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The marriage of Queen Elizabeth's eldest granddaughter, Zara Phillips, to rugby player Michael Tindall was touted to be a low key affair - especially compared to the extravaganza of the royal wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, William and Kate, last April.
But attempts to hold a low profile ceremony didn't stop crowds of well wishers from lining the streets in Edinburgh Scotland, where the wedding took place.
After the ceremony, traditional Scottish bagpipe music was played as the newlyweds, the bride wearing an ivory floor-length dress and a full-length veil, emerged from the church to loud cheers from the crowd. As they kissed on the steps of the church they drew an even bigger cheer from the several thousand fans police estimated gathered on the street hoping to catch a glimpse of royalty.
Prince William and wife Kate, who tied the knot in April in a public display of royal pomp and pageantry, and the British monarch herself were among the guests in the Canongate Kirk, where the Queen worships when staying in Edinburgh.
The royal family and the bride and groom were greeted by screams and cheers from the crowd, some of whom had been camping out since the previous day to secure a position on the street to watch the wedding.
The wedding procession then moved on to a reception at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Queen's official residence in Scotland.
Like her mother, who represented Britain in the 1976 Olympics, Phillips has enjoyed a successful horse riding career.
In 2006, she won an individual gold on her horse Toytown at the World Equestrian Games in Germany, helped Britain win a team silver and was voted BBC sports personality of the year.
Tindall is also a well-known sportsman -- he has played more than 60 times for England and was part of the England team which beat Australia to win rugby union's World Cup in 2003.
The couple met in a bar in Sydney, Australia during England's 2003 victorious rugby World Cup campaign.
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