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Fearne Cotton and Edith Bowman join BBC's royal wedding team

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Radio 1 DJs among presenters to join Huw Edwards for coverage of wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton

Radio 1 DJs Fearne Cotton and Edith Bowman will be among the BBC presenters joining Huw Edwards for the corporation's coverage of the royal wedding across two TV channels and four national radio stations.

Edwards was confirmed last year as the main anchor for BBC1 and BBC News Channel coverage of the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey on 29 April – leaving no room for David Dimbleby, who has fronted the corporation's coverage of most major state events for more than a decade.

The BBC1 10pm news presenter will be based at Buckingham Palace, with fellow newsreaders Fiona Bruce and Sophie Raworth also based at key central London locations. Cotton and Bowman will be part of the BBC team providing coverage from across London, along with sports presenter Jake Humphrey, BBC Breakfast's Chris Hollins and The One Show's Alex Jones and Anita Rani.

Royal wedding coverage on Radio 4 will be led by Edward Stourton and James Naughtie, while over on Radio 5 Live Victoria Derbyshire and Richard Bacon will be the main presenters.

Vernon Kay and Scott Mills will be covering the wedding for Radio 1, with Chris Evans and Ken Bruce performing the same duties for Radio 2.

Buckingham Palace has ruled out 3D TV coverage of the 29 April event, despite BSkyB going to great lengths to try to persuade the royal family of the possibilities afforded by the new technology.

Sky even filmed a mock wedding with the two leads played by stand-ins at a church in Eastbourne, Sussex, earlier this year, and followed up with a 3D demonstration at the Guards Chapel in Windsor.

However, the palace decided against 3D coverage, largely on logistical grounds, in consultation with the royal couple, William's private secretary Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton and Westminster Abbey officials.

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