Guests on the scene
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May 1, 2011, Sunday
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It was a Who's Who of royalty, power and fame: David and Victoria Beckham, Elton John, royalty from across the world, prime ministers from across the realm and the cream of British nobility were among the nearly 2,000 guests inside Westminster Abbey for the royal wedding.
Olympic swimming legend Ian Thorpe was among the first to arrive Friday. Football star Beckham, hair slicked back, looked solemn in the great medieval building, with wife Victoria, a dark dress hiding her baby bump, at his side.
Chelsy Davy, Prince Harry's on-again-off-again girlfriend, was watching as the prince stood with his brother at the altar.
Tabloids have speculated about the state of her relationship with the younger royal - and her invitation to the abbey was seen as a sign the pair were still close.
Other guests: Actor Rowan Atkinson, a friend of Prince Charles best-known for his "Mr. Bean" act, Guy Ritchie, director of "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels," photographer Mario Testino, who snapped the official engagement shots, and singer Joss Stone, who performed at a tribute concert for William's mother in 2007.
Elton John, who sang at Princess Diana's funeral, was not in his usual eye-grabbing style: He wore a morning coat and relatively discreet lavender tie. He was in some ways the exception: For the three hours ahead of the start of the ceremony, the abbey was the place to mingle, see, be seen, and show off.
Olympic swimming legend Ian Thorpe was among the first to arrive Friday. Football star Beckham, hair slicked back, looked solemn in the great medieval building, with wife Victoria, a dark dress hiding her baby bump, at his side.
Chelsy Davy, Prince Harry's on-again-off-again girlfriend, was watching as the prince stood with his brother at the altar.
Tabloids have speculated about the state of her relationship with the younger royal - and her invitation to the abbey was seen as a sign the pair were still close.
Other guests: Actor Rowan Atkinson, a friend of Prince Charles best-known for his "Mr. Bean" act, Guy Ritchie, director of "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels," photographer Mario Testino, who snapped the official engagement shots, and singer Joss Stone, who performed at a tribute concert for William's mother in 2007.
Elton John, who sang at Princess Diana's funeral, was not in his usual eye-grabbing style: He wore a morning coat and relatively discreet lavender tie. He was in some ways the exception: For the three hours ahead of the start of the ceremony, the abbey was the place to mingle, see, be seen, and show off.
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