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may already be living happily ever after but yesterday they gave up the spotlight to another
royal
couple who wants a
fairy tale
wedding of their own. stephanie gosk is live for us in edinburgh, scotland, with more. hey, stephanie.
>>
good morning, jenna. we watched william and kate get married three months ago. that wedding and the party afterwards cost more than $30 million. this wedding, by comparison, was a more modest $800,000. but there was no doubt by the
end of the day
that this was still a
royal
affair. it's a good year to be a
royal
. weddings do wonders for public support. a larger than expected crowd outside the church,
let it be known
. the
royal
finery was on display for the second time this year. big cheers for the newlyweds the
duke and duchess
of cambridge. for this wedding, the pressure was off. the bride and grooms are relative unknowns outside the uk.
zara philips
the 13th in line for the throne and her husband,
mike tindall
, the head of the rugby team.
>>
of course, no occasion where the queen and
prince william
and kate are attending can be private, not with the world's press outside.
>> reporter:
there were no cameras in the church, not like in april when 2 billion people around the world got
front row
seats. this time only 400 guests were invited and the public wasn't openly encouraged to line the streets. but there were some people you couldn't keep away.
>>
a lot of people say that the
royal family
is sort of, you know, the monarchy is the thing of the past.
>>
no, no, no, don't you believe it.
>> reporter:
zara philips
is not your typical
royal
.
princess anne
, her mother, did not give her a title at birth. instead, encouraging independence. and philips who made her name as a professional equestrian says she won't take her husband's name. a modern approach that sets a
royal
precedent. but still plenty of
royal
tradition on display from the order of the arrivals to the reception at the queen's residence. the latest generation of the monarchy is striking their own balance between the new and the old. and from the response they've received in scotland, it seems to be working. zara is known as a bit of a rebel. she is famously the only member of the
royal family
with a
pierced tongue
. this was a chance for her to show she has grown up and mellowed out a little bit. she chose steuben harvin and he is actually one of the queen's favorites.
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a
pierced tongue
. i never thought i would say this on tv, but tmi. thank
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