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Now and then: How Prince William and Duchess Kate's royal wedding guests' lives have changed since 2011

By Heather Cichowski

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Then: Elton John and David Furnish

Elton John and David Furnish were a few of the celebrities in attendance at the 2011 royal wedding.

At that point, the long-time couple had been in a civil partnership for over five years. They made it official on Dec. 21, 2005, the day the Civil Partnership Act came into effect in the United Kingdom.

They were relatively new parents, having welcomed son Zachary on Dec. 25, 2010 via surrogate.

Elton had last released a studio album in 2006, with The Captain & the Kid and a collaboration album with Leon Russell in 2010 called The Union. The Gnomeo & Juliet: Original Soundtrack came out in February 2011 which featured the singer and longtime collaborator lyricist Bernie Taupin.

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Then: Queen Letizia and King Felipe

Queen Letizia  and Prince Felipe attended the royal wedding with Queen Sofia  (left).

Felipe was a prince and Letizia was a princess at the time.

The couple's daughters, Princess Leonor and Princess Sofia, did not attend the wedding. The girls were 5 and 4, respectively, at the time.

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Then: Princess Eugenie

Princess Eugenie joined elder sister Princess Beatrice for their cousin William's wedding.

The 21-year-old was still working on her post-secondary studies at Newcastle University, were she focused on Art History, Politics and English Literature.

Although she is not a working royal, she has undertaken public engagements. Her first solo engagement was for the opening of a new unit for Teenage Cancer Trust in Leeds back in 2008.

It is believed she met future husband Jack Brooksbank in 2010 in Verbier.

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Now: Princess Eugenie

About a month after Kate and William's wedding, Eugenie and Jack attended their first big royal event together. They stepped out to Royal Ascot on June 18, 2011.

Eugenie graduated from university in 2012, gaining a bachelor's degree and a 2:1 honours.

In 2013, she moved to New York to work at online auction house Paddle 8 for three-and-half-years and she and Jack's relationship went long distance.

In 2015, the Princess of York returned to London and started work at Hauser & Wirth art gallery.

The couple were engaged in January 2018 and wed that October at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, with Prince George and Princess Charlotte part of the bridal party! (pictured)

On Feb. 9, 2021, Eugenie and Jack , son August Philip Hawke Brooksbank.

The 31-year-old has worked privately with a number of charities in the last decade, including establishing  with best friend Julia de Boinville in 2017. 

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