Will and Kate spend their anniversary at friend's wedding

Posted 04/29/2012 3:46 PM PT by Kristina Lopez

Prince William and Kate Middleton, known as The Duchess of Cambridge, celebrated their first anniversary weekend at the wedding of Middleton's friend.

The royal couple, who tied the knot on April 29, 2011, attended the quiet ceremony of Hannah Gillingham and Robert Carter on April 28, according to Us magazine.

Middleton's sister Pippa was also at the wedding, which was held at St. Andrews Church in Wingfield, England.

After the wedding was over, Prince William, 29, and Middleton, 30, reportedly returned to their home in Anglesey, Wales. The magazine reports that a royal aide said the two have "been looking forward to a very special day at home" for their anniversary.

Earlier this month, Middleton made her Madame Tussauds wax museum debut. The wax museum made three different figures for each royal. The duchess' figures wear three different dresses that are replicas of outfits she has worn in real life at public events.

The company had said last year that it planned to book a meeting between its sculptors and the duchess to create a figure for her. Each one costs about $200,000 and is molded and painted over the course of about four months.

The duchess is considered by many to be a fashion icon was voted as one of the "Most Trusted Celebrities" last year. She also made the list of the Most Desirable Woman of 2012.

See photos of the Royal couple's figures at Madame Tussauds in London, New York and Amsterdam.

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Family, friends attend wake for Officer Figoski

  NEW YORK (WABC) -- Hundreds of officers, friends, and family came together on Long Island Saturday to remember a New York City police officer killed in the line of duty.

Officer Peter Figoski was killed while responding to a call in Brooklyn on Monday.

He shot once in the face when he responded to a report of a break-in, and he died hours later. His death is felt by law enforcement officials across the area; men and women in blue who along with Figoski's family mourn his loss.

He has four daughters, two in high school and two in college.

The four grieving daughters walked into the funeral home in Babylon, a start to the goodbyes to their fallen father.

"You couldn't get a more doting father. His four lovely daughters they were his life," Former NYPD officer Ricky Giordano said.

Tear-filled daughters, siblings, parents followed in by Officer Figoski's family on the force.

"You didn't lose just a coworker, you lost a dear friend. Everybody knew him. Guys are coming up to me like it's my loss, yeah it is my loss because he was a best friend, he was a brother to me, but it's everyone who knew him's loss," Giordano said.

The officer's former partner of ten years recalled the man honored as being a hero every day of his 22 years in the NYPD.

Not just on that dark Brooklyn street Monday morning when he was so savagely shot in the head. "Here's an officer taken from us in the prime of his life, killed for simply doing his job. He was responding to a call, never had a chance to defend himself," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.

It is that dedication to the community he served these officers carry heavily in their hearts as they wait in line to pay their respects.

Grieving for a man whose death friends say so sadly reflects a life lived with pure honor.

"He had an aura about him that was of pure dedication to his loved ones, to his community, to the city of New York," friend Liz O'Handley.

The wake continues Sunday from 2 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. at Boyd Funeral Home, 448 West Main Street, Babylon, NY.

Funeral Mass will be held Monday morning at 11:00 a.m. at St. Josephs Church, 39 North Carll Avenue, Babylon, NY.

Police arrested five suspects in connection to the shooting.

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