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- Covent Garden's upmarket and funky One Aldwych is offering a great package called A Modern Romance, which includes a night's stay at their gorgeous hotel, breakfast for two, bubbly on arrival, and a mini wedding cake in your room. With large screens in the Lobby Bar, you can enjoy the best live views of the wedding service, relaxing with a signature Kate & Will Champagne cocktail created especially for the occasion. If you want to see the festivities on the street, One Aldwych is just a few minutes' walk from the processional route, and the hotel will provide route maps, Union Jack flags and goodies to enjoy while waiting for the married couple to pass in an open-topped carriage.
There'll also be a royal wedding-inspired dinner to celebrate, based on royal menus of the past, which includes balloting of duck with Cumberland sauce (served at Queen Victoria's wedding to Prince Albert in 1840), and bombe glacée Princess Elizabeth (served at the wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten in 1947).
Price: From £465 a night, based on two sharing a room. Book at campbellgrayhotels.com - Overlooking the River Thames - a stone's throw from where the royal procession will take place - The Royal Horseguards is five-star luxury. The hotel has created a Royal Wedding Package, including two nights' accommodation, an English breakfast, and their Royal Wedding Afternoon Tea, which includes Sapphire Earl Grey Tea, paying homage to Kate's rock. Other treats with a royal twist include: an adorable miniature rich fruit royal iced wedding cake, English Rose cupcakes scented with Duchy Estate honey, and the Queen of Puddings - a delicious combination of berry compote and custard crowned with meringue, and William and Kate heart-shaped buttery sable cookies.
Price: Reduced to £300 from £492.33. Book through laterooms.com or phone 0844 774 1001 - Be right at the heart of the action at this luxury hotel, where you can see the sights of the processional route, including Parliament Square, Whitehall, Horse Guards Parade and The Mall. Enjoy the Doyle Royal Wedding Package, which includes a one-night stay for two, two tickets to explore Kensington Palace and a Royal Wedding Champagne breakfast served in your room that is, apparently, 'fit for a king'. Afterwards, kings can enjoy a William Windsor's Old Fashioned cocktail – muddled cherries, orange, Angostura bitters and Bourbon served over ice - while queens can sip Classic Kate's Cosmopolitan - a delicious cocktail topped with champagne.
Price: From £245 (excluding vat). The Doyle Royal Wedding package is also available at their other London spots, The Marylebone Hotel, and The Bloomsbury Hotel. - Whilst renowned for its warm, Spanish hospitality, The Meliã White House is the ideal spot to see London and enjoy the royal wedding. It will be hosting English Tea for the Royal Wedding - set in the bar, it'll include tea and cakes, scones and sandwiches plus, of course, a glass of celebratory cava. The Meliã White House is also only one tube stop away from the parade route, so you can soak up the atmosphere first-hand before or after the ceremony.
Price: £19.00 per person. - The Royal Garden Hotel's specially designed package, Right Royal Affair, goes from 28 April to 1 May 2011. You'll stay for three nights at the five-star Kensington pad, and get a full English breakfast every morning, complimentary use of the Soma spa and sauna, as well as a special Royal Afternoon Tea for two, while watching the nuptials on the big-screen. What's more, they're also throwing in a pair of entry tickets to the neighbouring Kensington Palace.
Price: From £280 per night for a King Room or from £330 for a Garden Room with a three-night minimum stay. For more information or to book, visit Royal Garden Hotel. - The Metropolitan, located on London's exclusive Park Lane, is famous for its cool, contemporary appeal. The hotel is also a destination in its own right with Michelin-starred Japanese-Peruvian restaurant Nobu, and iconic members-only Met Bar (remember when it was Kate Moss' fave haunt?) under one roof. Or, for those seeking downtime in the busy capital, the COMO Shambhala Urban Escape offers a full-range of holistic therapies in addition to yoga and a private gym.
Price: From £1040 for a three-night stay from the 28th April to 1 May in a City Room and £1329 in a Metropolitan Room. - Royal treatment: Located in Belgravia, The Halkin is oozes quiet glamour, poised service and chic interiors. Sitting in a quiet street close to Hyde Park, The Halkin is within walking distance of Hyde Park, Knightsbridge, Piccadilly, Victoria and Sloane Street and is the perfect place to watch the wedding of the year.
Price: From £1404 for a three-night stay from 28 April to 1 May in a deluxe room. Book at halkin.como.bz - Royal treatment: Located in the heart of the royal borough of Mayfair and just a short five-minute walk to Buckingham Palace, Flemings is the ideal base to watch the royal wedding in the capital. Their Royal Celebration package - over five or seven days - includes a three-course dinner, one royal afternoon tea for two and a celebratory Fortnum & Mason gift.
Price: From £299 per night, based on two sharing a double room (minimum stay five nights). To book, visit flemings-mayfair.co.uk - The Royal Connections package at the Hyatt Regency - nestled right in the heart of the West End - includes full English breakfast in The Montagu, two Crown Jewels-inspired cocktails, a box of limited edition Royal Wedding Truffles by Royal Warrant holder, Prestat, two tour passes to the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace and Kensington Palace, and a signed copy of William and Kate – The Love Story, by Robert Jobson.
Price: The Royal Connections package starts at £340 per night, excluding VAT, and is valid from 1 April to 30 September 2011, based on two sharing a room. Call +44 20 7486 5800 or visit the london.churchill.hyatt.com - The RE London Shoreditch is the latest addition to London's fashionable East End. The bar will be your stylish home from home - and is also where you'll be able to watch the rotal wedding while sipping on fresh mojitos or bubbly.
Price: Reduced to £194 from £299. Book through laterooms.com or phone 0844 774 1001.