BBC - History - Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer's wedding (pictures, video, facts & news) Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer's wedding Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer's wedding 29 July 1981 The wedding of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer attracted an estimated global TV audience of 750 million - the most popular programme ever broadcast. After the ceremony, thousands of people cheered the couple as they waved from the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Photo: Prince Charles and Princess Diana leave in a horse-drawn carriage. (Press Association) Introduction Secrecy surrounds Charles and Diana's wedding cake Secrecy and snowblindness for the chef making Charles and Diana's wedding cake. After six weeks of secrecy and suffering from snowblindness from the white icing, the chef making Charles and Diana's wedding cake finally reveals his masterpiece. Translators prepare for Prince Charles' wedding coverage Translators for foreign TV stations gather in the BBC studio to prepare their coverage for Charles and Diana's wedding. Language translators for TV stations across the globe gather in the BBC studio to prepare their coverage for Charles and Diana's wedding. Prince Charles' engagement announcements Angela Rippon presents some unusual footage from around the world announcing Charles and Diana's engagement.

Angela Rippon gets the giggles while presenting some unusual footage from channels around the world announcing the engagement of Charles and Diana. A new TV mast improves reception for Scottish village A new mast improves TV reception for Tweedsmuir residents in time for Prince Charles' wedding. Residents of Tweedsmuir, Scotland, have clubbed together to buy a new TV mast to improve reception, in time for Prince Charles' wedding. Children recreate Prince Charles' wedding to Diana Brighton school children perform their own version of Prince Charles' wedding to Diana. Brighton school children perform their own version of Prince Charles' wedding to Diana, complete with 'carriage' ride and honeymoon at 'Broadlands'. This event features in: More information about: Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer's wedding How the couple met Prince Charles was born at Buckingham Palace on 14 November 1948, the eldest son of the Queen and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the age of four, he watched his mother's coronation in Westminster Abbey; he was now heir apparent. He was educated at Gordonstoun, the Scottish boarding school also attended by his father. From 1967 to 1970, he read archaeology and anthropology at Cambridge University.

He was invested as Prince of Wales in a ceremony at Caernarfon Castle in 1969. Two years later he trained as a jet pilot, and then embarked on a naval career. Lady Diana Spencer was born on 1 July 1961 at Park House, on the Queen's estate at Sandringham, Norfolk. She went to boarding school in Kent before moving to London and working as a nanny and a cook. She also worked at a kindergarten in Knightsbridge. Charles first met Diana in 1977 while visiting her family home, Althorp, but it was only in 1980 that the relationship developed. After press speculation, their engagement became official on 24 February 1981. The wedding day Crowds of 600,000 people filled the streets of London to catch a glimpse of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer on their wedding day. Held at St Paul's Cathedral, the event was watched by a congregation of 3,500 and an estimated global TV audience of 750 million. Lady Diana arrived from Clarence House for the late morning ceremony in the Glass Coach with her father, Earl Spencer.

She wore an Emanuel designed ivory taffeta and antique lace gown with a 25ft (7.62m) train. Charles was attired in the full dress uniform of a naval commander. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie, led the traditional Church of England service, assisted by clergymen from many denominations. Wedding day nerves were apparent during the ceremony. Diana mixed up the Prince's names â calling him Philip Charles Arthur George, rather than Charles Philip. The groom referred to "thy goods" rather than "my worldly goods". After the private signing ceremony, the Prince and Princess of Wales walked back down the aisle to Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance. The newlyweds took the open-topped State landau to Buckingham Palace where they emerged on the balcony for a public kiss. They were later driven over Westminster Bridge to catch the train to Romsey in Hampshire. They honeymooned on the Royal Yacht Britannia, and this 12-day cruise through the Mediterranean to Egypt was followed by a stay at Balmoral. Life after the wedding The Princess of Wales became involved in the official duties of the Royal Family.

