Charles And Diana Wedding Date
The ceremony was a traditional church of england wedding service.
Charles and diana wedding date. Diana princess of wales born diana frances spencer. Her true story in her own words the couple scheduled the birth of their oldest son around his polo schedule. When we had william we had to find a date in the diary that suited charles and his polo princess diana told biographer andrew morton. When robert runcie the archbishop of canterbury presiding over the wedding of prince charles and lady diana spencer at st pauls cathedral 30 years ago spoke gushingly of fairytales no one.
The couple were married at st pauls cathedral before an invited congregation of 3500 and an estimated global tv audience of 750 million making it the most popular programme ever broadcast. 1 july 1961 31 august 1997 was a member of the british royal familyshe was the first wife of charles prince of wales the heir apparent to the british throne and the mother of prince william and prince harrydianas activism and glamour made her an international icon and earned her an enduring popularity as well as an unprecedented. The wedding of prince charles and lady diana spencer took place on wednesday 29 july 1981 at st pauls cathedral in london united kingdom. A documentary airing on cbs tonight reveals that the couple had only met 12 times before they walked down the aisle at st pauls cathedral.
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. Charles had previously dated dianas older sister sarah. The groom was the heir to the british throne and the bride was a member of the spencer family. Princess diana at her wedding to charles in 1981.
Crowds of 600000 people filled the streets of london to catch a glimpse of prince charles and lady diana spencer on their wedding day. Diana got pregnant with william not long after the wedding. Prince charles and princess diana had a complicated relationship to say the least. Prince charles wailed i cant go through with it on eve of marriage to princess diana biography claims catherine mayers book charles.
Commentary by tom fleming.