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The bride vroom
The bride vroom
ROYAL bridegroom Prince William rides home on his 180mph motorbike — after enjoying a footie kickabout with his mates in a park.
The exclusive pics of the Prince on the 1,100cc Ducati emerged as all the details of tomorrow's big day were revealed in the Royal Wedding Official Programme.
The programme was released this morning as Kate Middleton joined Prince Harry and her sister Pippa at Westminster Abbey for a final rehearsal ahead of her wedding.
The official document — which includes a personal message from Wills and Kate — also features a brand new black and white snap of the couple.
The picture, by fashion photographer Mario Testino, shows the couple in matching white shirts beaming into the camera.
The programme also reveals the Royal Wedding will include a special tribute to Princess Diana. The hymn 'Guide me, O thou great redeemer', which rang out at her funeral, will be the first song played during the service.
See the full programme here.
Wills, 28, was snapped in his soccer trainers and tracksuit bottoms as he jumped on the bike to head to Clarence House on Tuesday night.
He arrived home incognito yards from where the world's media were reporting on preparations for his wedding.
Sources said he favours using the powerful superbike - and wearing a full-face crash helmet with tinted visor - to travel without being recognised.
The Prince was on the move again last night as he and Kate, 29, attended a rehearsal for their big day at the abbey.
They were whisked there with other key members of the wedding in a convoy of people carriers flanked by police outriders. But they slipped in a side entrance largely unseen by a group of well-wishers gathered outside.
Both smiled broadly as they were greeted by the Dean of Westminster, the Very Rev Dr John Hall, who will conduct the ceremony.
Wills and best man Prince Harry, 26, were dressed in dark suits without ties. Kate, seen earlier in tight jeans, wore a jacket and skirt.
Her parents Michael and Carole took part in the drill with daughter Pippa, the maid of honour, and son James.
The party spent 1½ hours at the abbey before leaving to cheers from the crowd.
See the full programme here.
Wills, 28, was snapped in his soccer trainers and tracksuit bottoms as he jumped on the bike to head to Clarence House on Tuesday night.
He arrived home incognito yards from where the world's media were reporting on preparations for his wedding.
The Prince was on the move again last night as he and Kate, 29, attended a rehearsal for their big day at the abbey.
They were whisked there with other key members of the wedding in a convoy of people carriers flanked by police outriders. But they slipped in a side entrance largely unseen by a group of well-wishers gathered outside.
Wills and best man Prince Harry, 26, were dressed in dark suits without ties. Kate, seen earlier in tight jeans, wore a jacket and skirt.
Her parents Michael and Carole took part in the drill with daughter Pippa, the maid of honour, and son James.
The party spent 1½ hours at the abbey before leaving to cheers from the crowd.
Shortly after the rehearsal it was announced that Syrian ambassador Sami Khiyami's invitation to the royal wedding had been withdrawn.
With the backing of Buckingham Palace, Foreign Secretary William Hague decided that Khiyami's presence at the wedding - which had caused national outrage - would be "unacceptable" so soon after the bloody crackdown on protesters in the middle eastern country.
It was the first time Wills and his bride had been to the Abbey together to rehearse.
But the laid-back Prince showed no signs of pre-wedding jitters as he got stuck in during his kickabout in a park.
Wills, wearing a pair of England shorts, laughed and joked with his friends during a rough-and-tumble game of five-a-side.
The heir hurled himself into the tackles - clearly unbothered about the risk of straining something important so close to his and Kate's big day.
One onlooker said: "William seemed in good spirits. He was very competitive and, if he has any last-minute nerves, he wasn't showing them."
As the hour-long game at the London park finished, FA President Wills came in for some gentle ribbing from his pals.
They surrounded him, gave a few friendly shoulder barges and bounced the ball off his head.
At about 11pm the Prince set off home on his powerful Ducati motorbike - still wearing the trainers he played in. His famous features were hidden behind a helmet with tinted visor.
Wills, looking every inch the anonymous biker in scruffy tracksuit bottoms and bright red top, arrived back at Clarence House late on Tuesday and managed to slip in unnoticed.
Just yards away outside Buckingham Palace, the world's media was waiting - desperate for a glimpse of bride or groom.
"With two billion people watching he needs perfect hands.
"But he refused Kate's offer of a fake tan and pedicure. He doesn't want to be seen as a pampered Prince. He said, 'I leave all that metrosexual stuff to David Beckham'."
But the Prince has been learning to waltz for his first dance with Kate, after telling friends he feared having "two left feet".
Kate has meanwhile been practising her signature, using the new official title the Queen will announce tomorrow.
The source added: "The first time she writes her title will be in Westminster Abbey and it will become a historical document. She has been like a giddy schoolgirl practising.
"Wills' major concern is his dancing. He's very concerned about stepping on the bride's pedicured toes."
Kate's tan will be a subtle shade applied at Buckingham Palace. The source added: "It will be a very light tan. Kate epitomises class and cannot be seen to look like an extra from The Only Way Is Essex."
Source: The Sun, UK
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