Bono thinks U2 is "irrelevant" and can't stand hearing himself talk

TORONTO — A pensive Bono fretted that U2 is on the "edge of irrelevance" during a news conference this afternoon at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The band is in town for the premiere of the new documentary, "From the Sky Down."

Directed by Davis Guggenheim, the film looks at U2 at a time when the band was at a creative crossroads before the release of 1991's "Achtung Baby."

Bono says that he thinks the band is in a similar place now, where they will have to push themselves in order to survive.

The rockers also paid respect to a number of Canadian artists, name-dropping the Band, Arcade Fire and Neil Young, whom Bono called a "sacred talent."

And Bono says that he didn't enjoy seeing the film the first two times he screened it, mainly because he can't stand listening to himself talk.

CP24- Bono worries that U2 on 'edge of irrelevance'

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Jack Nicholson's Hollywood Hills house devastated after fire

A fire broke out at a house in a Hollywood Hills house tonight that is owned by actor, Jack Nicholson.
The modest property was bought by the star of The Shining in 1973, but he rents it out to a friend.

Dozens of firefighters were reported on scene and two were injured and taken to a hospital.

Property owner: The Hollywood Hills hjome engulfed in flames tonight belongs to Jack Nicholson


The property is hard to reach by road, and proved to be difficult to tackle as the flames engulfed it - though the fire was contained.

The house is located on the 7300 block of Woodrow Wilson and according to online property records, Nicholson is listed as the owner, but he does not live there.
The current residents are William O'Farrell and William Tynan. Tynan is an actor who starred in The Two Jakes with Jack Nicholson.

It's not known who or if anyone was at the residence when the fire began.

The cause is under investigation.

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RHOBH Russell Armstrong has killed himself

RHOBH Russell Armstrong has killed himself Aug 16, 7:30 AM 'Real Housewives' Russell Armstrong Commits Suicide Russell Armstrong , the estranged husband of " Real Housewives of Beverly Hills " star Taylor Armstrong , was found dead of an apparent suicide ...sources tell TMZ. Our sources say Armstrong hanged himself. He was found hanging in his bedroom on Mulholland Drive. We're told L.A. City Fire Department arrived at his home and pronounced him dead at 8:16 PM Monday. Sources say a roommate found Russell and called 911. We're told authorities have not found a suicide note. Taylor filed for divorce last month , after she claimed Russell physically abused her. We're told authorities informed her of Russell's death last night. He was 47 years old. Story developing ... 8:13 AM: Bravo and the cast of "Real Housewives" were unaware of Russell's death. Kyle Richards was distraught when she saw the TMZ post, and Lisa Vanderpump was speechless.

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Jacqueline Kennedy's private recordings released publically

Jackie Kennedy Tapes Reveal Her Love for JFK
By Tim Nudd

Wednesday September 14, 2011 08:15 AM EDT


Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
Ed Clark/LIFE.com

She was one of the world's most beloved yet mysterious women. And as a young widow following her husband's murder in 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy largely kept quiet in her torrent of grief.

Until now.

Eight and a half hours of recordings of Mrs. Kennedy from seven interviews in 1964, four months after the president's Nov. 22, 1963, murder, are set to be released as an audio book Wednesday. In excerpts published in The New York Times, the former first lady holds forth on everything from the Cuban Missile Crisis to the world's great leaders of the time to her own husband – whom she idolized to the end.

"Once I asked him – I think this is rather touching – if he could have one wish, what would it be?" Kennedy, who was 34 at the time, says. "In other words, you know, looking back on his life, and he said, 'I wish I had more good times.' "

During the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962, she says she begged him not to send her away. "If anything happens, we're all going to stay right here with you," she says she told him. "I just want to be with you, and I want to die with you, and the children do, too – than live without you."

Elsewhere, she calls French president Charles DeGaulle an "egomaniac," the future prime minister of India Indira Gandhi "a real prune – bitter, kind of pushy, horrible woman," and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. a "phony" for being unfaithful to his wife (according to information provided by FBI director J. Edgar Hoover).

