Beckhams to race across Atlantic for Wills-Kate

Will attend ceremony at Westminster Abbey on April 29, then fly to US for LA Galaxy game two days later

Beckhams to race across Atlantic for Wills-Kate

Will attend ceremony at Westminster Abbey on April 29, then fly to US for LA Galaxy game two days later

He will get on a plane right after Prince William and Kate Middleton marry on April 29 so he does not miss the LA Galaxy gameu00a0 against FC Dallas in Texas two days later.

Beckham became friends with William during England's failed World Cup bid in December

David (35) told an English newspaper, "You don't say no to the future king of England." Beckham became friends with Wills (28) during England's failed World Cup bid in December.

Earlier, Beckham had said, "It's a huge thing for our country to have a royal wedding. I'm a big royal family fan, always have been.

I was brought up by my grandparents and my parents to love the royal family."

The Beckhams are among 1,900 people invited to the Westminster Abbey ceremony. Kate also asked old Berkshire neighbours including the pub landlord, postman, butcher and grocer.

Posh to dress Kate

Last month, Victoria Beckham had revealed that Kate Middleton had asked her for some help in the wardrobe department, requesting to see some of her designs.

"Apparently she likes my clothes and has asked to see a selection," Victoria had said.

"It will be from my current spring/summer collection. It's tremendously exciting and I would be honoured if she were to wear my designs."

Victoria unveiled her new Fall 2011 collection last week during New York Fashion week, receiving rave reviews.

Black marketing of wedding invites sparks security scare

BLANK invitations to the royal wedding available on the black market have sparked security concerns ahead of the April 29 ceremony.

A man claiming to work for the printing firm which produced the genuine invitations offered a journalist a blank copy, demanding ufffd2000 (R1.5 lakh), adding that he could supply several more.
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The only difference between the genuine and the fake invitation is that the black market version is missing two dotted lines where the names of guests are written by hand.

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