15 royal weddings the most sumptuous of all time
These celebrations of the treat inspired scarrels for decades.
WhenPrince Harry andMeghan murder Married on May 19 at the Chapel of Saint-George in Windsor, they will join an illustrious list of royal brides and brides whose extravagant marriages (and dear!) Have earned them a place in the history and inspiration of the brides in the whole world. Here is a look at the most sumptuous royal weddings of all time. And for more information on this topic on top, consult the30 most fascinating facts about royal weddings.
1 Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Makhtoum and Sheikha Hing Bint Makhtoum
The most extravagant marriage never held around the world took place in Dubai in 1979, celebrating the marriage of theSovereign Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Makhtoum, andPosterior sheikha bint makhtoum. Five days have been declared an official holiday in Dubai to celebrate. The wedding took place in a stadium size room specially designed to accommodate 20,000 guests from around the world. The price: $ 100 million. And for more than one royal bridal, learn the18 royal wedding label back and not to do.
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2 Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer
It was the most emblematic marriage of the century. The marriage of thePrince of Wales andLady Diana Spencer On July 29, 1981, at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, was monitored by more than 750 million people around the world and was an extra-top extravaganza in the real style of the 80s. It costs $ 70 million. The sparkling dress of Diana, byDavid andELIZABETH EMANUEL, was embroidered with 10,000 pearls and had the longest 25 feet train. The engaged engagement ring costs $ 60,000 of $ 60,000 (for Royals) Surprisingly modest and is now an invaluable heritage carried byCatherine, Cambridge Duchess.
3 Prince William and Catherine Middleton
Prince William marriedCatherine Middleton On April 29, 2012, in a sumptuous television ceremony, observed on more than two billion billions of people. Its Classic Alexander McQueen Dress cost $ 434,000 and $ 800,000 was dedicated to trees at the Westminster Abbey, which were then planted in the field of Prince Charles, Highgrove. Catherine's family contributed $ 34 million for marriage, where $ 32 million would have been to safety. Speaking of Prince William,Here's why he's going to be the best man of Harry's Affair - and why it's such a big deal.
4 Felipe, Prince of Asturias and Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano
The May 2004 marriage of the Prince and the former journalist cost $ 29 million and attended 1,500 guests, who drank Magnums of $ 1,000 of Champagne bottles. Cheers!
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5 Prince Rainier de Monaco and Grace Kelly
The American American actress of OscarsGrace Kelly seaPRINCE RAINIER From Monaco to Saint-Nicolas Cathedral in Monte Carlo, Monaco, April 19, 1956. The emblematic wedding dress of the bride was a gift from his cinema studio, MGM and the wedding took place as a Hollywood production. More than 1,000 guests resumed the smallest principality for the festivities. BillionaireAristotle Onassis Arranged for 15,000 eyelets to deposit next to the yacht of Rainier after an airplane.
6 Prince Albert II of Monaco and Charlene Wittstock
Former Olympic swimmerCharlene WitstockmarriedPrince Albert II From Monaco on July 2, 2011, in an extravagant marriage that took place over three days and cost $ 65 million. The bride wore a personalized giorgio armani dress and guests feasted on a special menu created by Celebrity ChefAlain Ducasse.
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7 King Hussein of Jordan and Lisa Najeeb Dimby
The only American queen of the married worldKing Hussein On June 15, 1978, at the Zahran Palace in Amman, Jordan, the Maison de la Mother Queen Zein, the mother of King Hussein and the traditional site of Jordanian royal weddings.
The King Hussein office ordered a wedding dress forLisa Najeeb Halbyof Dior. The designers of the house came to Amman with sketches of wedding dresses elaborated, but noor wanted a simple dress that would comply with the Islamic tradition. She showed the designers her favorite dress from her own closet, an elegant Yves Saint Laurent dress and asked them to use it as an inspiration. Her wedding dress was a simple white silk crepe dress with a high neckline and long bell sleeves that contrasted with the sumptuous frame of the palace.
8 Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill
The Swedish Princess Financial BrideChristopher O'Neill In Stockholm, Sweden, June 8, 2013. The bride carried a tailor-made lace dress from Valentino. She was escorted halfway from the Alley by her father,King Carl XVI Gustaf. She and her husband-to-be marked together the rest of the way. The crown ofHedvig Elisabeth CharlotteQueen of Norway and Sweden, was on the altar at the ceremony. It was the same crown that was present at the baptismal police in the baptism of Princess Madeleine. Their wedding cake was a pyramid of 700 macaroons.
