LONDON (AFP) – The biggest royal wedding for 30 years succeeded in striking a balance between tradition and signs of a new, modern monarchy, the British press and newspapers across the world said on Saturday.
Front pages from Warsaw to Sydney were covered in pictures of Prince William and Kate at their spectacular wedding in Westminster Abbey on Friday.
The Times in Britain summed up the new modern mood, with a wraparound front-page photograph of the couple cruising down The Mall during their impromptu drive in an open-top Aston Martin.
“Every element of the wedding reflected the couple’s shared humour and taste, and a determination to remain as anchored as possible in their own normality,” the newspaper said.
The Australian press picked up the same theme, with the Daily Telegraph tabloid highlighting a fresh new face to the British royal family.
“Beaming with happiness and radiant with love, a remarkably relaxed William and Catherine Middleton
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