<P> On the day of the wedding, the Metropolitan Police Service made "pre-emptive" moves, applying blanket stop - and - search powers and arresting 52 people, including 13 arrested at Charing Cross station in possession of anti-monarchy placards and "climbing equipment". Five people, three of whom wearing zombie make - up, were arrested "on suspicion of planning a breach of the peace" when they entered a branch of Starbucks . At a peaceful protest in Soho Square, a man was arrested by plain clothes police . Chief Inspector John Dale claimed "He had articles on him to cause criminal damage". Police described the overall security operation as an "amazing success". </P> <P> In Scotland, twenty - one people were arrested at an unofficial "street party" in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow which saw "completely unacceptable levels" of drunkenness, according to Strathclyde Police . A taxi driver died on 10 May from injuries sustained when his cab was struck by a police van attending the Kelvingrove incident . </P> <P> Despite reports that the couple would leave for their honeymoon the day after their wedding, Prince William immediately returned to his work as a search - and - rescue pilot, and the couple did not depart until 9 May, ten days after their wedding . The location of the honeymoon was initially kept secret . Although the press speculated that they might be headed to locations such as South America, Jordan, and Kenya, the couple ultimately decided to honeymoon for 10 days on a secluded villa on a private island in the Seychelles . On the morning of 21 May, a spokesman for St. James's Palace announced that the couple had returned to the United Kingdom . The length of the honeymoon was limited by William's RAF duties and the couple's official scheduled tour to Canada and the United States . </P>

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