<p>Bookies had to pay out 10 million pounds after Royal Wedding won by three lengths in steeplechase at Fontwell, Sussex.<br /><br />Having odds of 4-1, the horse was backed by millions of "hunch" punters, The Sun reported.<br /><br />The horse won the race barely six hours after William and Kate tied the knot at Westminster Abbey. <br /><br />"This horse has given us bookies a massive kick in the crown jewels. Royal Wedding backers are over the moon. <br /><br />"Loyal royalists who kept the faith have scooped a small fortune," a spokesman of the betting firm Ladbrokes was quoted as saying.<br /><br />Royal Wedding was not the only aptly named horse to score a win.<br /><br />A horse called Party Politics won the Grand National just five days before the 1992 General Election. <br /><br />In 1973 when Princess Anne married Captain Mark Phillips, a horse called Royal Mark had won.</p>
<p>Bookies had to pay out 10 million pounds after Royal Wedding won by three lengths in steeplechase at Fontwell, Sussex.<br /><br />Having odds of 4-1, the horse was backed by millions of "hunch" punters, The Sun reported.<br /><br />The horse won the race barely six hours after William and Kate tied the knot at Westminster Abbey. <br /><br />"This horse has given us bookies a massive kick in the crown jewels. Royal Wedding backers are over the moon. <br /><br />"Loyal royalists who kept the faith have scooped a small fortune," a spokesman of the betting firm Ladbrokes was quoted as saying.<br /><br />Royal Wedding was not the only aptly named horse to score a win.<br /><br />A horse called Party Politics won the Grand National just five days before the 1992 General Election. <br /><br />In 1973 when Princess Anne married Captain Mark Phillips, a horse called Royal Mark had won.</p>