Royal Wedding Rolls Royce Phantom VI, Kate Middleton, Whitehall, London, UK. Photo:Jeff Gilbert


The wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine Middleton took place on Friday, 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London. Prince William, second in the line of succession to Queen Elizabeth II, first met Catherine Middleton in 2001, whilst both were studying at the University of St Andrews. Their engagement on 20 October 2010 was announced on 16 November 2010. The build-up to the wedding and the occasion itself attracted much media attention, with the service being broadcast live around the world, and being compared and contrasted in many ways with the 1981 marriage of William's parents, Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. An estimated two billion people watched the wedding across the world. million watched the event in the UK.


Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Horse Guards,Whitehall, London, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Jeff Gilbert / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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