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The Queen wears yellow to royal wedding

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth arrives at Westminster Abbey in London, April 29, 2011. CBS

(CBS) The Queen arrived at Westminster Abbey wearing yellow.

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According the official wedding website, Her Majesty the Queen was wearing an Angela Kelly-designed single crepe wool primrose dress with hand-sown beading at the neck in the shape of sun rays and a matching double crepe wool tailored primrose coat.

To go with it, she wore an Angela Kelly-designed matching crepe hat with handmade silk roses and matching apricot colored leaves.

Kate Middleton was wearing a Sarah Burton-designed dress. Burton is the creative director for Alexander McQueen.

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