Within a year of her marriage, she gave birth to Prince William on 21 June 1982. Prince Harry (christened Henry) was born on 15 September 1984. The Princess's charity work increased the public's affection for her. She publicised the plight of people with Aids, and spoke out on social problems. The Prince and Princess of Wales carried out many engagements together and went on overseas tours. But by the late 1980s, their separate lives had become public knowledge. In December 1992, Prime Minister John Major announced the couple had agreed to separate. After their divorce in August 1996, the Princess continued to live at Kensington Palace and carry out public work. She died in a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997. Over a million people lined the route of the funeral cortege to Westminster Abbey and along her final journey to the Spencer family home in Northamptonshire. Her sons, William and Harry, were joined by Prince Charles in the cortege. On 9 April 2005, the Prince of Wales married Camilla Parker Bowles.

Royal wedding: Charles and Diana's fairytale day - Telegraph Royal Wedding Royal wedding: Charles and Diana's fairytale day Just under 30 years ago, the Prince of Wales's wedding to Lady Diana Spencer set the modern day standard for fairytale Royal weddings. Princess Diana and Prince Charles after their wedding in 1981 Photo: REX FEATURES 12:36PM BST 14 Apr 2011 Prince William's parents married in St Paul's Cathedral on July 29 1981, watched by a worldwide TV audience of more than 750 million. Many camped out overnight on the streets of London - including David Cameron, who was 14 at the time - to get the best vantage point on the route from Buckingham Palace to the Cathedral. On the day, up to a million well-wishers travelled to the capital to catch a glimpse of the future King and his bride, the Princess of Wales. Details of Diana's Royal wedding dress were kept a closely-guarded secret, until she stepped out of the carriage at St Paul's. Designers David and Elizabeth Emanuel had created an elaborately flowing silk taffeta gown with a train of memorable proportions.

Related Articles Cameron supports royal wedding street parties 11 Apr 2011 The fairytale dress, with a deep, gently curved neckline and billowing sleeves, incorporated a boned and fitted bodice, and was hand-embroidered with sequins and pearls. The veil, of ivory silk tulle, was adorned with 10,000 mother-of-pearl sequins and held in place with the Spencer family diamond tiara. During the ceremony, both the bride and groom displayed wedding nerves as they fluffed their vows in front of the 2,000 guests. Diana inverted the Prince's names, calling him "Philip Charles Arthur George" instead of "Charles Philip Arthur George". And Charles promised "with all thy goods I share with thee" instead of "all my worldly goods I share with thee". The Prince asked three of his favourite orchestras - the Royal Opera Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra - to play at the wedding and New Zealand-born soprano Kiri Te Kanawa sang an aria. The two hymns sung were Christ Is Made The Sure Foundation and I Vow To Thee My Country.

Guests at the wedding ranged from British aristocrats to world figures such as Nancy Reagan, and friends including comedian Spike Milligan. The couple walked down the aisle as man and wife to the strains of Elgar's Pomp And Circumstance. Waving and smiling, they were driven to the Palace in a horse-drawn open carriage past an ecstatic crowd. Soon afterwards came the moment which captured the defining image of the day. Crowds gathered outside Buckingham Palace were calling for the couple, eager to see the newlyweds kiss. Standing on the Palace balcony, Charles said to Diana: "I am not going to do that caper. They are trying to get us to kiss." Diana said: "Well, how about it?" And, after a moment's deliberation, Charles replied: "Whyever not?" Casting royal protocol aside, and to the delight of the crowd, the newlyweds kissed. Sadly, the marriage was not to last. Charles and Diana seperated in 1992, and divorced in 1996. A year later, Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed in a car crash in Paris.

Princess Diana - Biography - IMDb Princess Diana Biography Showing all 50 items Jump to: Overview (5) | Mini Bio (2) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (2) | Trivia (27) | Personal Quotes (13) Overview (5) 5' 10" (1.78 m) Mini Bio (2) Princess Diana was born July 1, 1961 at 7:45pm weighing 7lb 12oz at Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk, England. She had her christening at Sandringham Church in Norfolk. Her full name is Lady Diana Frances Spencer. On July 29, 1981 she married her Prince Charming - Prince Charles of Wales, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II . On June 21 1982 her first son was born - Prince William Arthur Phillip Louis Windsor. Two years later, on September 15 1984, Diana's second and youngest son was born - Prince Henry Charles Albert David Windsor. Later on she said that the time she was expecting Harry was the best time she and Charles ever had they were getting along so well.

