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Published: Thursday, April 28, 2011, 12:01 a.m.

A minute-by-minute guide to the royal wedding

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The schedule of events for the Friday wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in Pacific Daylight Time.

12:15 a.m. -- Guests begin arriving at the Great North Door of London's Westminster Abbey.

1:50 a.m. -- Governors-general and prime ministers of realm countries, the diplomatic corps, and other distinguished guests arrive at the abbey.

2:10 a.m. -- Prince William and Prince Harry leave Clarence House for Westminster Abbey.

2:15 a.m. -- The princes arrive at Westminster Abbey.

2:20 a.m. -- Members of foreign royal families arrive at Westminster Abbey from Buckingham Palace.

2:27 a.m. -- Middleton's mother, Carole, and brother, James, arrive at the abbey.

2:30 a.m. -- Select members of Britain's royal family arrive at the abbey.

2:40 a.m. -- Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, leave Buckingham Palace for the abbey as Prince Andrew and daughters Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie; Prince Edward and his wife, Sophie; Princess Anne and her husband Timothy Laurence arrive for the ceremony.

2:42 a.m. -- Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, arrive at the abbey from Clarence House.

2:45 a.m. -- The queen and Prince Philip arrive at the abbey.

2:51 a.m. -- The bride, accompanied by her father, Michael, leaves the Goring Hotel for the abbey.

2:55 a.m. -- Bridesmaids and pages arrive at the abbey from the Goring Hotel.

3:00 a.m. -- The bride arrives. Marriage ceremony, which will be relayed on audio speakers along the wedding route, begins.

4:15 a.m. -- William and his new wife emerge from the abbey and depart in the 1902 State Landau, a carriage, and travel to Buckingham Palace, followed by the queen.

4:30 a.m. -- The bride's carriage procession arrives at Buckingham Palace, followed by members of Britain's royal family and other foreign royals 10 minutes later.

4:40 a.m. -- Guests for the wedding reception arrive at Buckingham Palace.

5:25 a.m. -- William and Middleton, accompanied by the queen and their families, appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.

5:30 a.m. -- The royals watch a ceremonial flypast from the Royal Air Force and Battle of Britain Memorial Flight before returning inside for the queen's reception for some 600 guests.

10 a.m. -- Private reception begins at Buckingham Palace for 300 guests.
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