Illustrated Royal Weddings includes
countless gems - such the photograph of Earl Spencer, resplendent in Guards
uniform, attending the wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York, and Lady
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey in 1923. Little did the Earl and
Countess know that 88 years later their great-grandson would be heir to
thethrone with his own wedding held at the abbey.

Pictorially led, The Illustrated Royal Weddings recounts the drama and
style of royal weddings from Queen Victoria's era to the present day. Since
its inception in 1842 as the world's first pictorial newspaper, The
Illustrated London News and its sister titles took pride in reporting on
Court events, and a royal wedding prompted each magazine to publish lavish
commemorative editions filled with photographs and sketches, all with
dazzling front covers. Researchers have trawled the bound volumes to find
hundreds of images of past royal weddings, many of which have not been seen
since their first publication.

Through Haymarket, the content will be available to third-party
publishers for licensing and syndication. A gallery of pictures is also
available to the public to buy as framed prints and merchandise at
www.prints-online.com.

The Illustrated Royal Weddings: Victoria and Albert to William and
Catherine

From 7 April. RRP GBP5.99

    Contact information and more pictures available for publication:

    Lisa Barnard
    Chief Executive, Illustrated London News Limited
    lisa.barnard@iln.co.uk +44(0)20-7426-1011 www.iln.co.uk

    Tim Bulley
    Director of Licensing, Haymarket
    tim.bulley@haymarket.com +44(0)20-8267-5078 www.haymarket.com

Lisa Barnard, Chief Executive, Illustrated London News Limited, lisa.barnard at iln.co.uk +44(0)20-7426-1011, Tim Bulley, Director of Licensing, Haymarket, tim.bulley at haymarket.com +44(0)20-8267-5078