You look beautiful,he said

The service began with a hymn,Guide me,O Thou Great Redeemer. The hymns chosen by the couple for their service was the final one to be sung at Williams mother,Dianas,funeral.

The couple stood side by side before the altar. As she arrived to join him,William whispered to her,and onlookers said he seemed to be saying,You look beautiful.

The service followed Anglican tradition,with the prince and Middleton both saying I will to the wedding vows pronounced by the Most Rev Rowan Williams,the archbishop of Canterbury. Middleton did not pledge to obey Prince William,as was once usual,but instead to love,comfort,honour and keep him.

I pronounce that they be man and wife together, the archbishop said. The service continued with the hymn Love Divine,All Loves Excelling. Some onlookers noted that while the prince placed a wedding ring on his brides finger,she did not reciprocate the gesture.

You could see William struggle slightly to fit a ring on his new wifes finger and the choir singer who neglected to shave in the morning. Even the private moments truly werent private. Media members used lip-readers to suggest that William joked on the altar to his father-in-law,We were supposed to have just a small family affair.

The royal couple smiled broadly as they were driven to Buckingham Palace in the open-topped State Landau,a carriage built in 1902,escorted by four white horses and followed by scarlet-clad troops on horseback.

Before the service,in ascending order of royal rank,Middletons new in-laws and members her own family had driven to the abbey in a variety of Rolls Royce,Bentley and Jaguar cars. 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.

William left his fathers residence,Clarence House,to travel with his younger brother,Prince Harry,to marry Middleton. Wearing a bright red military uniform as Colonel of the Irish Guards,the prince travelled in a plum-coloured Bentley limousine. Bells pealed and cheering crowds lined the Mall.

Hundreds of thousands of people converged Friday on Londons streets. A third of the planet was expected to watch the ceremony on Friday.

Details of the honeymoon were not disclosed,but The couple will go,on their first official trip,to Canada in June.

From commoner to duchess

Prince William and Kate Middleton got their first royal wedding present from the queen Friday: titles duke and duchess of Cambridge. Buckingham Palace said William is now His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge,and that Middleton will be Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge. The palace statement said William was also named the earl of Strathearn and baron Carrickfergus. Middleton will take those titles as well,becoming countess of Strathearn and baroness Carrickfergus.