Royal wedding guests arrive – in pictures

David Beckham and Victoria Beckham outside Westminster Abbey Photograph: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

Earl Spencer, brother to the late Princess Diana, mingles with other guests Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/Reuters

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (left) arrives with her sister Santa Photograph: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

Princess Anne arrives at Westminster Abbey Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

A guest holding a copy of the order of service for the royal wedding Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian

Sir Elton John waves to the assembled crowds as he arrives at Westminster Abbey with his partner David Furnish Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg and his wife Miriam González Durántez arrive at Westminster Abbey Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA

Guests fill the 'Quire' at Westminster Abbey Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/AFP/Getty Images

The chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne (far right), and his wife Frances (third left) arrive for the royal wedding Photograph: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

Mother of the bride Carole Middleton arrives for the royal wedding Photograph: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

Prime minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha walk up the red carpet to their seats in Westminster Abbey Photograph: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images

The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, and his wife Sally, arrive at Westminster Abbey Photograph: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

Prince Albert II of Monaco and his fiancee, former Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock, arrive for the royal wedding Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

Zara Phillips (centre), Mike Tindall (second from right) and Autumn Kelly (left), arrive at the West Door of Westminster Abbey
Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

Princess Beatrice of York and her sister, Princess Eugenie of York, arrive for the royal wedding Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

Sophie, Countess of Wessex, wife of Prince Edward, arrives for the royal wedding Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall arrive at Westminster Abbey Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA

Kate Middleton's sister Pippa arrives at Westminster Abbey with bridesmaids
Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Princes William and Harry arrive at Westminster Abbey Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, are greeted by the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster, as they arrive at the abbey Photograph: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

Catherine Middleton and her father Michael Middleton travel past Buckingham Palace as they make their way to Westminster Abbey for her marriage to Prince William Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Kate Middleton and her father Michael arrive at Westminster Abbey Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Members of the royal family take their places in Westminster Abbey Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA

Kate Middleton arrives with her father, Michael Photograph: Tom Pilston/Getty Images

Prince William looks at his bride Kate Middleton, as she holds her father Michael's hand during the wedding ceremony Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/AFP/Getty Images

Prince William and Kate Middleton exchange vows in front of the Archbishop of Canterbury Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA