30 crazy facts about royal weddings
The British royals have a history rich in history full of drama
As we count on the marriage days ofPrince Harry andMeghanmakle,We can not stop us from thinking about all drama, disasters and at the top of the British royal weddings fanfare. Here is a ruin of the strongest facts about the weddings going up to the era of Queen Mother through the day. For fun more royal wedding facts, check these20 Commissioners who married Royals.
1 Princess Elizabeth was a suffering bride
Because Great Britain still felt the economic effects of the Second World War at the time, Elizabeth bought the fabric for its wedding dress with rationing stamps. Although it is not known, how much the dress really cost the queen, it was reported that Netflix's designersThe crown Spent about $ 37,000 to recreate the dress, which took seven weeks to do.
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2 Do you speak French?
In all royal marriages, the menu is still in French and there is never a translation about it. This tradition began years ago, when the British monarchs worked only with French leaders in their kitchens. And for more information on royal traditions, see these20 Royal Brides Traditions must follow.
3 Brides and grooms have to give up this food
How is it random: when it goes into the royal family, we must give up crustaceans. In the past, the royal family would have been opposed to crustaceans. They were recommended to abstain from eating it to avoid food poisoning and allergic reactions. For more royal secrets, consult the10 Secrets The palace does not want meghankkle to know.
4 It takes the cake
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's wedding cake were a 9 feet dominant and weighed 500 pounds. It was done with dried fruits from Australia and later preserved with the Rum and the Brandy of South Africa. It was nicknamed as "the wedding cake of 10,000 miles".
5 But how did it tasted?
Sixty-three years after their wedding, a slice of Elizabeth and Philippe cake sold for £ 1,750. It was wrapped in its original cooking parchment and was always edible because of its high alcohol content. It has been said that the room would have been given to one of the guards of the honor of the couple at their wedding ceremony. And for more amazing knowledge, see these20 crazy facts that will blow your mind.
6 Princess Elizabeth had an emergency of fashion on the day of his wedding
The morning of Elizabeth's wedding, while the hairdresser worked with his diadem, his antique metal frame broke. Although there were other Tiaras in his collection, the Future Queen intended to wear this particular piece. A jeweler of the court took the tiara via an escort of the police at the Garrard workshop to be repaired.
7 They embrace cousins
Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth are linked. They have the same grand grandparents, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, who were the first cousins. It was a common practice for the Royals at the time of being cousins since the weddings were made to combine foreign powers.
8 Elizabeth had a childhood crew on Philip
The Queen was only 13 years old when she met her future husband. She was visiting a naval college in Dartmouth with her father King George VI, when a cadet named Philip Mountbatten - his third cousin and a Greek prince - were responsible for showing the future Queen and his sister, Princess Margaret.
9 Philip was not a welcome choice at Buckingham Palace
When Philip and Elizabeth's Engagement were announced in July 1947, the British audience was largely rejected as "German". Many king's advisers "did not think it's good enough" for Elizabeth.
10 Anti-German feelings kept Philip's family
Because Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II married only two years after the end of the Second World War, it was not acceptable that the members of the German family of Philip (including his sisters) be invited to marriage. .
11 Elizabeth had a new title after his wedding
The morning of their marriage, Philip was rendered the Duke of Edinburgh. After attaching the node, Elizabeth took the title of Philip and became Princess Elizabeth, Duchess d'Edinburgh.
12 It was the first royal marriage to be televised
Prince Margaret's marriage at Photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones was the first royal ceremony to broadcast on television and attracted 30 million international spectators. If you are looking to grant Harry and Meghan's wedding,Here's how you can broadcast the royal wedding for free.
13 She was the first royal divorce to remarry
The only daughter of Queen Elizabeth, Princess Anne, divorced his first husband, Mark Phillips and Married Sir Timothy Laurence, the Queen's equity, in 1992. They tied the knot in a church ceremony of Scotland At the Church of Parish Crathie near Balmoral, because the Church of England did not allow the trailed of divorced people. Anne has become the first modern royal divorce to remarry.
14 They are the happiest divorced couple of the royal family
Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson announced that they divorced in May 1996. Despite the many scandals of Sarah and their disordered split, the couple remains good friends so far and still lives in the same house.
