Planning A Royal Wedding: Prince William's Timeline

Prince William and Catherine Middleton's wedding on 29 April 2011 was watched by an estimated billion people around the world. The couple announced their engagement seven months before the wedding, which took place at Westminster Abbey, where 16 royal weddings have been held over the past 900 years.

Prince William and Catherine Middleton got engaged in October 2010 and married seven months later

Prince William proposed to Catherine while on holiday in Kenya. The couple married at Westminster Abbey, where sixteen royal weddings have taken place. The tradition goes back nine hundred years, to the marriage of Henry I and Princess Matilda of Scotland in 1100.

Despite reports that the couple would leave for their honeymoon the day after their wedding, Prince William returned to work as a search-and-rescue pilot, and the couple did not depart until ten days after their wedding.

William's brother, Prince Harry, served as the best man at the wedding. As Kate walked down the aisle with her father, Michael Middleton, William kept in line with British wedding traditions by not turning around to watch her.

The wedding took place on 29 April 2011

The wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton took place on 29 April 2011, seven months after they announced their engagement. The couple got engaged in October 2010, while on holiday in Kenya.

The wedding ceremony was watched by an estimated billion people around the world. The event was dubbed the 'wedding of the century' by the media.

Despite many of the finer details surrounding the wedding being closely guarded by the British royal family, in the weeks leading up to the event, the royal family released a number of facts about the eagerly anticipated nuptials, including the route of the royal procession and the family tree of the house of Windsor.

The ceremony was watched by an estimated billion people around the world

Prince William and Catherine Middleton's wedding ceremony was watched by an estimated billion people around the world. The wedding took place on 29 April 2011, seven months after the couple announced their engagement. The ceremony was held at Westminster Abbey, where sixteen royal weddings have taken place over the past nine hundred years.

The wedding was dubbed the 'wedding of the century' by the media, and the public's curiosity prompted the royal family to release a number of facts about the nuptials in the weeks leading up to the event. Despite this, many of the finer details surrounding the wedding were closely guarded by the British royal family to maintain the couple's privacy and preserve some elements of surprise.

The wedding was a lavish affair, with Catherine wearing a bespoke gown as she walked down the aisle with her father, Michael Middleton. Prince William, who was waiting at the altar, did not turn around to watch his future wife make her way towards him, in keeping with British wedding traditions.

Prince William returned to his work as a search-and-rescue pilot immediately after the wedding, and the couple did not depart for their honeymoon until ten days later, on 9 May.

The couple didn't go on their honeymoon until ten days after their wedding

Prince William and Catherine Middleton got engaged in October 2010 and married seven months later on 29 April 2011. The couple didn't go on their honeymoon until ten days after their wedding. Prince William returned to his work as a search-and-rescue pilot immediately after the wedding, and the couple didn't depart until 9 May.

Prince William returned to work as a search-and-rescue pilot the day after his wedding

Prince William and Catherine Middleton married on 29 April 2011, seven months after their engagement was announced. The wedding was held at Westminster Abbey, where 16 royal weddings have taken place. The day after the wedding, Prince William returned to work as a search-and-rescue pilot. The couple did not leave for their honeymoon until 9 May, ten days after their wedding.

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