On August 26 1996, the "Fairy-Tale" marriage was over. A year later on August 31 1997, much of the world was in a state of mourning - their beloved Princess died in a car accident with boyfriend Dodi Fayed , along with the driver of the car. The only survivor was Dodi's bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones. Diana today is still remembered by many as the "People's Princess". She will always be remembered. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Lexie <Lexiie22@hotmail.com> Princess Diana was born Diana Frances Spencer on July 1, 1961. Her parents were Edward John Spencer and Frances Ruth Burke Roche, Viscount and Viscountess Althorp, later Earl and Countess Spencer. When she was 6 her parents split up and her mother got married to Peter Shand Kydd. Diana lived with her father her two older sisters and her younger brother Charles. When she was about 8 she was sent to boarding school. After that she went to another boarding school and then finally to a school in Switzerland where only French was spoken.

She was not what one would call an academic, and actually would be considered a high school drop out. When she was at her final boarding school in England she met Prince Charles for the first time. He was dating Diana's sister Sarah at the time and Diana was so exited about finally meeting him that she could not concentrate on her O level exams the following week. It was only when her grandfather died that she inherited the title of Lady. Diana lived in an apartment with roommates and was a nanny and a school teacher when she got engaged to the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles . They got married in the summer of 1981 and on July 21 1982, Prince William Arther Phillip Louis was born. On September 15 1984, she had Prince Henry Charles Albert David. Her marriage started to fail then. In 1992 she and Prince Charles separated and in 1996 they divorced. She then lost the privilege of being called Her Royal Highness. In 1996 she fell in love with Dodi Fayed , the son of the owner of Harrods Department Store in London.

On the night of August 31 1997, they were both tragically killed in a motor accident when the car they were in collided with a beam on the Pont D'Alma near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Her funeral was held on September 6 1997, just 9 days before Henry's 13th birthday. She is buried on an island at her ancestral home at Althorp. - IMDb Mini Biography By: CRR Spouse (1) Trivia (27) Buried on an island in Althorp, Northamptonshire, England, UK. Has two sons with Prince Charles: Prince William (b. 21 June 1982) and Prince Harry Windsor (b. 15 September 1984). Former daughter-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip . "Candle in the Wind", the Elton John song about Marilyn Monroe , was changed to fit her, and performed by John at her funeral. Coincidentally, both women died at age 36. Had her look-alike puppet in the French show Les guignols de l'info (1988).

Her death was used by Jean-Pierre Jeunet as a plot device for Amélie (2001). Invited Supermodel Cindy Crawford to Buckingham Palace for dinner, when Prince William had a secret crush on the model. Distantly related to actor Humphrey Bogart , who was her seventh cousin. Once referred to Camilla Parker-Bowles as a rottweiler. Appeared on the cover of People Weekly magazine a record-breaking 81 times. The "Goodbye Diana" issue (9/22/97) racked up sales of almost $3m making the issue the magazine's best-seller in its existence. Fell in love with Dodi Fayed after a food fight on his father's yacht Jonikal. Sister of Earl Charles Spencer (b. 1964), Sarah Spencer (b. 1955) and Jane Spencer (b. 1957). Told an intimate friend that, while walking down the aisle in Saint Paul's Cathedral, she thought about turning back like "Elaine" did in The Graduate (1967). Loved animated movies, especially the ones that were musicals.

Best friends with Lúcia Flecha de Lima, Rosa Monckton , Sarah Ferguson , Lana Marks , Lady Annabel Goldsmith and her daughter Jemima Khan , Selina Scott . When her photo made the cover of Time magazine after her untimely death, the Commemorative Issue sold more than 1 million copies at the newsstands. Was a longtime friend of the late American pop star Michael Jackson . When Diana went to the LA Fitness Centre in Isleworth, the owner Bryce Taylor planted a camera and caught her exercising in a leotard. The photos were sold for over £100,000 to The Mirror. They printed them saying they were exposing the lapse in royal security, but Diana didn't buy the explanation and took them to court. They reached an out-of-court settlement. This incident impelled Diana to withdraw from public life. Diana's interview with Martin Bashir was watched by 23 million people in the United Kingdom. Was a huge fan of ABBA , Duran Duran , Tom Jones and Bryan Ferry . Diana's last holiday with her two sons was in the South of France in July 1997.

