From the Windsors, a Down-Home Royal Bash

Wedding high spirits and high style, Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson say "I will"

Listen! The London air is sweet with jubilation. Few cars this day, and no Klaxons in the central part of town. Just bells pealing gaily and the sound of horses prancing in unison along the Mall. A great fanfare of trumpets arises from Westminster Abbey, and the stirring chords of Elgar resound through the vaulted nave. Then a hush. Through the breath-held stillness, two voices ring out. "I will." "I will." And then a great roar from outside, and rising above the spellbound listeners, beautiful and light, an aria by Mozart, and then another.

Later, an antiphony. Tens of thousands gather...

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