Grab the prosecco – Princess Eugenie’s wedding will be shown on TV after all

Need another fix of rich people getting hitched before the year is out?

Well luckily the next royal wedding will be shown on TV after all. Buckingham Palace has announced that ITV will broadcast the wedding of Princess Eugenie and James Brooksbank in Windsor next Friday, 12 October. Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes will host a special edition of This Morning for the occasion, ITV has confirmed. "This Morning At The Royal Wedding will capture the atmosphere and arrivals at St George's Chapel, with Eamonn and Ruth joined by guests, commentators and experts for this specially extended programme," it said in a statement. The show will start at 9.25 am, earlier than usual, and run until 12.30. It comes after the BBC reportedly turned down the chance to show the nuptials live on TV. Eugenie's father Prince Andrew is said to have approached the broadcaster about televising the big day but the BBC is claimed to have declined, saying that there isn't enough interest in the Yorks. "From the outset the instruction from the very top was that Eugenie’s wedding must be televised," a source told the Mail on Sunday. "The BBC was approached because they have a special relationship with Buckingham Palace and a formula that works. "But they turned it down because they don’t think enough people will tune in and that there isn’t enough support for the Yorks." Meanwhile, it's been announced that the official hashtag for the occasion is #royalwedding2 - a reference to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's big day in May, which attracted millions of viewers worldwide.