A South Asian song, called "Diana Diana", was featured in the Tamil film, Kaadhal Kavidai (1998). It was sung by South Asian singer Hariharan in her memory. Second cousin of Guy Van Pelt . Their great-great grandfather was Franklin Work (1819-1911), American stockbroker and protégé of Cornelius Vanderbilt . Princess Diana's Wedding Princess Diana's Wedding Fairy-Tale Day Gives Few Hints of Sad Future Charles and Diana at St Paul's Cathedral, London. Hulton Archive/Getty Images By Jone Johnson Lewis Updated March 01, 2016. Called the "wedding of the century," the wedding of Lady Diana Frances Spencer to Charles, Prince of Wales, took place on July 29 , 1981, at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Diana was 20 years old, Charles 32 years old. Also see: Princess Diana Wedding Pictures , Princess Diana Biography , Catherine and William Wedding Pictures Diana and Charles had been seeing each other for about six months when he proposed on February 3, 1981, at a dinner for two at Buckingham Palace.

He knew she planned a vacation for the next week, and hoped she'd use the time to consider her answer. Officiants at the wedding of Diana and Charles included the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverence Robert Runcie, and 25 other clerics, some of other denominations. The service itself was the traditional Church of England wedding ceremony, but without the word "obey" at the couple's request. There were 3,500 people in the congregation at St. Paul's Cathedral. Another 750 million people watched the ceremony worldwide; this figure rose to a billion when the radio audience is added in. continue reading below our video 10 Facts About the Titanic That You Don't Know 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. Most of the crowned heads of Europe attended, and also most of the elected heads of state of European nations. Diana and her father, Earl Spencer, arrived at St. Paul's Cathedral in a glass coach, escorted by five mounted military police officers. The carriage was too small to comfortably hold Diana's father and Diana in her dress and train.

Diana's wedding dress was a puff ball meringue dress, with huge puffed sleeves and a frilly neckline. The dress was ivory, made of silk taffeta, decorated with antique lace, hand embroidery, sequins, and 10,000 pearls. It was designed by Elizabeth and David Emanuel, and had a 25-foot train. The tiara that she wore was a Spencer family heirloom. Charles wore his full dress naval commander uniform. After the ceremony, the couple went to Buckingham palace for a small dinner for 120. Appearing on a balcony, Diana and Charles pleased the crowd by kissing. Diana was the first British citizen to marry an heir to the British throne in 300 years. (Charles' grandmother was a British citizen, but his grandfather was not the heir at the time of their marriage.) Diana and Charles left for their honeymoon, first going to Broadlands -- Charles' two brothers decorated their car with a "Just Married" sign. The couple then went to Gibralter and from there to a Mediterranean cruise and then to Scotland, joining the royal family at Balmoral Castle. Diana and Charles separated in 1992 and divorced four years later.

Note: Though she was known widely as Princess Diana, Diana's proper title at the time of her death was Diana, Princess of Wales. Lady Diana Frances Spencer Lady Diana Frances Spencer 1. Diana (Lady) Frances Spencer, daughter of Edward (Lord) John Spencer and Frances Ruth Roche was born on 01 Jul 1961 in Sandringham, Norfolk, England. She died on 31 Aug 1997 in Paris, France. She married Prince Charles. Notes for Diana (Lady) Frances Spencer: Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances;[fn 1] née Spencer; 1 July 1961 - 31 August 1997), was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, whom she married on 29 July 1981, and a member of the British Royal Family.[2] She was also well known for her fund-raising work for international charities, and an eminent celebrity of the late 20th century.

Her wedding to Charles, heir to the British throne and those of the then 18 Commonwealth realms, was held at St Paul's Cathedral and seen by a global television audience of over 750 million. While married she bore the courtesy titles Princess of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Rothesay, Countess of Chester and Baroness of Renfrew. The marriage produced two sons, the princes William and Harry,[3] who are currently second and third in line to the British throne. Diana was born into an aristocratic English family with royal ancestry and became a public figure with the announcement of her engagement to Prince Charles. Diana also received recognition for her charity work and for her support of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. From 1989, she was the president of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for children, in addition to dozens of other charities. She remained the object of worldwide media scrutiny during and after her marriage, which ended in divorce on 28 August 1996. Media attention and public mourning were considerable after her death in a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997.