15 His wedding mixture was a bad omen
Lady Diana Spencer mingled with her wedding wishes and called her husband to be "Philip Charles", as opposed to the correct name - "Charles Philip Arthur George".
16 The engagement ring could have been someone
The royal engagement rings are custom made, but Diana has chosen its own sapphire ring and its diamond ring tone of the Garrard jewelry catalog, because it was the largest in the book. He is now worn by Kate Middleton.
17 She changed her wishes
Princess Diana was the first royal bride to omit the wishes where she was to promise to "obey" Prince Charles. Thirty years later, when William and Kate married, she also decided to leave the word "obey" his wishes.
18 A huge sweet tooth
Diana and Charles had 27 wedding cakes in a single creation. A piece of the wedding cake was sold during an auction in 2008 for £ 1,000.
19 His dress made the story
Diana's dress had the longest train in the British royal history extending at 25 feet. Its veil was anchored by the Spencer Family Tiara and used 153 meters from Tulle. She also had a hand embroidered umbrella with pearls and sequins and cut with the same lace - in case of rain.
20 It was a bad sign of things to come
Prince Charles cried at night before marriage because he felt in a hurry in his wedding and was still in love with the mistress of Camilla Parker Bowles. Camilla was at marriage, causing a "disturbing distraction" for Diana while she was standing at the altar.
21 It was taken for a tour
Camilla Parker Bowles then husband, Andrew Parker Bowles, escort Charles Charles and Diana back to the car on horseback at Buckingham Palace.
22 He will not put a ring on it
Prince William does not wear a wedding ring because of "personal preference". To avoid controversy, the palace published a statement before their marriage explains.
23 The queen told them to call him
In 1992, Charles and Diana decided to get a separation after they both admitted, they had been unfaithful to each other over the years. They had remained together not to disappoint the public, but after Diana's infamous interview with Martin Bashir, the queen told Diana and Charles to have a divorce.
24 It was the first royal civil ceremony
Prince Charles Wed his second wife, Camilla Parker Bowles, April 9, 2005. Charles became the first member of the royal family to marry in a civilian ceremony rather than a religious marriage. He took place at the Windsor Castle and was followed by a religious blessing at the Chapel of Saint-George.
25 There can be only one princess from Wales
After his wedding in Charles, Camilla was legally becoming princess of Wales, but because she knew that the public would never accept it as the official replacement of Diana. She chose to use the duchess of the Cornwall title.
26 The Queen did not attend the ceremony
Charles and Camilla were blessed by the Archbishop of Canterbury during the prayer and dedication service at the Windsor Castle. The Queen and Prince Philip did not attend the civil ceremony. According to an initiate, it is because the queen "takes his role as supreme governor of the Church of England very seriously," she felt that it would be inappropriate to attend this part of the marriage. "
27 Prince Albert's marriage dissemination request has been refused
When Prince Albert Wed Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on April 26, 1923, at Westminster Abbey, the BBC asked to broadcast the ceremony on the radio, but they were rejected.
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28 He abandoned the crown of love
King Edward VIII abandoned his throne for Ms. Wallis Simpson, an American who was a married woman and already divorced. Edward was confronted with three choices: the wife and she became queen but her government resigns; Secondly, they kill, but Ms. Simpson does not become queen and third, he abdicate and is no longer king and free to marry Mrs. Simpson without having to think about the opinion of the people or the government. He chose to abdicate and leave England.
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29 His wedding is really historic
Meghan Markle will make history as the first American to marry in the royal family in 81 years. The Last American in Merre a Royal British was Wallis Simpson, which puts the events that led to Elizabeth II'sAscent to the throne. This time, the Royals welcomed the American bride divorced with open arms.
30 She converted for love
Meghan Markle was baptized and confirmed in a secret ceremony of St James Palace in London in March and is now Anglican and a member of the Church of England. The former actress attended a private school of Catholic girls as a child but was raised Protestant. And for more love story, checkThe 10 princely ways Harry won Meghan.
Diane Clehane is a journalist and author of New YorkImagine Diana andDiana: the secrets of his style.
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