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Then — also a recent tradition — the newlyweds peered skyward to observe a 66-year-old Lancaster bomber from World War II flanked by Spitfire and Hurricane fighter planes from the same era flying over the palace in salute.

Their open landau was closely followed by a closed carriage for the queen and her husband, Prince Philip.

Reveling in the pageantry after the ceremony in the abbey, the couple waved to jubilant crowds as their procession, escorted by equestrian guardsmen in scarlet tunics and silver breastplates, traversed the streets of London toward Buckingham Palace

Newspaper headlines celebrated the wedding on Friday with words like “storybook” and “fairytale” — terms that were applied in earlier times to the marriage of Charles and Diana in 1981 at St. Paul’s Cathedral, an event that also seized the nation w

They had started the ceremony as a prince and what the British call a commoner.

Hugo Millington-Drake, 21, a student, walked down Parliament Street in a full tuxedo, with bow tie, and a bowler hat.

For a time, the streets more used to black cabs and trundling red buses echoed to the clip-clop of hooves from trotting chargers and antique carriages.

Flanked by liveried footmen in gold and red tunics, the newly married couple smiled and waved, offering what some commentators have depicted as a more open and modern visage of the monarchy once dismissed as aloof.

A little over one hour after they arrived at Westminster Abbey to be married, the newlyweds emerged on a red carpet and onto the streets to a peal of bells, stepping into a 99-year-old open horse-drawn carriage.

A little over one hour after they arrived at Westminster Abbey to be married, the newlyweds emerged on a red carpet and onto the streets to a peal of bells, stepping into a 99-year-old open horse-drawn carriage.

When they kissed for the first time in public as a married couple, a cheer went up from the crowd and the prince blushed.

Just 90 minutes after they completed their wedding service, the couple stepped onto a balcony at Buckingham Palace, flanked by the royal family, to greet an enormous crowd stretching along the Mall toward Trafalgar Square — a traditional moment at royal weddings.

For a time, the streets more used to black cabs and trundling red buses echoed to the clip-clop of hooves from trotting chargers and antique carriages.

As much as the ceremony itself, Britons and many others had been fascinated by the closely held secret of what Miss Middleton’s wedding dress would look like.

A little over one hour after they arrived at Westminster Abbey to be married, the newlyweds emerged on a red carpet and onto the streets to a peal of bells, stepping into a 99-year-old open horse-drawn carriage.

Traveling in a Rolls-Royce limousine and escorted by her father, Michael Middleton, she wore a delicate veil with intricate lace on the neckline and a diamond tiara lent for the occasion by Queen Elizabeth.

“The transition of Miss Middleton from a young woman from the Home Counties to being our future queen is the stuff of fairy tales,” The Daily Telegraph said.

Newspaper headlines celebrated the wedding on Friday with words like “storybook” and “fairytale” — terms that were applied in earlier times to the marriage of Charles and Diana in 1981 at St. Paul’s Cathedral, an event that also seized the nation with enthusiasm.

Just 90 minutes after they completed their wedding service, the couple stepped onto a balcony at Buckingham Palace, flanked by the royal family, to greet an enormous crowd stretching along the Mall toward Trafalgar Square — a traditional moment at royal weddings.

Hugo Millington-Drake, 21, a student, walked down Parliament Street in a full tuxedo, with bow tie, and a bowler hat.

Wearing a bright red military uniform as Colonel of the Irish Guards, the prince traveled in a plum-colored Bentley limousine.

Before the service, in ascending order of royal rank, Miss Middleton’s in-laws-to-be and members her own family had driven to the abbey in a variety of Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Jaguar cars, cheered on by crowds standing 10 or 15 deep along the way.

Just 90 minutes after they completed their wedding service, the couple stepped onto a balcony at Buckingham Palace, flanked by the royal family, to greet an enormous crowd stretching along the Mall toward Trafalgar Square — a traditional moment at royal weddings.

Hundreds of millions tuned in on television around the world, and dozens of temporary studios, filled with presenters speaking dozens of languages, have been built against the backdrop of a floodlit Buckingham Palace, one of the queen’s homes and, for many, the focus of the British monarchy.

Bells pealed and cheering crowds lined the Mall as the his procession — the limousine, a lone motorcycle outrider and a single sport utility vehicle carrying security personnel — drove past.

Bells pealed and cheering crowds lined the Mall as the his procession — the limousine, a lone motorcycle outrider and a single sport utility vehicle carrying security personnel — drove past.

Their open landau was closely followed by a closed carriage for the queen and her husband, Prince Philip.

“This is not a day for demented princess worship or for in-your-face state extravagance.

The wedding day has been declared a public holiday and more than 5,000 people have been given official permission to close off roads for street parties.

The wedding day has been declared a public holiday and more than 5,000 people have been given official permission to close off roads for street parties.

