William and Kate walk up the aisle again

A year after their own spectacular wedding, Prince William and Kate Middleton walked up the aisle again on Saturday at the nuptials of their friends.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge travelled to St Andrews Church in Wingfield, England, to attend the wedding of close friends Hannah Gillingham and Robert Carter.

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By the time the royal couple arrived, the only remaining seats were at the front of the church, so William and Catherine had to walk up the aisle in front of the entire congregation, leaving guests giggling.

“They sat close to the front of the church, so they had to walk down the aisle together to get there,” an onlooker told Us Weekly magazine. “It made a few people chuckle.”

The duchess’ssister Pippa Middleton also attended the wedding, wearing a showy hat covered in colourful butterflies and a sequined dress.

Catherine dressed down for the occasion, donning a blue lace Erdem dress — first seen during her trip to Canada last year — to avoid stealing attention from the bride.

After the wedding, William and Catherine left Pippa to party and returned to their farmhouse in Anglesey, Wales, so they could wake up in their own home for their official anniversary.

The royal couple stayed in all day yesterday, with their spokesperson confirming: “They’ve been looking forward to a very special day at home.”

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They were reportedly planning a romantic candlelit dinner, with Catherine preparing fish en papillote — in parchment — as a nod to the fact that a couple’s first wedding anniversary is traditionally referred to as a “paper” anniversary.