Weddings royally

Royal weddings are always cause great interest among the public. In the creation of the royal wedding attended by the best designers, fashion designers, chefs. Luxury gifts, luxurious tables and clothes.

1. The marriage of Prince Rainier III of Monaco and American actress Grace Kelly. The civil ceremony took place on April 18, 1956, and a Catholic Mass was held the next day, April 19. The press called it an event not only as "the wedding of the century." Dower bride was 2 million dollars to sew her wedding dress it took 6 weeks working 35 most skilled seamstresses. For the wedding the whole palace in Monaco has been carefully decorated, in the streets of Monaco, has gathered more than 20,000 people to wish the royal couple happiness.



2. The wedding of the British Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, 10 February 1840. The ceremony was very lush and held in compliance with all traditions, except for one - the bride walked down the aisle in a white is not, and colored dress.



3. The marriage of Prince Edward and the American Wallis Simpson, June 3, 1937. Before becoming the wife of the Prince of Wallis Simpson he managed to visit married twice. This marriage of King Edward VIII was absolutely inconceivable, therefore, to be able to marry the woman he loves Edward had to abandon the British Crown, and only keep the title of prince, who was his birthright. This wedding is not formally belonged to the category of royal, and the ceremony was extremely modest. The wedding was attended by a total of 16 guests.



4. The wedding of Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth is II) and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, 20 November 1947. Wedding bride created Norman Hartnell, the official tailor of the British royal court. The couple received over 2,500 wedding presents and almost 10,000 telegrams of congratulations from around the world.



5. Marriage younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong British photographer John's, May 6, 1960. It is this royal wedding the world's first broadcast on television. Broadcast attracted about 300 million viewers. As a wedding gift from the Scottish noble Colin Tennant Princess Margaret had a plot of land on the Caribbean island of Mystique.



6. The wedding of Princess Anne, the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II, and Lt. Mark Phillips held on 14 November 1973, just as the birthday of Prince Charles (the day he turned 25 years old). The ceremony was televised and attracted about 100 million viewers. After living 19 years in the marriage, the couple divorced 23 April 1992. That year Queen Elizabeth II named his "unlucky year» (annus horribilis).



7. Marriage of Jordan's King Hussein bin Talal and American Elizabeth Najeeb Halebi, June 15, 1978. It was the fourth and last marriage of the King of Jordan. The ceremony took place in accordance with Muslim tradition and has been remarkably modest. CNN channel even described the wedding as the most modest royal wedding ceremony of all time.



8. The wedding of Princess Caroline of Monaco's Grimaldi and French banker Philippe Junot, 28-29 June 1978. Within two years after the wedding, Princess accused her husband of infidelity and actually divorced him. Vatican annulled the marriage in 1992 alone.



9. The wedding of Prince Charles of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer, July 29, 1981. The ceremony took place in the Cathedral of St. Paul, and was attended by 3500 guests. The wedding was televised and watched it about 750 million viewers. The press called this event "the wedding of the century" and "fairy-tale wedding." Magnificent wedding dress with an 8-meter train for the bride created the British designers David and Elizabeth Emanuel. The dress was made of silk taffeta, decorated with lace, embroidery, sequins, and 10 000 small pearls. The cost of this fabulous dress was 9,000 pounds.



10. The marriage of the second son of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, July 23, 1986. Prince Andrew served as a helicopter pilot in the Royal Navy, so the designers have decorated 5-meter-long trail wedding dress bride anchor.



11. The wedding of the Crown Prince of Japan Naruhito and Masako Owada diplomat, June 9, 1993. For his future wife, Prince courted for five years, and he twice had to make her an offer before she gave her consent. During the wedding ceremony watched 800 invited guests and 500 million TV viewers. In 2001, the prince and princess daughter - Princess Aiko. Because of the inability to give birth to the son of Princess Masako for several years now suffers from depression.



12. The wedding of Prince Abdullah of Jordan and a Palestinian Rani Faisal al-Yassin, June 10, 1993. Six months after the wedding, the prince became King of Jordan Abdullah II, as his wife Queen. Queen Rania is very energetic woman, so in 2009 it ranked 76th in the list of 100 most influential women in the world.



13. The marriage of an American millionaire's daughter Marie-Chantal Miller and Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece. The ceremony was held in London and televised in Greece. The bride's father spent device wedding $ 8 million. This wedding was attended by royals even greater than at the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana.



14. Marriage youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Sophie Rhys-Jones, 19 June 1999. The ceremony was held in the chapel of St. George at Windsor Castle, and unlike weddings siblings Prince Edward, was quite modest. Design pearl necklace that adorns the neck of the bride, was developed by Prince Edward. Since Edward in 1987 stopped their service in the army, then he attended the wedding is not in military uniform and in a normal suit.



15. Marriage krnonprintsa Norway Haakon and Mette-Marit of Norway, 25 August 2001. Before her wedding with Prince Mette-Marit was always a waitress in a cafe in Oslo, besides, she was a single mother, and the father of her child was found guilty of a crime related to drugs.



16. Marriage of the Prince of Asturias Felipe and Letizia Ortiz Rokasolano journalist, May 22, 2004. The ceremony took place in Madrid's Cathedral of Santa Maria la Real de la Almudena. In the entire history of the Cathedral of the royal wedding was held here for the first time. Television broadcast of the ceremony all over the world watched about 1, 5 billion viewers.



17. Marriage Brunei Crown Prince Al-Muhtadi Bill Bolkiah and Princess Sarah 9 September 2004. This event is known as "the wedding of the Asian century." Celebrations cost $ 5 million. The bride and groom in traditional dress and sumptuous gold ornaments sitting on a golden throne, and the flowers in a bouquet of 17-year-old bride were made of gold and decorated with diamonds.



18. The wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles, April 9, 2005. The ceremony was quite modest, it was attended by all members of the royal family except the Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip. The completed novel wedding of Camilla Parker Bowles and Prince Charles went on for almost 30 years, and is considered the longest in the history of the British royal house.



19. The wedding of Princess Sayaka Japanese and designer Yoshiki Kuroda, 15 November 2005. As a result of this misalliance bride as required by the laws of Japan has lost his title and took her husband's name. However, at a ceremony attended by all the members of the imperial family. The bride's dowry was 1 million 300 thousand dollars.



20. Marriage eldest grandson of Queen Elizabeth II Peter Phillips and Canadians Otemn Kelly, May 17, 2008. Peter was able to retain the right to succession to the throne, his bride had to give up Catholicism and Anglicanism to go. Newlyweds sold to the British magazine Hello! their wedding pictures for $ 700, 000, which caused a scandal in the royal circles.



21. The wedding of Prince William of Wales and Kate Middleton has not yet taken place. While it is known that the wedding is scheduled for April 29, 2011.

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