Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
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Diana and Charles on their wedding day
Date 29 July 1981; 40 years ago[1]
Venue St Paul's Cathedral
Location London, England
Participants
Charles, Prince of Wales
Lady Diana Spencer
The
wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer took place on
Wednesday, 29 July 1981,[1] at St Paul's Cathedral in London, United
Kingdom. The groom was the heir apparent to the British and Commonwealth
thrones, and the bride was a member of the Spencer family.
The
ceremony was a traditional Church of England wedding service. Alan
Webster, Dean of St Paul's, presided at the service, and Robert Runcie,
Archbishop of Canterbury, conducted the marriage. Notable figures in
attendance included many members of other royal families, republican
heads of state, and members of the bride's and groom's families. After
the ceremony, the couple made the traditional appearance on the balcony
of Buckingham Palace. The United Kingdom had a national holiday on that
day to mark the wedding.[2] The ceremony featured many ceremonial
aspects, including use of the state carriages and roles for the Foot
Guards and Household Cavalry.
Their marriage was widely billed as
a "fairytale wedding" and the "wedding of the century". It was watched
by an estimated global television audience of 750 million people.[2][3]
Events were held around the Commonwealth to mark the wedding. Many
street parties were held throughout the United Kingdom to celebrate the
occasion. The couple separated in 1992 and divorced in 1996 after
fifteen years of marriage.
Engagement
Prince Charles had
known Lady Diana Spencer for several years. They first met in 1977 while
Charles was dating her elder sister Lady Sarah.[4] He took serious
interest in her as a potential bride in 1980 when they were guests at a
country weekend, where she watched him play polo. He invited her for a
sailing weekend to Cowes aboard the royal yacht Britannia as their
relationship began to develop. This was followed by an invitation to
Balmoral Castle, the Royal family's Scottish home, to meet his
family.[5][6] Diana was well received at Balmoral by the Queen, Prince
Philip, and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. The couple then had
several dates in London. Diana and Charles had been seeing each other
for about six months when he proposed on 3 February 1981 in the nursery
at Windsor Castle. Diana had planned a holiday for the next week, and
Charles hoped she would use the time to consider her answer.[7] Diana
accepted, but their engagement was kept secret for the next few
weeks.[8] Diana later claimed that the couple had met only 13 times in
total before the announcement of their engagement.[9]
The wedding of Charles and Diana commemorated on a 1981 British crown coin
Their
engagement became official on 24 February 1981,[10] and the couple gave
an exclusive interview.[11] During the public announcement of the
engagement, Diana wore a "cobalt blue skirt suit" by the British label
Cojana.[12][13] Diana selected a large engagement ring that consisted of
14 solitaire diamonds surrounding a 12-carat oval blue Ceylon sapphire
set in 18-carat white gold,[3] which was similar to her mother's
engagement ring. The ring was made by the Crown jewellers Garrard. In
2010, it became the engagement ring of Catherine, Duchess of
Cambridge.[14] The Queen Mother gave Diana a sapphire and diamond brooch
as an engagement present.[15] A series of photographs taken by the Earl
of Snowdon were published in Vogue in February 1981 to mark the
engagement.[16][17] Clayton Howard did Diana's make-up and John Frieda
did her hair for the official portrait.[18]
Two nights before the
wedding, a gala ball was held at Buckingham Palace, and the Queen
subsequently hosted a dinner for a crowd of 90 individuals.[19] A
reception with dancing for 1,500 people was also held. Among the
invitees were the royal household's members and staff.[20] The night
before the wedding 150 people, including heads of states and
governments, were invited for a dinner with the Queen.[20]
In a
series of tapes recorded for her 1992 biography, Diana said that she
recalled discovering a bracelet which Charles had bought for his
longtime lover Camilla Parker Bowles shortly before their wedding. Due
to her suspicions she wanted to call off the wedding but was put off the
idea by her sisters.[21]
Wedding
Combined coat of arms of Charles and Diana, the Prince and Princess of Wales
The
wedding took place on 29 July 1981. 3,500 guests made up the
congregation at St Paul's Cathedral.[7] Charles and Diana selected St
Paul's over Westminster Abbey, the traditional site of royal weddings,
because St Paul's offered more seating[9] and permitted a longer
procession through London.
