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People around the world watched Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton get married．The royal wedding broke records for live streaming on the Internet．It also produced more than two million tweets on Twitter．
The ceremony took place Friday at Westminster Abbey in London．
Kate wore a flowing white gown designed by Sarah Burton, the creative director of Alexander McQueen．William wore a red army uniform．
It was Britain’s biggest wedding since William and Harry’s parents, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, were married in nineteen eighty-one．
Nearly two thousand guests filled the church on Friday．Hundreds of thousands of people went to the streets and parks of London to watch the wedding on video screens．
Among the wedding guests were English football star David Beckham and his wife Victoria, British Prime Minister David Cameron, the king of Norway and singer Elton John．
Bahrain’s crown prince(皇储)was invited but decided not to attend because of unrest(骚乱)in his country．Britain took back an invitation to the ambassador(外交官)from Syria over violence against protesters there．
After the ceremony, the royal couple traveled to Buckingham Palace．Crowds cheered when the newlyweds appeared on a balcony greeting to them．
Later, William drove his wife out of Buckingham Palace in an open-top Aston Martin car．William and the newest member of the royal(皇家的)family will now be known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge．
Kate is twenty-nine years old．William will be twenty-nine in June．His grandmother is Queen Elizabeth．His father, Prince Charles, is first in line to become king．William, as the older son, is second in line．Kate would not become queen, however, since she is not in the royal blood line．There was a big celebration at the University of St．Andrews in Scotland．That was where William and Kate first met as art history students in two thousand one．