She mentions nothing about her own husband's infidelities. Instead, she speaks of his loyalty, sensitivity and courage. At one point, she refers to a "civilized side of Jack" and "sort of a crude side," but adds: "Not that Jack had the crude side." She casts herself as a traditional wife in a marriage that was "rather terribly Victorian or Asiatic." Her goal, she says, was to provide "a climate of affection and comfort and détente."

Mrs. Kennedy, who later married the Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, died in 1994 at age 64.

The interviews with the historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. were kept private by the Kennedy Library until this month. Audio and transcripts are being released today as a book titled Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy.

In the forward, former first daughter Caroline Kennedy says it is meant to coincide with the 50th anniversary of her father's presidency – and that the tapes show a different side of her mother.

People "don't always appreciate her intellectual curiosity," Caroline says, "her sense of the ridiculous, her sense of adventure, or her unerring sense of what was right."

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RHOBH Russell Armstrong has killed himself

'Real Housewives' Russell
Armstrong Commits Suicide

Russell Armstrong , the estranged
husband of " Real Housewives of
Beverly Hills " star Taylor
Armstrong , was found dead of an apparent suicide ...sources
tell TMZ. Our sources say Armstrong hanged himself. He was
found hanging in his bedroom on Mulholland Drive. We're told
L.A. City Fire Department arrived at his home and pronounced
him dead at 8:16 PM Monday. Sources say a roommate found
Russell and called 911. We're told authorities have not found
a suicide note. Taylor filed for divorce last month , after she
claimed Russell physically abused her. We're told authorities
informed her of Russell's death last night. He was 47 years old.
Story developing ... 8:13 AM: Bravo and the cast of "Real
Housewives" were unaware of Russell's death. Kyle Richards
was distraught when she saw the TMZ post, and Lisa
Vanderpump was speechless.

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Megan Fox: I'm too poor for kids

Megan Fox says that is not yet rich enough to start a family.

Megan Fox

The 25-year-old Transformers star married actor Brian Austin Green in Hawaii in June 2010.
And although the couple are happy and in love, she says that she is not going to become a mother until she is more financially stable.
Megan is already stepmother to Brian’s nine-year-old son Kassius from his relationship with ex Vanessa Marcil but has revealed that she is not ready to add to their family just yet.

“I absolutely want biological children,” Megan told The Hollywood Reporter.
“I’ve always wanted kids. It’s just about the timing. I have it in my mind about what amount of money I want in the bank so that I can protect that child’s future, and really protect it, so that kid never struggles.
“Once I feel safe with that, then I’ll have kids.”

Megan recently put weight back on after being criticised for being too skinny and says she did it by ending her Vegan diet.
“For a year and a half, until about four months ago, I followed a strict vegan diet based on raw fruits and vegetables,” she told Amica magazine. “No bread, no sugar and coffee. But I had lost too much weight. Now I eat a bit of everything.”

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Daughter To Show Joan Crawford’s Naked Home Videos

Daughter To Show Joan Crawford’s Naked Home Videos

Not content with simply making her mother's name synonymous with bad parenting, Christina Crawford is developing a one-woman show in which she she'll share new details about her family — including never-before-seen home videos of a nude Joan Crawford. The play, which is titled Surviving Mommie Dearest, is based on her books Mommie Dearest and Survivor and Christina says it will offer "a much more complete story."


As for the videos, Christina says she's shocked her mother never destroyed them. She adds: "I never knew that they existed before a year ago and never saw them before a month ago ... I remembered her telling me about her married lover, Charles McCabe; however, I never saw photos of him till the home movies, when they were hunting, fishing and canoeing in the Poconos."

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Lindsay Lohan's drunken bloody night in NYC

I counting to LiLo to give us a pink wig moment soon...

