William & Kate TV Special: Do Not Broadcast Until 2009?
Written by Joanne Leyland
Friday, 08 February 2008
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The front page has been
held for some time. Now the airwaves are already prepared for the
official announcement of the engagement
of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
In fact, so certain is one British TV station that the prince will
finally pop the question that Independent Television News has just finishing recording an
official royal engagement documentary, the broadcast date of which may
be some time in being confirmed.
After years of engagement speculation, the general concensus – one which has
previously proven utterly wrong of course! – is that William and Kate will
marry next year.
By
this point William will have concluded his military training and is
expected to be carrying out a more regular round of official
engagements.
But whilst the media may think they're one step ahead of the palace, it
would seem the once far-from-media-savvy royals are two steps ahead of
the media.
Word appears to have already gone out from the royal hierarchy over the
question of media access to the very place in which William and Kate
first met.
Over five years since a camera crew from Prince Edward’s Ardent production
company ran into problems after breaking a pre-arranged rule not to stay in
the vicinity following William’s arrival at St. Andrew's University, ITN
were informed they too were barred from filming within the University grounds.
Interestingly, according to diarist Celia Walden of the Daily Telegraph, the reason given was that such access would not be permitted
until an "official announcement" had been made.
In reality, such a pre-emptive move as this is nothing new in the world of television.