Princess Diana - British royal brides - Pictures - CBS News British royal brides Next Queen Victoria According to the New Yorker, Queen Victoria "invented the royal wedding as we know it" by having 12 bridesmaids. Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1840. Photo: Queen Victoria, June 1, 1898. Credit: AP Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mother) Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon married Prince Albert, Duke of York, on April 26, 1923. She became Queen consort when Albert, who took the name George VI, became king after his brother Edward's abdication. Queen Elizabeth became known as the Queen Mother when her daughter, Princess Elizabeth, became queen. Photo: Queen Elizabeth, the former Duchess of York, smiles as she poses in 1937 for this official picture in London after the May 12, 1937 coronation the Duke of York. Credit: AFP/Getty Images Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mother) Queen Elizabeth, Queen Consort to King George VI, poses sometime in 1930 with Princess Elizabeth, left, and Princess Margaret.

Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) Princess Elizabeth married Prince Philip at Westminster Abbey on Nov. 20, 1947. Photo: The wedding blessing of the Princess Elizabeth and Philip The Duke of Edinburgh, Nov. 20, 1947, at Westminster Abbey, in London. Credit: OFF/AFP/Getty Images Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) The Princess Elizabeth II of England and Philip The Duke of Edinburgh pose on their wedding day, Nov. 20, 1947, in Buckingham Palace, London. Credit: OFF/AFP/Getty Images Princess Margaret The newlywed Princess Margaret, the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II, leaves hand-in-hand with her husband, Antony Armstrong-Jones, from Westminster Abbey on their wedding day May 6, 1960. They divorced in 1978. Credit: AFP/Getty Images Princess Anne Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip's only daughter, Princess Anne, married Mark Phillips on Nov. 14, 1973. They were divorced on April 23, 1992. Anne is remarried to Timothy Laurence. Photo: Princess Anne and Mark Phillips as newlyweds, waving from the balcony of Buckingham Palace, Nov.

14, 1973. Credit: AP Princess Diana Lady Diana Spencer in wedding dress before her wedding to Prince Charles on July 29, 1981, in London. Credit: AP Photo Princess Diana Lady Diana Spencer and Charles, Prince of Wales, are seen during their wedding at St. Paul's Cathedral in London on July 29, 1981. Credit: AFP/Getty Images Princess Diana Lady Diana Spencer is shown with Prince Charles at their wedding at St. Paul's Cathedral in London on July 29, 1981. Credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images Princess Diana Princess Diana and Prince Charles wave to well-wishers from the 1902 State Landau carriage after their wedding ceremony at St. Paul's Cathedral on July 29, 1981, in London. Credit: AP Princess Diana Princess Diana and Prince Charles on the Buckingham Palace balcony after their wedding on July 29, 1981, in London. Credit: AP Princess Diana An official family photo taken on July 29, 1981, the wedding day of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer.

Credit: OFF/AFP/Getty Images Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York Queen Elizabeth II's son, Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, married Sarah Ferguson on July 23, 1986. Their children, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, are fifth and sixth in line to the throne. Photo: The newlyweds, Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, wave to crowds on July 23, 1986, from the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London, while Queen Elizabeth II and the Queen Mother look on. Credit: AFP/Getty Images Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, Duke and Duchess of York, kiss after their wedding, June 23, 1986. Autumn Phillips is married to Princess Anne's son, Peter Phillips. Photo: Peter Phillips with his bride, Autumn Kelly, in Windsor, England, May 17, 2008. Credit: Akira Suemori Autumn Phillips Bride and groom Autumn Kelly and Peter Phillips wave to family members and guests as they leave in a horse-drawn carriage after their wedding ceremony at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, May 17, 2008, in Windsor, England.

Credit: Sang Tan - Pool/Getty Images Prince William and Kate Middleton Prince William married Catherine Middleton on April 29, 2011 at Westminster Abbey. Photo: Catherine Middleton waves to the crowds as her sister and Maid of Honor Pippa Middleton holds her dress before walking in to the Abbey to attend the Royal Wedding of Prince William to Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011 in London. Credit: GETTY Prince William and Kate Middleton Kate Middleton arrives at Westminster Abbey at the Royal Wedding in London Friday, April 29, 2011. Credit: AP Photo/Alastair Grant Prince William and Kate Middleton Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton exchange rings in front of the Archbishop of Canterbury at Westminster Abbey, London, April 29, 2011. Credit: Pool,AP Photo/Dominic Lipinski Prince William and Kate Middleton Britain's Prince William kisses his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Royal Wedding in London, April, 29, 2011.