Dlisted | Be Very Afraid
Thursday, September 15th 2011
These Messes



There definitely is a more creative and wittier headline out there (and it isn't coming from me), but that's the first thing I said out loud when I brought up these gorgeous portraits from the gutter. Then I went to pee (which stung, by the way, and I blame these pictures), sat back down and thought the same thing again. I was about to type "Look At What The Cat Dragged In," but that would've been factually incorrect on every level. I know some dirty skanky alley cats who consider a pigeon's anus as a meal and even they wouldn't put their mouths on either one of these bumbling busted bitches. It's like Courtney Stodden took her Dorian Gray portrait out for a 40. You decide which is which.

If you were in the Meatpacking District in Manhattan last night and were wondering why flies riding roaches riding rats were galloping through the streets in hoards headed uptown, it's because the living embodiment of Grey Gardens for the crack whore set came out to party. Just a mess. Lindsay Lohan looks like she's a shot away from spiraling into a drunk coma right there on the street while dumb-eyed White Oprah is too blinded by the fame to care.

LiLo: Um. Mom? The tequila went straight to my legs and turned them into worms. I'm just going to go mimi times on these strange looking tiny grey pillows.
White Oprah: HOLD ON TO YOUR 8-BALLS, BOYS! BAM! YES! BOOM!
LiLo: No, seriously, why is that man in a black hood carrying a scythe winking at me?
White Oprah: THE NAAAAAAME ON EVERYBODY'S LIPS IS GONNA BE...WHITE OPRAH!
LiLo: Where am I? I see a bright light.
White Oprah: IT'S THE CAMERAS, BABY! FLASHING FOR ME...I MEAN...US. SPARKLE, KITTEN, SPARKLE!"

Seriously, White Oprah is Lucifer in Chinese Laundry heels.

That being said, White Oprah has never looked hotter. Well, her look is very "tired Regan-era call girl who got demoted to the morning shift but still shows up to the hotel bar at 8pm on Saturday night like she's prime shit."

And LiLo might look like she's about to pass out, but apparently she got some energy when she got inside the V Magazine party at The Boom Boom Room. This happened:


@womensweardaily Women's Wear Daily
Lindsay Lohan just threw a full drink at a boy at V magazine party who dared to snap her pic. #NYFW
11 hours ago via web

The boy was a photographer for V Magazine who added this (via ONTD):


@JasperRischen Jasper Rischen
Wow. Lindsay Lohan is as trashy as they always say. She threw drinks and glasses to me as we tried to take a shot for @vmagazine. C.u.n.t.
11 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

And then this happened:


@Styleite Styleite
And now people are bleeding at the @vmagazine party. Not sure what's going on, but it's at Lindsay Lohan's table.
10 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone

To clarify: girl left in an ambulance but looked OK. FDNY were calm, took their time. Didn't look like a suicide attempt, just an accident.
9 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone

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January Jones is pregnant

January Jones Is Pregnant!
By Blaine Zuckerman

January Jones
Jason Merritt/Getty

Mad Men star January Jones is going to be a mom.

"January Jones is happy to announce that she is expecting her first child this fall," her rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.

While Jones is keeping quiet for now on any other details, a source close to her says, "She's really looking forward to this new chapter in her life as a single mom."

Jones, 33, will next be seen in X-Men: First Class.

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Beyonce & Jay-Z expecting their first child

Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com

Beyonce made a huge announcement outside L.A.'s Nokia Theater at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards: She's pregnant!

The Grammy-winning superstar, 29, covered up her bod in a gorgeous, loose-fitting red gown by Lanvin -- and announced her huge news to photographers.

It will be the first child for the singer and Jay-Z, her husband of three years.

Indeed, the couple has had babies on the brain for a while. "I always said I would have a baby at 30," Beyonce teased on a June 27 appearance on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight. The "Best Thing I Never Had" singer turns 30 September 4.

She and rapper-mogul Jay-Z (real name: Shawn Carter), 41, tied the knot in NYC in April 2008.

""He is amazing," she gushed of her guy, adding that he was a "good man."

