Windsor, England (CNN) The masses roared, as they always do on such occasions, and under a cloudless English sky in the historic town of Windsor , there was a new beginning. But for all that was different about this royal wedding there was still the pomp and circumstance of old royalty. Some of those who headed to Windsor hailed a new age of diversity in the British royal family. Seventy-three-year-old Australian Carleen Quirk had been sleeping on the streets of Windsor for two nights to ensure she was in prime position to witness her eighth royal wedding. There was the glitz associated with any great royal wedding; the bride arrived in a Rolls-Royce and departed in a gilded carriage.

Source: CNN May 19, 2018 17:50 UTC