Credit: AP Photo/Matt Dunham Zara Phillips Zara Phillips, the granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, married English rugby player Mike TIndall on July 30, 2011. Photo: Mike Tindall kisses his new bride Zara Phillips after their wedding ceremony at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland, on July 30, 2011. Credit: DYLAN MARTINEZ/AFP/Getty Images Zara Phillips Zara Phillips, granddaughter of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, arrives for her wedding to England rugby player Mike Tindall at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland, on July 30, 2011. Credit: DYLAN MARTINEZ/AFP/Getty Images Zara Phillips Mike Tindall and Zara Phillips leave after their wedding ceremony at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland, on July 30, 2011. Credit: DYLAN MARTINEZ/AFP/Getty Images Zara Phillips Zara Phillips, the eldest granddaughter of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, arrives for her wedding to England rugby player Mike Tindall at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland, on July 30, 2011.

See 14 Rare Candid Pictures from Princess Diana and Prince Charles’ Wedding Day See 14 Rare Candid Pictures from Princess Diana and Prince Charles’ Wedding Day August 10, 2015 – 5:00 PM Queen Appears in Public After Month-Long Illness, with Duchess of Cambridge by her Side (AFP/Getty Images) It’s a day that is familiar even to people who weren’t yet born at the time, or who were too young to remember it. Photographs of the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer on July 29, 1981, have become iconic over the years, from those of Diana walking up the aisle of St Paul’s Cathedral in her wedding dress complete with 25-foot train, to those of the newlywed couple waving to cheering crowds from the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Now 14 rare, behind-the-scenes pictures from the wedding reception have been published in the public sphere for the very first time, and the prints are to be auctioned in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by Henrietta Gordon-Cumming , who was an assistant to official photographer Lord Patrick Lichfield on the day.

The candid shots show the royal family gathered at Buckingham Palace for the wedding reception following the extravagant ceremony at St Paul’s, and the 20-year-old Princess of Wales in most of the prints for sale. In one informal picture, she is holding her 5-year-old bridesmaid Clementine Hambro in her arms as she walks beside Queen Elizabeth II, her new mother-in-law. And although photographs of Diana and Charles on Buckingham Palace’s balcony are well-known, a new angle is offered by a shot of the couple from behind, in which there is also a glimpse of the vast crowd of well-wishers outside the palace gates. In another picture, the queen watches the crowds outside her home on a small television screen. A fascinating glimpse into the official wedding portraits of Diana is provided by several snaps showing the princess’s wedding dress and train being arranged around her as she takes her position in the throne room. Her dress, which was designed by Elizabeth and David Emanuel, consisted of silk, taffeta, lace and was decorated with 10,000 pearls.

Gordon-Cumming has said, “Lord Lichfield had me make up an album of black-and-white and color photographs, which he presented to Prince Charles and Princess Diana to commemorate the day of their wedding. These are photos that did not go into that album. To my knowledge, none have ever been published. Very few people have ever laid eyes on them.” Bobby Livingstone, who will oversee the auction on September 24, said, “These never-before-seen photographs capture the candid and unrehearsed moments of the fairytale wedding.” Due to the “great interest” in Diana still held by people in the U.S., Livingstone believes that this collection of pictures will sell for many thousands of dollars. Princess Diana Biography -Biography Online About Princess Diana Biography Lady Diana Frances Spencer, (July 1, 1961–August 31, 1997) was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales . From her marriage in 1981 to her divorce in 1996 she was called “Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales”.

After her divorce from the Prince of Wales in 1996, Diana ceased to be the Princess of Wales and also lost the resulting Royal Highness style. After her divorce, officially, she was called Diana, Princess of Wales. Diana was often called Princess Diana by the media and the public, but she did not possess such a title and was not personally a princess, a point Diana herself made to people who referred to her as such. Contrary to belief, being Princess of Wales does not make one a princess in one’s own right. It merely indicates that one was married to a Prince of Wales. An iconic presence on the world stage, Diana, Princess of Wales was noted for her pioneering charity work. Yet her philanthropic endeavours were sometimes overshadowed by her difficult marriage to Prince Charles. In the 1990s she made many public revelations about the difficult marriage – her affairs and Prince Charles’ affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles.