The ceremony was a traditional Church
of England wedding service, presided over by the Most Reverend Robert
Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury,[2] and the Very Reverend Alan Webster,
Dean of St Paul's Cathedral. Two million spectators lined the route of
Diana's procession from Clarence House, with 4,000 police and 2,200
military officers to manage the crowds.[7] The security increased and
sharpshooters were stationed due to the potential threat of an attack by
the Irish Republican guerrillas.[9][19][22] The security screenings in
the airports also increased.[23] The cost of the wedding was later
estimated to be $48 million in total (between $70M and $110M when
adjusted for inflation), with $600,000 being spent on
security.[9][24][25] Regiments from the Commonwealth realms participated
in the procession, including the Royal Regiment of Canada.[26]
At
10:22 BST the Queen and the royal family were taken to the cathedral in
eight carriages, the Prince of Wales in the 1902 State Landau, which
was later used following the ceremony to take the couple back to
Buckingham Palace.[20] Lady Diana arrived at the cathedral in the Glass
Coach with her father, John Spencer; she was escorted by six mounted
Metropolitan Police officers.[7] She arrived almost on time for the
11:20 BST ceremony.[2] The carriage was too small to hold the two of
them comfortably due to her voluminous dress and train.[9] As the
orchestra played Trumpet voluntary, an anthem by Jeremiah Clarke, the
bride made the three-and-a-half minute walk up the aisle.[2][27]
Diana
accidentally changed the order of Charles's names during her vows,
saying "Philip Charles Arthur George" instead of the correct "Charles
Philip Arthur George".[2] She did not promise to "obey" him as part of
the traditional vows. That word was eliminated at the couple's request,
which caused a sensation at the time.[28] Charles also made an error. He
said he would offer her "thy goods" instead of "my worldly goods".[29]
In keeping with tradition, the couple's wedding rings were crafted from
Welsh gold from the Clogau St David's mine in Bontddu.[27] The tradition
of using Welsh gold within the wedding rings of the Royal Family dates
back to 1923.[20] Upon marriage Diana automatically acquired the title
of Princess of Wales.[30]
Other church representatives present
who gave prayers after the service were a former Archbishop of
Canterbury, Donald Coggan, Cardinal Basil Hume, the Right Reverend
Andrew Doig and the Reverend Harry Williams CR.[31][27]
Music
Three
choirs, three orchestras and a fanfare ensemble played the music for
the service. These were the Bach Choir, the Choir of St Paul's
Cathedral, the Choir of the Chapel Royal, the Orchestra of the Royal
Opera House, the Philharmonia Orchestra and the English Chamber
Orchestra and a fanfare ensemble from the Royal Military School.[32] The
choirs were conducted by Barry Rose, the choirmaster at St Paul's. The
cathedral's organist, Christopher Dearnley; and its sub-organist, John
Scott; played the organ. The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, the
Philharmonia Orchestra and the English Chamber Orchestra were conducted
by Sir David Willcocks, who was the director of the Royal College of
Music and of the Bach Choir;[33] Richard Popplewell, the organist at
Chapel Royal; and Sir Colin Davis, who was the musical director of
Covent Garden.[32][31] Music and songs used during the wedding included
the "Prince of Denmark's March", "I Vow to Thee, My Country", "Pomp and
Circumstance No.4" and the British National Anthem ("God Save the
Queen").[31] New Zealand soprano, Kiri Te Kanawa sang "Let The Bright
Seraphim" from G. F. Handel's Samson.[20]
Clothing
Diana's
wedding dress was valued at £9,000[34] (equivalent to £36,700 in
2021).[35] The dress was made of ivory silk taffeta, decorated with
lace, hand embroidery, sequins, and 10,000 pearls. It was designed by
Elizabeth and David Emanuel and had a 25-foot (7.6 m) train of ivory
taffeta and antique lace.[9] The dress was designed according to Diana's
wishes who wanted it to have the longest train in the royal wedding
history.[9] The bride wore her family's heirloom tiara over an ivory
silk tulle veil, and had her hair styled short crop down by hair dresser
Kevin Shanley.[36][37] She wore a pair of low-heeled Clive Shilton
shoes "with C and D initials hand-painted on her arches" and decorated
with 542 sequins and 132 pearls.[9] For the customary bridal themes of
"Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue",
Diana's wedding dress had an antique lace "made with a fabric spun at a
British silk farm" (the "old"), the Spencer family tiara and her