The couple’s relationship, which began when they were both students of art history at St. Andrews University in Scotland more than nine years ago, has been broadly welcomed among Britons who have followed the royal family through tortured years of dashed hopes and scandal, much of it centering on the doomed marriage of William’s mother, Princess Diana, to his father, Prince Charles.

Newspaper headlines celebrated the wedding on Friday with words like “storybook” and “fairytale” — terms that were applied in earlier times to the marriage of Charles and Diana in 1981 at St. Paul’s Cathedral, an event that also seized the nation w

Inside, the abbey was transformed by four tons of foliage, including eight 20-foot-high English field maple trees.

As she arrived to join him, William whispered to her, and onlookers said he seemed to be saying, “You look beautiful.”

The new royal couple have also set a different tone, living together before their marriage at a remote Royal Air Force base on the island of Anglesey, where William, 28, is based as a search-and-rescue helicopter pilot.

The couple’s relationship, which began when they were both students of art history at St. Andrews University in Scotland more than nine years ago, has been broadly welcomed among Britons who have followed the royal family through tortured years of dashed hopes and scandal, much of it centering on the doomed marriage of William’s mother, Princess Diana, to his father, Prince Charles.

As much as the ceremony itself, Britons and many others had been fascinated by the closely held secret of what Miss Middleton’s wedding dress would look like.

For some, their relationship has been haunted by comparisons with the travails of Diana, who died in a car crash in Paris in 1997, a year after her glaringly public divorce from Charles.

Despite falling overnight temperatures, thousands of spectators had been camping out for two days in tents festooned with the Union Jack to secure a good view of the pageantry.

The closely scripted event began with the arrival of some members of the congregation at 8:15 a.m., watched by 5,000 police officers and chronicled by an estimated 8,500 journalists and support staff members from around the world.

The closely scripted event began with the arrival of some members of the congregation at 8:15 a.m., watched by 5,000 police officers and chronicled by an estimated 8,500 journalists and support staff members from around the world.

The new royal couple have also set a different tone, living together before their marriage at a remote Royal Air Force base on the island of Anglesey, where William, 28, is based as a search-and-rescue helicopter pilot.

The couple’s relationship, which began when they were both students of art history at St. Andrews University in Scotland more than nine years ago, has been broadly welcomed among Britons who have followed the royal family through tortured years of dashed hopes and scandal, much of it centering on the doomed marriage of William’s mother, Princess Diana, to his father, Prince Charles.

On the final stretch of their brief, first journey as man and wife, the couple passed along the broad ceremonial avenue called the Mall leading to the palace, with the national anthem playing, the crowds cheering and, after fears of rain, a sliver of sunlight nudging past the clouds.

Just 90 minutes after they completed their wedding service, the couple stepped onto a balcony at Buckingham Palace, flanked by the royal family, to greet an enormous crowd stretching along the Mall toward Trafalgar Square — a traditional moment at royal weddings.

“With this ring I thee wed; with my body I thee honor; and all my worldly goods with thee I share,” William said, repeating the words of the archbishop.

Some onlookers noted that while the prince placed a wedding ring on his bride’s finger, she did not reciprocate the gesture.

Hundreds of millions tuned in on television around the world, and dozens of temporary studios, filled with presenters speaking dozens of languages, have been built against the backdrop of a floodlit Buckingham Palace, one of the queen’s homes and, for many, the focus of the British monarchy.

“These are tough times for millions of British people,” The Guardian said in an editorial.

Hundreds of millions tuned in on television around the world, and dozens of temporary studios, filled with presenters speaking dozens of languages, have been built against the backdrop of a floodlit Buckingham Palace, one of the queen’s homes and, for many, the focus of the British monarchy.

The couple’s relationship, which began when they were both students of art history at St. Andrews University in Scotland more than nine years ago, has been broadly welcomed among Britons who have followed the royal family through tortured years of dashed hopes and scandal, much of it centering on the doomed marriage of William’s mother, Princess Diana, to his father, Prince Charles.

Just 90 minutes after they completed their wedding service, the couple stepped onto a balcony at Buckingham Palace, flanked by the royal family, to greet an enormous crowd stretching along the Mall toward Trafalgar Square — a traditional moment at royal weddings.

A dukedom is the highest rank in British peerage.

Reveling in the pageantry after the ceremony in the abbey, the couple waved to jubilant crowds as their procession, escorted by equestrian guardsmen in scarlet tunics and silver breastplates, traversed the streets of London toward Buckingham Palace.

The ceremony — a British specialty in the choreography of royalty — was designed as much to celebrate the marriage as to inject national pride after years of discord and divorce within the queen’s family.

They emerged as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, their new titles granted earlier on Friday by Queen Elizabeth II.

