William gets a wife, Britain a princess

Prince William, second in line to the British throne, married his girlfriend, Kate Middleton commoner on Friday with a show of pomp and pageantry that put a smile on the face of a nation scrambling recession. Everything worked for the couple. Confounding expectations,

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p. On an overcast but dry day, Great Britain partied late into the night, and most countries have been partying with her as more than two billion people turned on their televisions to hear utter the words "I will."

In the first royal wedding of the millennium were both beaten in the semi-smile at times when they said their marriage vows.

With hundreds of thousands along the roads outside the marriage took place inside Westminster Abbey - the famous church in central London that has hosted many royal weddings and coronations since most 1066. Maples lined the aisle of the massive "House of Kings to give it a green appearance.

Kate Middleton flange, which will be officially known as the Duchess of Cambridge from now examined resplendent in a wedding dress ivory lace and flowing designed by Sarah Burton of the fashion house Alexandra McQueen and Cartier tiara loaned by the Queen in 1936.

Inside the medieval stone church, the 1,900 guests included celebrities David and Victoria Beckham and pop icon Elton John and dignitaries and representatives worldwide.

Outside, a great cheer rose from the crowd - many of whom had camped outside for two nights - that William and Kate emerged as husband and wife, a young couple destined to become king and queen someday.

And Great Britain at the height of the idea of ​​the opportunity for 1.1 million people who were supposed to have turned the capital. Polished, classic cars - led by a red and gold bearing Landour William and Kate - and some 200 horses rumbled past delirious, screaming crowds, waving flags.

Riders in red coats and matching gold breastplates marched in tandem. It was British pageantry at its best.