London: With millions watching the Royal wedding of the newly-married Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Friday in London, billions of photographs must have been taken.
It's one iconic picture, however, that was splashed across the front pages of most daily UK newspapers on Saturday - the couple's first kiss as husband and wife on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
Best-selling tabloid red-tops, famous for their puns, all took the kiss picture full front page. The Sun kept steady with a pun, making a joke about the fact that the new Duke and Duchess actually kissed twice on the balcony: "You wait years for a royal kiss then two come along at once," as is often said of London buses.
The Daily Star and Daily Mirror took more romantic and patriotic tones with headlines reading "One beautiful bride… one great day to be British", and "Let's give then another kiss… I love you," respectively. The Daily Express also took the photo full-page and took two small headlines: "William & Kate's perfect day" and "Sealed with a double kiss".
The picture says it all
Some newspapers let the iconic picture say it all, and didn't even include a headline. The Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail simply printed the kiss picture in full on their front pages.
The Times also went to press without a headline, simply printing "William & Catherine 29.04.11" with the image of the happy couple taking a drive down the Mall in the car specially decorated by Prince Harry.
The Independent bucked all trends in terms of front pages, shunning the iconic picture and instead printing an original artwork of the kiss by controversial contemporary artist Tracey Emin.
While perhaps not the most important story for its readers, the Financial Times and The Guardian still lead with the wedding and the balcony kiss, but its oversized weekend banner forced the page-one picture down below the fold. The impact of the iconic image was lost underneath the fold, despite being five columns wide.
Most - if not all - took the advantage of the wedding being on a Friday, to publish their regular large weekend pages and supplements, but also to use the space for special Royal wedding supplements.
The Sun published a 20-page special by its Royal photographer Arthur Edwards, who also shot pictures of Charles and Diana's wedding and balcony kiss 30 years before.
The Daily Telegraph took advantage of its broadsheet size to publish an eight-page pictorial, while the Daily Mail and The Times published larger, bumper souvenir-size editions.
