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Prior to the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/royalwedding/">wedding ceremony</a>, Kate Middleton and her father, Michael, traveled to Westminster Abbey in a 1978 Rolls-Royce Phantom VI. The car, which belongs to the queen, was built to celebrate her 25th anniversary on the throne. It's powered by a 380 cubic-inch V-8 and is the same car in which Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, were <a href="http://www.insideline.com/rolls-royce/phantom/1977-rolls-royce-phantom-vi-chosen-to-drive-bride-to-royal-wedding.html">attacked </a> in December 2010.<br>
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<a href="http://framework.latimes.com/2011/04/29/royal-wedding-london-prince-william-kate-middleton/#/0"><b>Photo gallery: Prince William and Kate Middleton are married</b></a><br>
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<a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/royalwedding/"><b>Full coverage: The royal wedding</b></a><br>
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<i>--David Undercoffler, Auto Critic</i>

Rolls-Royce Phantom VI

( AFP/Getty Images / April 29, 2011 )

Prior to the wedding ceremony, Kate Middleton and her father, Michael, traveled to Westminster Abbey in a 1978 Rolls-Royce Phantom VI. The car, which belongs to the queen, was built to celebrate her 25th anniversary on the throne. It's powered by a 380 cubic-inch V-8 and is the same car in which Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, were attacked in December 2010.

Photo gallery: Prince William and Kate Middleton are married

Full coverage: The royal wedding

--David Undercoffler, Auto Critic

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