From the time of her engagement to the Prince of Wales in 1981 until her death in a car accident in 1997, the Princess was arguably the most famous woman in the world, the pre-eminent female celebrity of her generation: a fashion icon, an image of feminine beauty, admired and emulated for her high-profile involvement in AIDS issues, and the international campaign against landmines. During her lifetime, she was often referred to as the most photographed person in the world. Early years of Princess Diana See: Childhood photos Diana Frances Spencer was born as the youngest daughter of Edward Spencer, Viscount Althorp, and his first wife, Frances Spencer, at Park House on the Sandringham estate. On the death of her paternal grandfather, Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer, in 1975, Diana’s father became the 8th Earl Spencer, and she acquired the courtesy title of The Lady Diana Spencer and moved from her childhood home at Park House to her family’s sixteenth-century ancestral home of Althorp.

A year later, Lord Spencer married Raine, Countess of Dartmouth, the only daughter of the romance novelist Barbara Cartland, after being named as the “other party” in the Earl and Countess of Dartmouth’s divorce. Diana was educated at Riddlesworth Hall in Norfolk and at West Heath Girls’ School (later reorganized as the New School at West Heath, a special school for boys and girls) in Sevenoaks, Kent, where she was regarded as an academically below-average student, having failed all of her O-level examinations. In 1977, aged 16, she left West Heath and briefly attended Institut Alpin Videmanette, a finishing school in Rougemont, Switzerland (Diana’s future husband was also dating her sister, Lady Sarah at that time). Diana was a talented amateur singer, excelled in sports and reportedly longed to be a ballerina. Diana’s family, the Spencers, had been close to the British Royal Family for decades. Her maternal grandmother, Ruth, Lady Fermoy, was a longtime friend of, and a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.

The Prince’s love life had always been the subject of press speculation, and he was linked to numerous women. Nearing his mid-thirties, he was under increasing pressure to marry. In order to gain the approval of his family and their advisors, including his great-uncle Lord Mountbatten of Burma, any potential bride had to have an aristocratic background, could not have been previously married, should be Protestant and, preferably, a virgin. Diana fulfilled all of these qualifications. Reportedly, the Prince’s former girlfriend (and, eventually, his second wife) Camilla Parker Bowles helped him select the 19-year-old Lady Diana Spencer as a potential bride, who was working as an assistant at the Young England kindergarten in Pimlico. It was at this kindergarten school that the famous iconic snap of a 19-year-old Lady Diana Spencer was taken by John Minihan with the morning sun to her back, her legs in silhouette through her skirt. Buckingham Palace announced the engagement on 24 February 1981. Mrs.

Parker Bowles had been dismissed by Lord Mountbatten of Burma as a potential spouse for the heir to throne some years before, reportedly due to her age (16 months the Prince’s senior), her sexual experience, and her lack of suitably aristocratic lineage. Wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana The wedding took place at St Paul’s Cathedral in London on Wednesday 29 July 1981 before 3,500 invited guests (including Mrs. Parker Bowles and her husband, a godson of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother) and an estimated 1 billion television viewers around the world. Diana was the first Englishwoman to marry the heir to the throne since 1659, when Lady Anne Hyde married the Duke of York and Albany, the future King James II (although, unlike Charles, James was heir presumptive and not heir apparent). Upon her marriage, Diana became Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales and was ranked as the third most senior royal woman in the United Kingdom after the Queen and the Queen Mother.

The Prince and Princess of Wales had two children, Prince William of Wales on 21 June 1982 and Prince Henry of Wales (commonly called Prince Harry) on 15 September 1984. Princess Diana – Break up of Marriage with Prince Charles In the mid 1980s her marriage fell apart, an event at first suppressed, but then sensationalised, by the world media. Both the Prince and Princess of Wales allegedly spoke to the press through friends, accusing each other of blame for the marriage’s demise. Charles resumed his relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles, whilst Diana became involved with James Hewitt and possibly later with James Gilbey, with whom she was involved in the so-called Squidgygate affair. She later confirmed (in a television interview with Martin Bashir) the affair with her riding instructor, James Hewitt. Another alleged lover was a bodyguard assigned to the Princess’s security detail, although the Princess adamantly denied a sexual relationship with him. After her separation from Prince Charles, Diana was allegedly involved with married art dealer Oliver Hoare and rugby player Will Carling. She did publicly date heart surgeon Hasnat Khan before becoming involved with Dodi Fayed.