mother's earrings (the "borrowed"), and a blue bow sewn into the
waistband (the "blue").[38] The official parfumeur of the royal wedding
was Houbigant Parfum, the oldest French fragrance company. Diana chose
the floral scent Quelques Fleurs, which featured "notes of tuberose,
jasmine and rose".[39] She was reported to have accidentally spilled
perfume over a part of her dress which she later covered with her hand
during the ceremony.[9] The bride also had a pair of slippers made out
of hand-made ivory silk with pearl and sequin embroidery.[40] Barbara
Daly did the bride's make-up for the ceremony.[39]
Per the
Queen's orders, two similar bouquets were prepared for the bride by
David Longman which contained "gardenias, stephanotis, odontolglossum
orchid, lily of the valley, Earl Mountbatten roses, freesia, veronica,
ivy, myrtle and trasdescantia".[41]
Charles wore his full dress
naval commander uniform.[42] He also wore stars of the orders of the
Garter and the Thistle, the Queen's silver jubilee medal, and "the royal
cipher of the Prince of Wales in gold on epaulettes on both
shoulders."[20] He carried a "full dress sword tassled in gold."[20]
Attendants
The
royal couple had seven bridal attendants. Eleven-year-old Lord Nicholas
Windsor, son of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, and eight-year-old Edward
van Cutsem, godsons of the Prince of Wales, were page boys. Diana's
bridesmaids were seventeen-year-old Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, daughter
of the Earl of Snowdon and Princess Margaret;[42] thirteen-year-old
India Hicks, daughter of David and Lady Pamela Hicks, and granddaughter
of Lord Louis Mountbatten; six-year-old Catherine Cameron, daughter of
Donald and Lady Cecil Cameron and granddaughter of the Marquess of
Lothian; eleven-year-old Sarah-Jane Gaselee, daughter of Nick Gaselee
and his wife; and five-year-old Clementine Hambro, daughter of Rupert
Hambro and the Hon Mrs Hambro and granddaughter of Lord and Lady Soames
and great-granddaughter of Winston Churchill.[19][43] Princes Andrew and
Edward were the Prince of Wales's supporters (the equivalent of "best
man" for a royal wedding).[19]
Guests
Main article: List of wedding guests of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
Prime Minister of New Zealand Robert Muldoon and his wife Thea Muldoon attending the royal wedding
All
of the governors-general of the Commonwealth realms, as well as the
reigning European monarchs, attended, with the exception of King Juan
Carlos I and Queen Sofía of Spain. (The Spanish king was "advised" not
to attend by his government because the newlyweds' honeymoon included a
stopover in the disputed territory of Gibraltar).[44] Most of Europe's
elected heads of state were among the guests, with the exceptions of the
President of Greece, Constantine Karamanlis (who declined because
Greece's exiled monarch, Constantine II, a kinsman and friend of the
bridegroom, had been invited as "King of the Hellenes"), and the
President of Ireland, Patrick Hillery (who was advised by Taoiseach
Charles Haughey not to attend because of the dispute over the status of
Northern Ireland).[fn 1] First Lady Nancy Reagan represented the United
States at the wedding.[45] While Gambian President Dawda Jawara attended
the wedding, the Gambia Socialist Revolutionary Party attempted a coup
d'état in his home country.[46] Among other invitees were the couple's
friends and the bride invited the staff of the nursery school in which
she had worked to the wedding.[20] Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe were
among the entertainers who were invited to the ceremony by the Prince
of Wales.[20]
Reception
The couple and 120 guests went to
Buckingham Palace for a wedding breakfast following the ceremony.[7]
Diana and Charles made a traditional appearance on a balcony of
Buckingham Palace at 13:10 BST, and delighted the crowd when they
kissed,[2][7] initiating the tradition of kissing the bride on the
balcony.[45] Over the night, fireworks were displayed above Hyde Park
and 100 beacons were lit up across the country to celebrate the royal
wedding.[20]
The couple had 27 wedding cakes.[9] The Naval Armed
Forces supplied the official wedding cake. David Avery, head baker at
the Royal Naval cooking school in Chatham Kent, made the cake over 14
weeks. They made two identical cakes in case one was damaged. The Prince
of Wales's coat of arms and the Spencer family's crest were used in the
decoration of the five-foot-tall layered fruitcake which weighed 225
pounds.[9][47] The couple's other wedding cake was created by Belgian
pastry chef SG Sender, who was known as the "cakemaker to the
