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Prince William was created Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathhearn and Baron Carrickfergus on the morning of his wedding to Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey. The Duchess’s dress was designed by Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen. It did not rain and a million or so people cheered in the streets, with 25 million in Britain watching on television. During the wedding a Union flag was burnt by republicans in Chetwynd Court in King’s College Cambridge. The Duke and Duchess returned two days later to their house on Anglesey. April was found to have been the warmest for 350 years. Wildfires broke out on heathland in England and Scotland, sweeping through the estate at Balmoral.
The British people voted in a referendum on whether the Alternative Vote system should be used for elections to Parliament. After the death of Osama bin laden, David Cameron, the Prime Minister said: ‘We will continue to work with Pakistan.’ The level of threat from terrorists continued to be assessed as ‘severe’. Five men, all believed to be of Bangladeshi origin, were held under the Terrorism Act after being arrested close to the Sellafield nuclear site. The 700,000 eastern European immigrants form countries that joined the EU in 2004 has an insignificant effect on economic growth, according to a report by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research. The Charity Commission approved a draft scheme to sell the house in Salisbury Cathedral Close left ‘for the education of the public’ by Sir Edward Heath.
A coroner’s jury found that Ian Tomlinson was unlawfully killed by PC Simon Harwood of the Metropolitan Police at the G20 protests on 1 April 2009; the policeman had acted illegally, recklessly and dangerously, and used ‘excessive and unreasonable’ force in striking the alcoholic newspaper-seller.
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