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Clint Eastwood Breaks His Legendary Silence On The Issue Of Gay Marriage

FINALLY (served in a bowl of sarcasm)! Everybody who has been on the fence of gay marriage can hop off that fence and come to our fence (which looks like this and is way more fun) now that Clint Eastwood has said in so many words that he's all for gays marrying other gays. Clint, who just finished directing that J. Edgard Hoover biopic, tells GQ (via Reuters) that gay marriage haters should just go ahead and replace their "I Hate Gay Marriage" lawn sign with an "I Don't Give A Fuck" law sign.

"These people who are making a big deal about gay marriage? I don't give a fuck about who wants to get married to anybody else! Why not?! We're making a big deal out of things we shouldn't be making a deal out of ... Just give everybody the chance to have the life they want."

You know, Clint is 81 years old and people who are 81 years old don't give a fuck about much. When you reach the canned peaches for dessert phase of your life, you pretty much retire from giving a fuck. Let's try out my theory by using canned peaches as an example since I already brought up canned peaches.

Hey, Clint, what do you think about some people putting light cottage cheese on their canned peaches?

"These people who are making a big deal about light cottage cheese on canned peaches? I don't give a fuck about putting light cottage cheese on canned peaches! Why not?! We're making a big deal out of things we shouldn't be making a deal out of ... Just give everybody the chance to have the life they want."

See. It works for everything.

But thanks for that "Go Ahead and Make My Gay...Your Husband" line, Clint! Now can you please make up for the fact that you ruined the movie version of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by writing a 10-part movie series based on the life and times of The Lady Chablis starring The Lady Chablis:

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Alexander Skarsgard Jokes: I Lost My Virginity in 8 Seconds

It's hard be the star of a sexed-up series like True Blood and not be asked about your own sex life.
And yet, when Men's Journal quizzes Alexander Skarsgard about when he lost his virginity, the October cover boy deadpans: "That was 2008, I think. Best eight seconds of my life."
Though he's been named Sweden's Sexiest Man five times running, the 35-year-old doesn't take the title too seriously. "Every single day, I wake up and look in the mirror and think, 'Five times, mother--ker. Five times.'"
All kidding aside, the Straw Dogs star says he hopes to one day be recognized for his talents -- and not just his model good looks.
"You tend to get a lot of offers that are, like, the hot guy," Skarsgard tells Men's Journal. "And those parts aren't very fun. I hope there's something more to me than my pecs."

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Give us a kiss! Newlyweds Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall mark their marriage with a tender embrace

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Middleton and Prince William married earlier this year, they delighted the crowds as they shared a kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
And while Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall's wedding wasn't quite on the same scale today, the pair still followed in the tradition by giving onlookers what they were after with a public embrace outside the Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh.
The pair emerged from the church beaming from ear to ear after becoming husband and wife in a 45-minute ceremony.




  Give us a kiss! Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall share a tender embrace outside the church after getting married

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Newlyweds: Zara and Tindall make their way out of the church a married couple


Newlyweds Zara and Tindall then made their way to the nearby Holyrood House for the evening reception.
Zara, 30, had arrived five minutes late for her nuptials, but smiled widely as she made her way into the church.

The bride wore a stunning ivory dress by Edinburgh-trained designer Stewart Parvin, which featured a short train, and teamed it with a beautiful silk veil as she made her way in to marry her groom.

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Beaming: The newlyweds glowed with happiness as they posed for their photographer outside the church


The dress had a chevron pleated bodice, ending in inverted pleats on a dropped waist, creating a bell-shaped silhouette, and also included a concealed structured corset as well as silk tulle straps that fell into a V-shape at the back.
Zara accessorised the dress with The Meander Tiara, lent to her by mother Princess Anne.

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Radiant: Zara Phillips is led into Canongate Kirk by her father Mark Phillips as she prepares to marry Mike Tindall




Simple but chic: The ivory dress perfectly suited Zara's slim frame



Following the wedding ceremony, Zara and Tindall posed up for photographers outside the church, kissing to the cheers from the excited well-wishers.

The crowd on Edinburgh's Royal Mile had been waiting hours for the bride to arrive, and spontaneously cheered as her car arrived.

Zara's father, Captain Mark Phillips stepped out first and walked round the limousine to meet his daughter who was facing the church.