kings".[48] Another wedding cake was created by Chef Nicholas Lodge;
Chef Nicholas had previously made the Queen Mother's 80th Birthday Cake
and also commissioned to create a Christening Cake for Prince Harry.[49]
A slice of the couple's wedding cake was later auctioned off by
Julien's Auctions in 2018 and was estimated to sell between
$800–$1,200.[50] Another slice sold for £1,850 ($2,565) in a 2021
auction.[51]
An estimated 750 million people watched the ceremony
worldwide,[2] and this figure allegedly rose to a billion when the
radio audience is added in, although there are no means of verifying
these figures.[7] The event was broadcast in 50 countries with near 100
television companies covering it.[20] In the UK, the National Grid
reported a huge surge in demand for power after the service.[52] The
wedding ceremony was positively received by the public,[53] and
according to The New York Times symbolised "the continuity of the
monarchy" in the UK.[27] A number of ceremonies and parties were held at
different places by the public to celebrate the occasion across the
United Kingdom.[54][55][56] It was estimated that around 10 million
people took part in the street parties.[57] The wedding was widely
broadcast on television and radio in many countries, and news channels
covered the ceremony in different languages.[58] Poet Laureate of the
United Kingdom John Betjeman released a poem in honour of the
couple.[54]
A group of people left London and travelled to France
and Ireland in protest to the wedding. Others released black balloons
over London amidst the wedding procession.[27]
Gifts
The
couple received gifts from foreign officials including "an engraved
Steuben glass bowl and a handmade porcelain centerpiece by Boehm" from
the US, a set of antique furniture and "a watercolor of loons" by
Canadian Robert Bateman for Prince Charles, together with "a large
brooch of gold, diamonds and platinum" for Diana from Canada,
handcrafted silver platters from Australia, an "all-wool broadloom
carpet" from New Zealand, "a matching diamond and sapphire watch,
bracelet, pendant, ring, and earrings" from the Crown Prince of Saudi
Arabia, and a "small oil painting by the American artist Henry Kohler of
Prince Charles playing polo", and a clock in Art Deco style by
Cartier's chief designer, Daniel Ciacquinot.[9][59] The Edinburgh
District Council was among the organisations that made a charitable
donation in honour of the couple's wedding and donated $92,500 to the
Thistle Fund, "a charity for the disabled".[59] The Greater Manchester
Council offered engineering apprenticeships for a small number of
unemployed young people, and Cambridge University sent "a spare copy of
The Complete English Traveller" by Robert Sanders.[59] The Worshipful
Company of Glovers of London presented the couple with gloves made out
of leather, silks and cotton. A number of these gifts were displayed at
St James's Palace from 5 August to 4 October 1981.[59]
Honeymoon
A
"just married" sign was attached to the landau by Princes Andrew and
Edward.[27] The couple was driven over Westminster Bridge to catch the
train from Waterloo station to Romsey in Hampshire to begin their
honeymoon.[2] The couple left from Waterloo station in the British Royal
Train + 975025 Caroline. They travelled to Broadlands, where Prince
Charles's parents had spent their wedding night in 1947.[42] They stayed
there for three days,[42] then flew to Gibraltar, where they boarded
the Royal Yacht Britannia for an eleven-day cruise of the Mediterranean,
visiting Tunisia, Sardinia, Greece and Egypt.[27] Then they flew to
Scotland, where the rest of the royal family had gathered at Balmoral
Castle, and spent time in a hunting lodge on the estate. During that
time, the press was given an arranged opportunity to take pictures.[60]
Despite their happy appearance, Diana's suspicion over Charles having an
enduring affection for his former lover Camilla grew as Camilla's
photographs fell out of his diary and Diana discovered that he was
wearing cufflinks that were given to him by Camilla.[21][61] By the time
the couple returned from their honeymoon, their wedding gifts were
displayed at St James's Palace.[20]
See also
Abduction of Vishal Mehrotra, infamous unsolved abduction of a child that occurred in London on the day of the wedding
Notes
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meet publicly because of the Northern Ireland issue.
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Coronation of Charles III and Camilla
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Charles and Camilla in 2019
Date 6 May 2023; 11:00 A.M.(BST)
Venue Westminster Abbey
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