Royal couple leave by helicopter from Buckingham Palace.
30 April 2011 Last updated at 12:05 GMT
The new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have left Buckingham Palace by helicopter, following a day and night of marriage celebrations.
They departed on Saturday for an undisclosed location. They have asked the media for privacy and no details of a honeymoon have been released.
On Friday night they celebrated with dinner and dancing at the palace, with about 300 friends and family.
Meanwhile Clarence House has released some official wedding photographs.
Prince William and his wife Catherine emerged hand-in-hand from Buckingham Palace's garden entrance on Saturday morning.
The duchess wore a light blue dress, dark jacket and platform shoes.
The couple, who had spent the night at the Queen's official London home, stopped briefly to chat to two Royal Household footmen before boarding the helicopter.
'A little jaded'The reception at the palace on Friday night, hosted by the Prince of Wales, is believed to have featured Prince Harry's best man speech and Michael Middleton's father-of-the-bride address.
The bride wore a white evening gown by Sarah Burton, who created her wedding dress, to the event.
Her sister Pippa changed for the party into a long emerald green sleeveless dress with a jewelled embellishment on the front and a plunging neckline.
Middleton family friend Tony Ainsworth said: "I hear everyone's talking about Pippa. She looked stunning. She's the most eligible girl in the country right now."
The duchess's family, along with some of their guests, stayed at the exclusive Goring hotel near the palace.
Mr Ainsworth, from Dorset, said outside the hotel that the wedding had been "an historic occasion".
"After the concerns of getting to the church on time, it all went smoothly.
"We had a party at the hotel last night that went on well into the evening, so we're feeling a little jaded this morning."
He said the bride's parents had made an appearance after attending the reception at Buckingham Palace.
The official photographs of Prince William and Catherine's wedding were released on Saturday, as the couple departed.
The pictures were taken in Buckingham Palace's throne room immediately after the bride and groom arrived from their marriage service at Westminster Abbey on Friday.
Three photos have been released, with one showing the couple alone, and a second that includes their bridesmaids and pageboys.
The final image adds the bride and groom's parents - the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and Michael and Carole Middleton - along with the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, best man Prince Harry, the bride's sister and maid of honour Pippa, and brother James.
(BBC)
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