Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall given 40,000 palace by the Queen for wedding reception
Try not to wreck the place, Mike: Queen gives Zara 40,000 wedding gift by “hiring” her own palace for reception
11:59 AM on 25th July 2011
Lavish: The Palace of Holyroodhouse which will be shut for five days for the wedding this weekend
Zara Phillips and fiance Mike Tindall leave the wedding reception for Prince William and Catherine Middleton at Buckingham Palace in April – on Saturday they tie the knot themselves
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Likes a drink: Tindall and friends racked up a 12k bar bill during his hedonistic stag weekend last month, downing beers in the pool and drinking wine straight from the carafe
LAVISH VENUE FOR WEDDING RECEPTION
Church: The couple will marry at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, whose Royal associations stretch back centuries
The Queen has offered the use of her Scottish residence for her granddaughter”s wedding reception
Britannia was decommissioned in 1997, but will host the Royal Family once again on Friday night
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be among the royal guests at Zara Phillips” wedding to Mike Tindall on Saturday