“If I wasn’t invited I thought I would at least dress up,” he said, adding that he had been separated from other formally dressed friends.

The couple’s relationship, which began when they were both students of art history at St. Andrews University in Scotland more than nine years ago, has been broadly welcomed among Britons who have followed the royal family through tortured years of dashed hopes and scandal, much of it centering on the doomed marriage of William’s mother, Princess Diana, to his father, Prince Charles.

Reveling in the pageantry after the ceremony in the abbey, the couple waved to jubilant crowds as their procession, escorted by equestrian guardsmen in scarlet tunics and silver breastplates, traversed the streets of London toward Buckingham Palace.

On the final stretch of their brief, first journey as man and wife, the couple passed along the broad ceremonial avenue called the Mall leading to the palace, with the national anthem playing, the crowds cheering and, after fears of rain, a sliver of sunlight nudging past the clouds.

Just 90 minutes after they completed their wedding service, the couple stepped onto a balcony at Buckingham Palace, flanked by the royal family, to greet an enormous crowd stretching along the Mall toward Trafalgar Square — a traditional moment at royal weddings.

Then — also a recent tradition — the newlyweds peered skyward to observe a 66-year-old Lancaster bomber from World War II flanked by Spitfire and Hurricane fighter planes from the same era flying over the palace in salute.

On the final stretch of their brief, first journey as man and wife, the couple passed along the broad ceremonial avenue called the Mall leading to the palace, with the national anthem playing, the crowds cheering and, after fears of rain, a sliver of sunlight nudging past the clouds.

The wedding day has been declared a public holiday and more than 5,000 people have been given official permission to close off roads for street parties.

While their relationship was widely known, it was only in December 2006 that Miss Middleton, now 29, attended William’s final parade at Sandhurst, Britain’s premier military academy.

The early arrivals — queens, kings, dukes and emirs arrived later — filed into the abbey under the soaring columns supporting its 102-foot-high Gothic vault, treading carefully along a red carpet, many of the women wearing bright, broad-brimmed hats.

The service followed Anglican tradition, with the prince and Miss Middleton both declaring “I will” to the wedding vows pronounced by the Most Rev. Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual head of the Anglican denomination.

The wedding service had begun with a psalm and a hymn, “Guide me, O Thou Great Redeemer.”

The couple’s relationship, which began when they were both students of art history at St. Andrews University in Scotland more than nine years ago, has been broadly welcomed among Britons who have followed the royal family through tortured years of dashed hopes and scandal, much of it centering on the doomed marriage of William’s mother, Princess Diana, to his father, Prince Charles.

Construction of the present-day building began in 1245 during the reign of Henry III.

Construction of the present-day building began in 1245 during the reign of Henry III.

Just 90 minutes after they completed their wedding service, the couple stepped onto a balcony at Buckingham Palace, flanked by the royal family, to greet an enormous crowd stretching along the Mall toward Trafalgar Square — a traditional moment at royal weddings.

Hugo Millington-Drake, 21, a student, walked down Parliament Street in a full tuxedo, with bow tie, and a bowler hat.

The new royal couple have also set a different tone, living together before their marriage at a remote Royal Air Force base on the island of Anglesey, where William, 28, is based as a search-and-rescue helicopter pilot.

With many Britons facing hard times because of government austerity plans, the wedding has been pitched by politicians as an occasion for national celebration and rejuvenation amid the economic gloom.

The closely scripted event began with the arrival of some members of the congregation at 8:15 a.m., watched by 5,000 police officers and chronicled by an estimated 8,500 journalists and support staff members from around the world.

Bells pealed and cheering crowds lined the Mall as the his procession — the limousine, a lone motorcycle outrider and a single sport utility vehicle carrying security personnel — drove past.

With fanfare and flags under cool, gray skies, Prince William and his longtime girlfriend, Kate Middleton, were married on Friday in one of the largest and most-watched events here in decades — an interlude of romance in a time of austerity and a moment that will shape the future of the British monarchy.

Hundreds of thousands of people converged Friday on London’s streets, craning for a glimpse of the royal family and the 1,900 other invited guests holding the hottest ticket in town inviting them to the ceremony at the centuries-old abbey.

With many Britons facing hard times because of government austerity plans, the wedding has been pitched by politicians as an occasion for national celebration and rejuvenation amid the economic gloom.

For the last time as a bachelor, William, the second in line to the throne, left his father’s residence, Clarence House, to travel with his younger brother, Prince Harry, his best man, to marry Miss Middleton, a daughter of a millionaire couple who made their money with an Internet business — a fusion, in British parlance, of a commoner and, potentially, a future king.

A dukedom is the highest rank in British peerage.

As the morning progressed, the bride’s family and junior members of the royal family traveled to Westminster Abbey.