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Nervous? The bride looked slightly apprehensive as she arrived at the venue

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Beautiful: Zara had a silk veil over her face, and a pretty diamond tiara on her head



Zara briefly waved back to the crowd who were still shouting and cheering at her, before the bride and her father were greeted by the Reverend Neil Gardner. and made their way inside.
Earlier in the day, rugby player Tindall looked the picture of calm as he arrived at the church for his wedding.

The 32-year-old sportsman looked smart in a black jacket, grey pinstriped trousers, a grey waistcoat, white shirt and grey tie, teamed with an ivory buttonhole flower.

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Jovial: Mike Tindall appeared the picture of calm as he arrived at the venue

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This time a few months ago, it was us! Kate and William reminisce about their nuptials as they arrive



Smart siblings: William, the Duke of Cambridge, and brother Prince Harry both looked dapper for the occasion

Showing no signs of nerves, Tindall smiled and waved as he posed for photographers before making his way into the venue.
Zara's mother Princess Anne was among the first of the royal family members to arrive, and made her way in wearing a floral jacket, red on-trend pleated skirt with her hair swept up in a chic up 'do.
Prince Charles looked dapper in his grey suit, while Camilla Parker-Bowles opted for a mint-green skirt suit and large headpiece.

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True blue: Princess Beatrice opted for a bright blue suit and matching hat as she arrived at Canongate Kirk








Stylish sisters: Beatrice went for blue while her sister Eugenie opted for a cream and brown number

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Pretty in peach: The Queen was the last of the royal family members to arrive

Meanwhile, Princess Beatrice went for a bright outfit in blue embellished skirt and suit jacket, while her sister Eugenie sported an oyster satin fitted jacket with high collar and two chocolate silk-covered buttons.
The jacket had a flared bustle and large oyster bow to the back, lined in chocolate silk. The chocolate silk dress was fitted at the waist with a waistband covered in Swarovski crystals.

She wore a large sinamay silk angled hat in chocolate brown with oyster coloured feathers.

The bridesmaids wore beautiful ivory dresses, the youngest of the party going for pretty tulle skirts, while the maid of honour wore dove grey.

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Good spirits: The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall arrive for the wedding






Mother of the bride: Princess Anne wore a red pleated skirt and floral jacket while Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, wore a pretty taupe outfit

The Queen was the last member of the royal family to arrive before the bride, wearing a smart peach coloured outfit.

Other guests for the nuptials included Coronation Street actress Katherine Kelly, who cut a stunning appearance in a blush coloured dress, orange hat and matching accessories.
Talking recently about how she knows Tindall, Kelly said: 'I went to school in Wakefield with Mike. Our parents live in the same village and we’ve stayed really good mates.'



Smiles all round: The groom looked smart in his black tails jacket, which he teamed with grey pinstriped trousers and a matching waistcoat and tie

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What's so funny? Tindall shares a joke with his bridal party as he waits for his bride to arrive

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Ready to rumble: Tindall and his bridal party make their way into the church

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Classic: The bridesmaids wore cute ivory dresses while maid of honour Dolly Maude looked amazing in her high-necked gown, also made by Parvin

The Saturdays singer Una Healy, who knows the couple thanks to her partner, rugby player Ben Foden, donned a strapless black and turquoise dress, which she paired with a cream hat and sky-high heels.
Radio and TV presenter Natalie Pinkham wore a pretty red backless dress with a beige hat, while sports presenter Kirsty Gallacher opted for a colourful number with nude shoes.

Sports names including Tindall's teammate Ben Youngs, former rugby union coach Clive Woodward, former rugby player Austin Healey and England manager Martin Johnson were also among the guests, with racing driver Jackie Stewart and Irish jockey AP McCoy also putting in an appearance.






Stylish: Coronation Street star Katherine Kelly was among the first guests to arrive for Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall's wedding in Edinburgh today

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Sophisticated: The Saturdays singer Una Healy wore a pretty black and turquoise strapless dress as she attended with her boyfriend, rugby player Ben Foden



The spectacle had a party atmosphere as the crowd waiting opposite the church cheered and clapped whenever a face they recognised walked into the 17th century church.

