LONDON – Kate Middleton will not promise to “obey” her husband Prince William.

Kate will be following in the footsteps of his mother in departing from the ancient church formulations of the wedding service.

Unlike earlier generations, few brides today would use the term, and the word does not appear in the wedding service chosen for Friday. Princess Diana, 30 years ago, also did not promise to obey, and in her case that turned out to be true.

Rumors that Kate wants an “open marriage” with William are also circulating around London.

Details about the service and the music chosen for the occasion were released on Thursday morning, together with a special wedding programme – customary at royal weddings – which will be sold for charity to the crowds in central London in the morning.

Dr Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, who is conducting the service, will ask Middleton of her husband whether she will “love him, comfort him, honour and keep him in sickness and in health and, forsaking all others, keep only unto him so long as ye both shall live”.

This morning, as musicians prepared for their final run-throughs in Westminster Abbey – which has been closed to the public since Monday – one more rehearsal for the service was held for the bridal couple and other participants. There will be technical rehearsals on Thursday too for broadcasters.

The marriage music features works by two living British composers: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, the master of the Queen’s music, and the Welsh composer Paul Mealor, who lives on Anglesey.

Other works by major British 20th-century composers will also include Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on Greensleeves and Prelude on Rhosymedre, Elgar’s Serenade for Strings and Britten’s Galliard from his opera Gloriana, together with Delius’s On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring and Finzi’s Romance for String Orchestra.

There will also be the famous old hymns Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer – a gesture perhaps to William’s Welsh links – and Charles Wesley’s Love Divine All Loves Excelling, as well as William Blake’s Jerusalem, a song occasionally banned by some Anglican clergy as being insufficiently religious.

Mealor, who is 35, said: “I was thrilled to hear that Prince William had chosen my music for his wedding. How humbling it is for me to know that Prince William and Catherine will celebrate the beginning of their lives together with my music. The ceremony is going to be, without a doubt, the most emotionally intense and exhilarating hour of my life.”

A new trumpet fanfare has also been composed for the start of the couple’s procession at the end of the service. Called Valiant and Brave – the motto of 22 Squadron, with whom William is currently serving as a search and rescue helicopter pilot – the 30-second piece has been composed by Duncan Stubbs, the RAF’s director of music services.

He said: “Basically, I have taken examples of fanfares that we know and recognise and just added my own thoughts and ideas to that.”

In a message in the official wedding programme, the couple say they have been “incredibly moved” by people’s affection towards them. They add: “We are both so delighted that you are able to join us in celebrating what we hope will be one of the happiest days of our lives … We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone most sincerely for their kindness.”

The Goring hotel near Buckingham Palace, where the Middletons will be spending the night, has been sealed off by police in preparation for their arrival.

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NEW YORK, NY – One man desperate for love has gone to extremes to find it!

Love is something that we all strive to find, but not everyone finds it. While some wait for love to come find them, others go out there and make it happen. That’s the case with Brian Moore who has started the “Dating Brian” website to allow the public to choose his dates for the next 30 days.

Moore is a Wisconsin native who recently got his heart broken. His high school sweetheart of five years kicked him to the curb, but Moore isn’t spending any time sulking. The 23-year-old arrived in New York City in March, newly single, but lacking the confidence to pursue women. So he used the next best tool at his disposal – the Internet.

“I’m single for the very first time since I was a teenager back in high school,” Moore said. “I went through the entire four years of college with my girlfriend and got out of the relationship as I found myself in New York. It’s like dating shock.”

Moore is working as a summer intern at BBH advertising agency where he was given the challenge of coming up with a project that would get people’s attention. He worked with two colleagues and together they came up with datingbrian.com, which would not only fulfill his boss’ criteria, but also teach him how to tackle New York’s dating scene.

“I don’t pick up girls in bars. I’m not good at that, and that’s not the kind of thing I want to do,” he said. “At least for these 30 days, I’m putting myself on the line. It’s up to the Internet to make the decisions for me, my life is shared with the public.”

His progress can be followed on Facebook, Twitter and via the Web site. Fans are asked to suggest places he can take his dates; they even have a say in whether he’s allowed to ask them on a second date.

PHOENIX, AZ – At age 13, the mysterious Bat Boy’s hormones are apparently kicking in — he’s developed a crush on Senator John McCain’s daughter Meghan!

Ms. McCain’s security team say the half-human, half-bat mutant has made repeated attempts to see the young beauty — and whined “like a sad dog” when he was shooed away!

These Secret Service agents believe Bat Boy — who has bitten and attacked people in the past – to be a potential threat and don’t want the bizarre, pointy-eared youth anywhere near Meghan.

“We are taking this matter very, very seriously,” said a Secret Service source who insisted upon anonymity. “This may sound like an innocent case of ‘puppy love,’ but we are concerned that we may have a stalker on our hands.”

Dr. Ron Dillon, the scientist who originally discovered Bat Boy, strongly believes that the agents are blowing this out of proportion. “Bat Boy is absolutely not a stalker, he wouldn’t harm a hair on Meghan McCain’s head.

“He is clearly in love for the first time in his life and doesn’t know how to deal with it. Don’t you remember how that felt? Now imagine that AND being a half-bat mutant. Puberty is Bat Boy’s biggest challenge yet.”

The bat-like creature has continued to elude the authorities. Law enforcement officials were stunned when he snuck in to a recent book signing for “My Dad, John McCain” and tried to talk to Meghan.

“Apparently, he saw her chatting with Jay Leno on TV and became fixated on her,” said the Secret Service source. “We believe he has tracked her cross-country on her campaign trail, using his superior hearing and sense of smell.”

Agents say the pint-size creature has tried to see Meghan at least three times, most recently when he showed up beneath her hotel window with guitar in hand and screeched what may have been Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes”.

Given his shaky grasp on English, it did not go over well.