Royal Wedding – Yahoo! Search Data and Celebrity Advice to the Royal Couple

With the royal wedding just over a week away, searches on Yahoo! show that interest in the big event is gaining, even more so than in the weeks prior. Below you’ll find the latest royal wedding Web trends from Yahoo!, including rumors and questions about the details of the wedding.

Also, Yahoo! is featuring several ways for fans to celebrate the royal wedding. People can watch the live stream of the wedding at http://royalwedding.yahoo.com on April 29^th and the days following through an archive. They can also leave well wishes and advice for Will and Kate on Yahoo!’s Royal Wedding Guestbook: http://royalguestbook.yahoo.com. Celebrities including Tori Spelling & Dean McDermott, Jane Lynch, celebrity wedding planner David Tutera, Dr. Drew Pinsky, and others have already shared their wishes and advice. View their videos here: http://royalguestbook.yahoo.com/videos

Most Searched Royal Wedding Rumors and Questions this week on Yahoo!:

• Is Kate Middleton pregnant? Searches are buzzing for “Is Kate Middleton pregnant” and “Kate Middleton pregnancy”
• Does Kate Middleton smoke? Searches are spiking on Yahoo! for “Kate Middleton smoking” this week
• How old are the bride and groom? Searches are spiking off the charts this week on Yahoo! for “how old is Kate Middleton” and “how old is prince William”
• The question, “What is Prince William’s full name” is spiking in searches on Yahoo! this week
• Searches for “how tall is Kate Middleton” are spiking on Yahoo!
• First it was her clothes, then her hair and now it is her weight. Searches are up 907% this week for “Kate Middleton weight”. 34% of those searches come from males.
• It’s all about Kate: Kate Middleton is still more searched than Prince William – she receives 3.6 times more searches than her prince. In the United Kingdom, searches for Kate Middleton are 4.5 times higher than for Prince William.
• There is heightened interest this week in the details of Princess Diana’s wedding. Searches are up 563%.
• Based on a popular article that appeared on Yahoo! this week, searches are spiking for “10 things Kate Middleton will give up”
• The Kate Middleton jelly bean is spiking in searches off the charts

Top Searches on Yahoo! around Royal Wedding Details:

• Schedule: People are anxious to know the Royal Wedding schedule and searches have ramped up 1030% on Yahoo!. Who is most interested? 74% of these searches come from females.
  • Searches for “when is the royal wedding” are up 378% this week
• Wedding party: Sister and maid-of-honor Pippa Middleton is spiking on Yahoo! this week. Her searches are up 393%.
• The family: Searches are spiking for Prince Charles (up 29%), Queen Elizabeth (up 71%) and Camilla Parker Bowles (off the charts)
  • Kate Middleton’s family searches are spiking off the charts this week
• Guest list: Searches are off the charts this week for the “royal wedding guest list”
• First dance: there is interest in the “royal wedding dance” spiking off the charts this week on Yahoo!. This is likely due to the royal wedding spoof that caused waves on Yahoo! this week.
• Dress: searches spiking for “Kate Middleton’s wedding dress” and “who will design Kate’s dress”

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