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(L to R) Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry, Princess Beatrice, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Andrew leave the church after the Royal wedding of Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips will marry England rugby player Mike Tindall today at Canongate Kirk. Many royals are expected to attend including the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. (GETTY/GALLO)
Prince William gave a flamboyant impression of rock star Jon Bon Jovi at the weekend wedding reception of Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter Zara Phillips and rugby player Mike Tindall.
Although guests have maintained a dignified silence over the royal wedding at Edinburgh's Canongate Kirk (church) on Saturday and later reception at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, a few details emerged Monday.
The reception, organized by "party planner to the stars" Peregrine Armstrong-Jones, was thought to run until 2:00am and was fueled by champagne and vodka shots from a self-service machine, The London Times reported.
Prince Harry, who emerged blinking into the sunlight Sunday morning looking somewhat disheveled, had clearly enjoyed the night's festivities.
One guest, Bath rugby player David Flatman, tweeted Sunday, "Can't say too much about the real royal wedding but I will reveal that Prince William does an uncanny Bon Jovi impression."
The Times was also given an insight into the ceremony itself, which was held in private at the church up the Royal Mile from the palace.
Described by observers as "a normal Canongate Kirk wedding," it was traditional, but with one unexpected touch: a joint reading by Phillips' cousins, Princes William and Harry, of a classic children's story.
The brothers read an extract from The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams, which describes a conversation between a toy rabbit and horse in a children's nursery. The rabbit asks the horse what being a real person means. The horse says it means being loved.
"It doesn't happen all at once," he says, "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby.
"But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand - once you are Real you can't become unreal again.
"It lasts for always."
One guest said the reading was "brilliantly done."
The groom, an England rugby international, had Sunday to sober up for a "brutal" fitness test he will have to take Monday along with the rest of the national team squad.
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