the wedding day, which was on the twenty-fifth birthday of her older brother, charles, prince of wales was declared special bank holiday and a global estimated audience of 500 million watched the westminster abbey ceremony, with large crowds lining the streets on the wedding day. although phillips was technically a lieutenant in the army at the time of the marriage, he was also an acting captain and was styled as such. princess anne was accompanied to the ceremony in the glass state coach by her father, the duke of edinburgh. the ceremony featured many ceremonial aspects, including use of the state carriages and roles for the household cavalry, irish guards, and coldstream guards. a tall icy wedding cake with silver tiers was prepared for the ceremony. tiers of the cake were formed in the shape of a hexagon, and "a statue of a female jockey leaping a fence" was placed on top of it as a tribute to anne's career as an equestrian.