Some onlookers noted that while the prince placed a wedding ring on his bride’s finger, she did not reciprocate the gesture.

The couple’s relationship, which began when they were both students of art history at St. Andrews University in Scotland more than nine years ago, has been broadly welcomed among Britons who have followed the royal family through tortured years of dashed hopes and scandal, much of it centering on the doomed marriage of William’s mother, Princess Diana, to his father, Prince Charles.

For a time, the streets more used to black cabs and trundling red buses echoed to the clip-clop of hooves from trotting chargers and antique carriages.

Then — also a recent tradition — the newlyweds peered skyward to observe a 66-year-old Lancaster bomber from World War II flanked by Spitfire and Hurricane fighter planes from the same era flying over the palace in salute.

On the final stretch of their brief, first journey as man and wife, the couple passed along the broad ceremonial avenue called the Mall leading to the palace, with the national anthem playing, the crowds cheering and, after fears of rain, a sliver of sunlight nudging past the clouds.

Just before the bride reached the abbey, the queen arrived wearing a primrose dress and hat and accompanied by Prince Philip at the same place they were married in 1947 and where she was crowned in 1953.

Hundreds of millions tuned in on television around the world, and dozens of temporary studios, filled with presenters speaking dozens of languages, have been built against the backdrop of a floodlit Buckingham Palace, one of the queen’s homes and, for many, the focus of the British monarchy.

The new royal couple have also set a different tone, living together before their marriage at a remote Royal Air Force base on the island of Anglesey, where William, 28, is based as a search-and-rescue helicopter pilot.

With fanfare and flags under cool, gray skies, Prince William and his longtime girlfriend, Kate Middleton, were married on Friday in one of the largest and most-watched events here in decades — an interlude of romance in a time of austerity and a moment that will shape the future of the British monarchy.

They emerged as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, their new titles granted earlier on Friday by Queen Elizabeth II.

With fanfare and flags under cool, gray skies, Prince William and his longtime girlfriend, Kate Middleton, were married on Friday in one of the largest and most-watched events here in decades — an interlude of romance in a time of austerity and a moment that will shape the future of the British monarchy.

The curiosity was satisfied when she rode to the abbey wearing a creation by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen in white and ivory, with a train about two yards long.

The service followed Anglican tradition, with the prince and Miss Middleton both declaring “I will” to the wedding vows pronounced by the Most Rev. Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual head of the Anglican denomination.

Wearing a bright red military uniform as Colonel of the Irish Guards, the prince traveled in a plum-colored Bentley limousine.

With fanfare and flags under cool, gray skies, Prince William and his longtime girlfriend, Kate Middleton, were married on Friday in one of the largest and most-watched events here in decades — an interlude of romance in a time of austerity and a moment that will shape the future of the British monarchy.

They emerged as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, their new titles granted earlier on Friday by Queen Elizabeth II.

Wearing a bright red military uniform as Colonel of the Irish Guards, the prince traveled in a plum-colored Bentley limousine.

The curiosity was satisfied when she rode to the abbey wearing a creation by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen in white and ivory, with a train about two yards long.

A little over one hour after they arrived at Westminster Abbey to be married, the newlyweds emerged on a red carpet and onto the streets to a peal of bells, stepping into a 99-year-old open horse-drawn carriage.

They emerged as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, their new titles granted earlier on Friday by Queen Elizabeth II.

The couple’s relationship, which began when they were both students of art history at St. Andrews University in Scotland more than nine years ago, has been broadly welcomed among Britons who have followed the royal family through tortured years of dashed hopes and scandal, much of it centering on the doomed marriage of William’s mother, Princess Diana, to his father, Prince Charles.

Charles himself attended the ceremony with his second wife, the former Camilla Parker-Bowles, now the duchess of Cornwall, whom he married in 2005 and who was once criticized by Diana as the “third person” in her marriage.

The couple’s relationship, which began when they were both students of art history at St. Andrews University in Scotland more than nine years ago, has been broadly welcomed among Britons who have followed the royal family through tortured years of dashed hopes and scandal, much of it centering on the doomed marriage of William’s mother, Princess Diana, to his father, Prince Charles.

The early arrivals — queens, kings, dukes and emirs arrived later — filed into the abbey under the soaring columns supporting its 102-foot-high Gothic vault, treading carefully along a red carpet, many of the women wearing bright, broad-brimmed hats.

Flanked by liveried footmen in gold and red tunics, the newly married couple smiled and waved, offering what some commentators have depicted as a more open and modern visage of the monarchy once dismissed as aloof.

Miss Middleton will now be known as the Duchess of Cambridge, but she will also have the titles of the Countess of Strathearn and Baroness Carrickfergus.

The abbey has been the coronation church since 1066 and 17 monarchs are buried there, according to its Web site.