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 Eight months after the Prince of Wales and Camilla 
 Parker Bowles married at Windsor's Guildhall, the venue will witness 
 another high profile union - the gay "wedding" between Sir Elton John and 
 David Furnish.
  Sir Elton and Mr Furnish yesterday joined hundreds of other same-sex 
 couples across the country by officially registering their civil partnership ceremony on the first available 
 date.
  The formal notice announcing the event, which will be held on Dec 21 
 after a mandatory 15-day waiting period, was 
 put on public display at Maidenhead Town Hall in Berkshire.
  The couple listed their address as Windsor and Maidenhead alongside 
 their dates of birth and a description of their occupations, musician and 
 film-maker.
  The ceremony will be conducted by Clair Williams, the same registrar 
 who officiated at the royal wedding in April.
  Mary Rose Gliksten, the leader of Windsor and Maidenhead council, said 
 she was confident the 17th-century Guildhall would provide an elegant 
 venue for the couple.
  "Sir Elton and Mr Furnish are making a solemn and formal commitment to 
 each other and our Guildhall offers them both dignity and privacy," she 
 said.
  "We wish them both much happiness for their important day."
  She added that the authority would work with Thames Valley Police to 
 manage the crowds that are expected for the event.
  Sir Elton recently said the couple wanted a "very low-key" ceremony 
 with only their parents as witnesses, but it is likely to be followed by a 
 lavish party at Sir Elton's åK½ï¿½12 
 million home.
  The very first ceremonies under the new Civil Partnerships Act can take 
 place in Northern Ireland on Dec 19, followed by Scotland the next day and 
 England and Wales on Dec 21. 
  More than 1,200 ceremonies have been registered already and Brighton on 
 the south coast is emerging as one of the most popular English venues, but 
 there is also huge demand in other cities.
  Meg Munn, the minister for equality, said the Government expected 4,500 
 couples to become "partnered" in the first year.
  "This is an important piece of legislation that gives legal recognition 
 to relationships that until now were invisible in the eyes of the law," 
 Miss Munn said.
  "It accords people in same-sex relationships the same sort of rights 
 and responsibilities that are available to married couples.
   "We know there are people 
 who have been together maybe 40 years and have been waiting for the 
 chance to do this kind of thing, because of the important differences it makes 
 to their lives."
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