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9 Prince Abdullah II of Jordan and Rania Al Yassin
When the couple nowKing Abdullah II andQueen RaniaThank you on June 10, 1993, the marriage day was a national holiday. The oldest son of the twelve children of King Hussein, the marriage of Abdullah was an opportunity of great history and a tedious affair with flying royalties from around the world to attend. Rania chose the British designerBruce Oldfield Make his two wedding dresses. For the traditional Muslim ceremony, she wore a modest and short-sleeved dress with a gold trim. Then the newlyweds have traveled the streets of Amman in an open convertible decorated with flowers and arches as they acted to cheer crowds.
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10 Crown Prince Naruhito and Miss Owada
It was a national holiday whenCrown Prince NaruhitomarriedMasako OwadaOn June 9, 1993, at the Kashiko-Dokoro, the Shinto Sanctuary of Amaterasu, the goddess of the sun, on the ground of the imperial palace in Tokyo. Millions of television viewers and 800 guests have witnessed the ceremony where the couple dressed as reincarnations of a noble couple of Japan's feudal past. The bride wore a 30-pound silk kimono in the style of the 8th century Heian period, which would have cost more than $ 300,000.
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11 Prince Pavlos of Greece and Marie-Chantal Miller
The 1995 couple wedding in London at Sainte-Sophie Cathedral was a greatly romantic affair that cost $ 8 million. The bride wore a Custom Valentino dress of $ 225,000 and was surrounded by 100,000 Ecuador flowers when it was walking the driveway.
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12 Prince Frederik Denmark and Mary Donaldson
Prince Heir Frederik Denmark andMary Donaldson Married May 14, 2004 at Copenhagen Cathedral in Denmark. Several events preceded the wedding, including a Gala performance at the Royal Theater. Members of the Danish Government and other royalty around the world, including the British Prince, and Sophie, the Countess de Wessex attended the ceremony.
The bride wearing an ivory dress in the satin duchess by Danish designerUffe Frank. Its long sail was held in place by a diamond diamond given to it byQueen margrethe andPrince Henrik.Its large diamond earrings were custom made for wedding. Located in Platinum, they included brilliant cutting stones and large pearls of the South Sea.
13 Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip
The Future Queen of England andPrince Philip Marriage raised a Britain of the Second World War of Doldrums on November 20, 1947 with a wedding appropriately in Westminster Abbey. 2,000 guests, six kings looked at while the bride arrived at the abbey at his father's arm,King George VI, in the middle of the sound of the trumpets and the roller of drums. Then, the newlyweds returned to the Buckingham Palace in a glass coach and celebrated with a traditional wedding breakfast for 150 where guests were treated with a piece of the 500-pound wedding cake of 9 feet of the couple.
14 Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones
Queen Elizabeth The wedding of the rebel sister and glamor to the photographerAntony Armstrong-JonesOn May 6, 1960, was the first royal marriage televised and more than 20 million viewers were listening. The bride wore a superb seam creation by Royal FavoritesNorman Hartnell and a beautiful diamond tiara. She had worked in her bun made with a long silk silk veil of Claude St. Cyr de Paris.
A 60-foot floral arc was erected in the shopping center, which costs £ 3,000 and would have wiped the entire Stock of London Roses, Covent Garden Shop owners complaining for days after the wedding was Tulips. The decorations only cost more than £ 20,000, the equivalent of nearly half a million pounds today, with the whole wedding cost more than the queen.
15 Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson
On July 23, 1986, 500 million people also resolved worldwide to watch the second son of Queen Elizabeth,Prince Andrew, seaSarah Ferguson, the daughter of the former Polo Manager of Prince Charles at Westminster Abbey. The bride wearing a wedding ivory dress in the satin duchess byLindka CierachFeaturing heavy pearls with the first initial of her husband sewn in the dress of the dress. Then the couple celebrated at their reception at the Claridge Hotel attended 300 guests. And with respect to the nuptiales of Westminster to come, learn what will happen at night before marriage .
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Diane Clehane is a journalist and author of New York Imagine Diana and Diana: the secrets of his style .
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