Helicopter carrying royal newlyweds leaves Buckingham Palace for an undisclosed destination after black-tie celebration
Married life dawned for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as a helicopter carrying the newlyweds left Buckingham Palace for an undisclosed destination.
After spending Friday evening celebrating at the palace with close family and friends, William and Kate are expected to travel abroad for their honeymoon in the next two weeks.
The destination has been shrouded in secrecy ? the duke reportedly has not even told his bride where they are going ? but speculation is rife over possible choices.
The duke, who has taken a fortnight's leave from his job as an RAF search and rescue pilot, is known to have a deep affection for Africa and would probably be on safe romantic territory if he chose to take his wife to Kenya, where he proposed to her last year.
The couple, who have said they want the media to respect their privacy during their honeymoon, were photographed walking to a helipad and stopping to shake hands with members of staff.
Friday night's black-tie celebration, which started with dinner in the palace's lavish ballroom, ended with dancing into the small hours while Prince Harry gave his best man's speech.
He is reported to have joked about the relative heights of his brother's new bride and the Duke of Edinburgh, his grandfather, whom she was said to have towered over in three-inch heels.
Some of the prominent guests returned to their rooms at the Goring hotel at about 3am as the party at the palace wound down. Prince Harry had announced plans to make an early morning fry-up for anyone with the constitution to stay awake through the night.
Normal service was resuming around the UK as royalists and party-lovers nursed hangovers and republicans breathed sighs of relief.
A family friend of the Middletons, Tony Ainsworth, said outside the Goring hotel: "It has been an historic occasion. After the concerns of getting to the church on time, it all went smoothly. We had a party at the hotel last night that went on well into the evening, so we're feeling a little jaded this morning."
He said the bride's parents, Carole and Michael Middleton, made an appearance at the hotel party. "I went to bed around 1am but I heard guests stumbling around at 5am, coming back from the palace, which woke me up."
Other tired but happy revellers included the bride's friends who rushed back to Bucklebury, the Berkshire village where she grew up, to celebrate into the night.
John Haley, owner of the Old Boot Inn in nearby Stanford Dingley, was one of several residents from the village to have attended the wedding and afterwards he threw an invitation-only party for 350 guests in his pub, which is thought to be the duchess's favourite.
He and his partner, Pam Brown, got back to Berkshire to find the party well under way with the beer garden and pub filled with local residents. He said it had been a wonderful day. "It was fabulous, it was out of this world. Words can't describe it." .
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/30/royal-wedding-william-kate-leave-palace
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