The Prince and Princess of Wales were separated on 9 December 1992; their divorce was finalised on 28 August 1996. The Princess lost the style Her Royal Highness and instead was styled as Diana, Princess of Wales. However, since the divorce, Buckingham Palace has maintained that Diana was officially a member of the Royal Family, since she was the mother of the second and third in line to the throne. Princess Diana Charity work Starting in the mid-to-late 1980s, the Princess of Wales became well known for her support of charity projects , and is credited with considerable influence for her campaigns against the use of landmines and helping the victims of AIDS. In April 1987, the Princess of Wales was the first high-profile celebrity to be photographed knowingly touching a person infected with the HIV virus.

Her contribution to changing the public opinion of AIDS sufferers was summarised in December 2001 by Bill Clinton at the ‘Diana, Princess of Wales Lecture on AIDS’, when he said: “In 1987, when so many still believed that AIDS could be contracted through casual contact, Princess Diana sat on the sickbed of a man with AIDS and held his hand. She showed the world that people with AIDS deserve no isolation, but compassion and kindness. It helped change world opinion, and gave hope to people with AIDS with an outcome of saved lives of people at risk.“ Princess Diana also made clandestine visits to show kindness to terminally ill AIDS patients. According to nurses, she would turn up unannounced, for example, at the Mildmay Hospice in London, with specific instructions that these visits were to be concealed from the media. Princess Diana and Landmines Campaign Perhaps her most widely publicised charity appearance was her visit to Angola in January 1997, when, serving as an International Red Cross VIP volunteer [1], she visited landmine survivors in hospitals, toured de-mining projects run by the HALO Trust, and attended mine awareness education classes about the dangers of mines immediately surrounding homes and villages.

The pictures of Diana touring a minefield, in a ballistic helmet and flak jacket, were seen worldwide. (In fact, mine-clearance experts had already cleared the pre-planned walk that Diana took wearing the protective equipment.) In August that year, she visited Bosnia with the Landmine Survivors Network. Her interest in landmines was focused on the injuries they create, often to children, long after the conflict has finished. She is widely acclaimed for her influence on the signing by the governments of the UK and other nations of the Ottawa Treaty in December 1997, after her death, which created an international ban on the use of anti-personnel landmines. Introducing the Second Reading of the Landmines Bill 1998 to the British House of Commons, the Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook, paid tribute to Diana’s work on landmines: “All Honourable Members will be aware from their postbags of the immense contribution made by Diana, Princess of Wales to bringing home to many of our constituents the human costs of landmines.

The best way in which to record our appreciation of her work, and the work of NGOs that have campaigned against landmines, is to pass the Bill, and to pave the way towards a global ban on landmines. “ As of January 2005, Diana’s legacy on landmines remained unfulfilled. The United Nations appealed to the nations which produced and stockpiled the largest numbers of landmines (China, India, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia and the United States) to sign the Ottawa Treaty forbidding their production and use, for which Diana had campaigned. Carol Bellamy, Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), said that landmines remained “a deadly attraction for children, whose innate curiosity and need for play often lure them directly into harm’s way”. Death of Princess Diana On 31 August 1997 Diana was involved in a car accident in the Pont de l’Alma road tunnel in Paris, along with her friend and lover Dodi Al-Fayed, and their driver Henri Paul. Fayed’s bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones is the only person who survived the wreckage.

The death of the Princess has been widely blamed on reporters, that were reportedly hounding the Princess, and were following the vehicle at a high speed. Ever since the word paparazzi has been associated with the death of the Princess. Cite: Tejvan Pettinger , Oxford, UK. Online 01/06/2006 Related pages – Princess Diana

Question: Where was the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Frances Spencer on 29 July 1981, held?
Answer: St Paul's Cathedral