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Earlier this week we invited you to our Yahoo!7 Answers Royal Wedding Week!

As it comes to an end, we wanted to thank our whole community for telling their proposal stories and sharing their tips on planning a perfect wedding.

Today, after much discussion about the gown, the guests, the vows, and much more, the long-awaited nuptials finally happened. As the beautiful bride walked down the aisle to the choral anthem “I Was Glad” by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, the prince now has his princess.

Congrats to Prince William and his princess, Catherine!

In celebration of the royal wedding, we wanted to ask our community one more question. We’ll award 100 bonus points to the user with the best answer. Now that the couple has said “I do”, we want to know…

Question: What is the secret to a lifelong successful marriage?

If you missed the royal wedding or want the latest details on the big event, please visit our Yahoo! Royal Wedding Page.

Thanks for reading!

Photo by Wedding Paraphernalia.

Planning a wedding is not easy for most, myself included.

From my personal experiences thus far in organising my own wedding for later this year, it requires the following: military genius, diplomacy, haggling and sheer luck!

Not all of us are blessed with the options and resources available to William and Kate, so how do we amongst the common people manage it? It’s time to share your tips and help all future brides out:

• What are some tips or advice on planning a successful wedding?

And in honour of the Royal Wedding on Yahoo!7 Answers, the best answer will be awarded 100 bonus points!

So get sharing!

Kate
Community Manager

Photo by The British Monarchy.

Cue “Here Comes the Bride”: The wedding season will be here before you know it and what better way to start than the wedding of the decade. This week, as the world watches Prince William and Kate Middleton say “I do,” we invite you to Yahoo! Answers Royal Wedding Week.

As Prince William and Kate walk down the aisle this Friday, on April 29th, we’d like to hear your stories, secrets, and tips from your special day or upcoming nuptials.

To celebrate the most anticipated wedding, we’ll ask three questions this week and encourage you to share your moments and/or dreams. In addition, we’ll award the winning answers 100 bonus points.

The first question is about a moment that no one will ever forget…

Question:  How did your significant other propose to you?

Royal wedding photos
To see pictures of the royal family, please visit our Flickr page here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishmonarchy/

And much more
If you can’t get enough of all the Royal Wedding hype, check out our Yahoo!7 Royal Wedding Page for more details and information including the schedule of events for the big day!

Check back on Wednesday and Friday for our second and third wedding question!

Thanks for reading,
Yahoo!7 Answers Team

Photo by kiwinz.

This coming Monday, the 25th of April, is ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand.

This day originally commemorated the landing of allied troops at Gallipoli during the First World War, but now serves a day to recognise all those who have served our two countries.

Over the next week, we will be hearing a lot about “the ANZAC Spirit”. We’d like to know a bit more about it:

• What is the ANZAC Spirit and how have you seen this displayed recently?

What do you think the ANZAC Spirit is? If you’ve seen an example of this spirit lately, let us know by leaving a comment below!

Kate
Community Manager

The familiar sight of HMAS Adelaide alongside Glebe Island Wharf will be no more, as the decommissioned warship begins the journey today, to her final resting place off the NSW central coast.

HMAS Adelaide (II) was a long-range guided-missile frigate, serving from 1980 to 2008. She was the second Royal Australian Naval vessel to carry the name; the first HMAS Adelaide was a light cruiser serving during from 1922 until World War 2. She was the first of the Adelaide class delivered to the Navy and has five sister vessels, 4 of which are still in service – Canberra, Sydney, Darwin, Melbourne and Newcastle.

Some of the ship’s roles were:

• area air defence
• anti-submarine warfare
• surveillance
• reconnaissance
• interdiction

She saw service in the first Gulf War, participated in peacekeeping operations in East Timor in 1999 and the Gulf in 2001 and 2004.

HMAS Adelaide is due to be sunk off Avoca Beach tomorrow, with the wreck to become an artificial reef to serve as a diving site. The planned scuttling of HMAS Adelaide has not been without controversy, it has already been delayed a year after environmental group “No Ship Action” won an injunction. The ship has since been stripped of hazardous materials, such as lead.

Have you ever been on board the Adelaide or another Naval vessel? What was your experience like? Tell us about it in the comments below!

Kate
Community Manager

On Yahoo!7 Answers, there are lots of ways to receive recognition for hard work, quality Answers, and interesting Questions — they take can take the shape of thumbs up, stars, or Best Answers – these are all controlled by you, the Answers community.

In addition to this, Yahoo!7 Answers also has something called the “Best of Answers” module. This rotating module featured on the Answers homepage showcases some of the quirky and interesting content that we come across on the Answers site. Typically this content is handpicked by a combination of Yahoo!7 Answers team members and editorial team members who surf the site looking for interesting questions that might pique your interest.

We know that each day, each of you, come across potentially hundreds of interesting, quirky, and fantastic questions that YOU consider “the best of Answers” — so we want to see them!

What’s the catch, and what are the rules?

• Questions must have been asked and answered within the last 3 months – freshness matters!
• No questions containing profanity, obscenity, relating to sex, alcohol, etc.
• Questions must follow the Community Guidelines.
• Answers should be thorough and complete and should NOT be plagiarised. Here’s an example of a good question and answer: Is eating the inside of an orange peel good for you?
  
• Question and answer should be relatively free from typos and grammatical errors.

What do I get if my question is picked?

If we select your question and feature it in the “Best of Answers” module, we’ll award whoever suggested the question to us, 100 extra points on Answers.

Ok, so where do I submit my questions?

Think you have a winner on your hands? Submit your questions to us via email at: y_answrs_team_au@yahoo.com.au

If we select your question, we’ll send you an email notifying you that your question has been selected and you should see the bonus points in your account shortly.

We can’t wait to see what types of questions you send our way, so start searching the site, scouring your watchlist, and sharing your favourites with the team!