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It's not William's decison to declare his wedding day a national holiday - why anyway, he is not the heir to the throne himself, is he? And why have May Day as a public holiday when the 1st of May actually is a sunday? Here in Germany, that's that. Bad timing that May Day is a sunday but work goes on as usual on the next monday. So the reason is more hte Brtish system of public holidays than William's decision to marry in April.
It could be read that Catherine and William actually would have preferred a March wedding but due to "public" wishes they had to go for late April.
But the could have their Wedding on Saturday 30. April. As for the 1. May i also don't understand why there is an extra day off on 02. May.
As for the people who want to take holidays i think it's probably like elsewhere that not all people in the Firms can take the days off but some have to work.