EDINBURGH, Scotland — Queen Elizabeth II’s granddaughter Zara Phillips married English rugby star Mike Tindall on Saturday — but Britain’s second royal wedding of the year was largely a low-key affair, with only a hint of the glamor and excitement of Prince William’s showstopping nuptials.
Phillips, 30, who is 13th in line to the throne but does not use a royal title, and Tindall, 32, were greeted by hundreds of flag- waving well-wishers and the sound of traditional bagpipes as they left their wedding service at Edinburgh’s Canongate Kirk after a private ceremony.
The often publicity-shy bride wore a traditional ivory silk gown and a full-length flowing veil. She posed only briefly for onlookers — and gave her husband a fleeting, modest kiss — as they left the 17th-century church for a reception at the queen’s Scottish residence, the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
Unlike William and Kate Middleton’s spectacular ceremony in April, the wedding service led by the Rev. Neil Gardner was not broadcast on television and crowds gathered in the Scottish city were warned by police there would be little for them to see.
Members of the public packed along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, the city’s famed cobbled boulevard, and cheered loudly for William and Middleton, now known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, as they arrived to join the congregation, traveling in a sleek black sedan with Prince Harry.
Middleton, wearing a biscuit colored coat, dress and large angled hat, won a warm reception as she offered a wave, as did the queen and Duke of Edinburgh, who arrived shortly before the bride.