And when their view of the guest arriving was obscured by the coaches they jokingly shouted at the drivers to back up.
Crowds started to gather on Edinburgh's Royal Mile this morning in anticipation of the nuptials.




Leggy ladies: Natalie Pinkham wore a backless red dress while Kirsty Gallacher opted for a colourful number with nude heels

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Nice hat! Olympic Skeleton racer Amy Williams donned a pretty nude-coloured dress and matching hat as she arrived for the nuptials
Around 30 people had camped out overnight to ensure they had a front-row view of the event. Many had brought sleeping bags and deck chairs as they eagerly waited to see the bride and groom.
Police placed barriers all along the street, and the bottom of the Royal Mile had been closed off to traffic.
Throughout the morning more spectators started to filter onto the pavements, hoping to catch a glimpse of members of the royal family as they arrive at the church.







Rugby faces: (Left to right) Clive Woodward, Ben Youngs and Martin Johnson make their way inside







Suited and booted: Andrew Parker-Bowles and racing driver Jackie Stewart look smart for the occasion

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Arriving in style? A coach pulls up outside the venue carrying celebrity guests including Kelly (orange hat just seen)


The nearby Palace of Holyroodhouse, the monarch's official Scottish home, is the venue for the wedding reception and likely to stage the evening dinner where best man Iain Balshaw, Tindall's former Gloucester and England team mate, will give his speech.
Amongst the Kirk's distinctive pale blue pews, senior members of the royal family will be seated, including the Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Harry.
William and Kate are also expected amongst the royal guests along with Zara's brother Peter and wife Autumn and the Duke of York and his daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie.
Taking pride of place at the kirk will be Zara's parents the Princess Royal and Captain Mark Phillips, with their spouses Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence and Sandy Pflueger, respectively, and Tindall's mother Linda and father Phil.

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Ready and waiting: Crowds line the streets outside the venue waiting for a glimpse of the blushing bride

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A beautiful day for a wedding: Locals wave flags as they watch and wait for Zara's arrival
The bride and groom were be married by the Reverend Neil Gardner in the 17th Century place of worship that is the official kirk of the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
Another couple who had planned to wed in the Royal Mile church today had to be persuaded to change venues to allow Mike and Zara to use the kirk

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Getting ready: Last-minute preparations are made to Canongate Kirk ahead of the wedding

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Decorations: A worker adjusts the beautiful floral display above the door at Canongate Kirk



Graphic designer Cherith Harrison and her lifeguard fiance Gregg Walter were asked by royal officials if they would move to another setting and agreed.

The event is a major boost for the Scottish capital already full with tourists who have travelled to the city for its world famous arts festival which starts in a few days.

But royal officials stressed the nuptials are a low-key family affair for close relatives and friends of the couple.





Gearing up: Residents in Edinburgh are no doubt looking forward to the big day, with one women wishing the royal couple luck with a banner hung over her balcony



ZARA WILL KEEP HER OWN SURNAME





Zara Phillips is believed to be setting a royal precedent by not taking the surname of the man she is marrying.
Royal brides have always adopted the name of their spouses following the exchange of wedding vows.

Even when they marry commoners, members of the monarchy adopt the moniker of their partners.
Lady Helen Windsor, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, took on the name of her husband Timothy Taylor when the pair married in 1992.

And when Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, daughter of Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon, wed Daniel Chatto in 1994 she took on his name.

Zara's decision appears to be based on the fact she wants to preserve her sporting persona and her business interests.

The royal is a former equestrian world champion who is known throughout her chosen sport as Zara Phillips.

In 2003 she became the first royal to accept a sponsorship deal with spread betting company Cantor Index.

She has gone on to sign a number of deals with other businesses which help fund her sporting interests so she also has to maintain a recognisable name for commercial reasons.

It is not known if at a later date she will adopt a married name like Cherie Blair, the wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who also known by her maiden name Cherie Booth when working as a lawyer.

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