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Queen's grandson weds Canadian brideWINDSOR CASTLE NUPrulLS: Autumn Kelly of Pointe-Claire, Que:, marries Peter Pq.illjpsLONDON - It had all the ingredi- ,ents of a proper British royal wed­ding: romance, tradition, rain and agossip magazine feud.

Peter Phillips became yesterday thefirst of Queen Elizabeth's grandchil­dren to w~d, marrying his Canadi­an bride, Autumn Kelly, in drizzlyweather at a chapel at WindsorCastle near London.

Phillips, 30, is the queen's eldestgrandchild and son of Elizabeth'sonly daughter, Princess Anne. He iseleventh in line to the throne.

Unlike his first cousins', princesWilliam and Harry - or his sister,equestrian champion and BeijingOlympics hopeful Zara Phillips ­he has tended to stay out of the lime­light.

Nevertheless, he accepted an offerfrom gossip magazine Hello!to allowits photographers exclusive accessto the wedding for a reported$1 million.

Hello! calls it "the fairy-taleromance which has bridged conti-nents and social divides." .

But the rest of Britain's celebrity­obsessed media was locked out, andpredictably furious.

"What a start to married life forPrincess Anne's son Peter Phillips ­cashing in on the accident of hisbirth and literally selling his.grand­mother to Hello! magazine," theDaily Mail thundered ..

Some coverage in the London Britain's Peter Phillips and his Canadian bride, Autumn Kelly, leave St George's Chapel after their marriage in the chapel at Windsor Castlemedia suggested that Kelly and the yesterday. Phillips is the first of Queen Elizabeth's grandchildren to marry. SANG TAN - REUTERS70 wf'rlrlinp"invitf'f'~ from Ontario.

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70 wedding invitees from Ontario,New Brunswick and the· bride'shometown of Pointe-Claire, Que.,would be of a lesser social "calibre"than the groom's 230 guests thatinduded a who's~who of Britisharistocracy.

As is perhaps inevitable at wed­dings, speculation focused on whowould be next. Prince Har~y wasexpected to formally present his girl­friend of four years, Chelsy Davy, tothe queen for the first time.

Prince William'soff-again-on-againgirlfriend Kate Middleton was alsopresent; but William himself wasunable to attend because he was ata friend's wedding in Kenya.

Phillips and Kelly met in 2003 atthe Montreal Grand Prix, when heworked for the Formula One racingteamBMWWilliams and she workedat the BMW hospitality suite.

He was determined to woo her onhis own terms and did not initiallytell her of his royal lineage. She hassaid she found out she was dating aroyal when she saw him on a TVprogram.

Kelly was raised Roman Catholic,but became a Protestant before thewedding. Under 300-year-old Britishlaws, a royal who marries a Catholic ABOVE: Zara Phillips, the groom's sister, and Prince Harry get into the jovial moo~ ofloses his claim to the throne. the even~, despite drizzly weather. LEFT: Britain's Princess Beatrice sp~rts perhaps

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