Celebrity Wedding Destinations: Prince Charles and Lady Di Wedding Details

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As a girl, most women dreams of meeting a prince charming and then get married with the prince to become a princess. Well, it looked like that Diana Spencer (Lady Di) fulfilled her dream, in 1981, she was married to the Prince of England: Prince Charles. Although Lady Di had passed away years ago, it does not hurt to go back and see that kind of wedding they had

Prince Charles and Lady Di Wedding

Charles and Diana got married on July 29th 1981, their vows were recited within St.Paul’s Cathedral in London, England.

The Engagement Ring

The engagement ring was white gold engagement ring, dominated by an oval sapphire embraced by fourteen diamonds. Diana personally chose the gem, picking the largest stone on the display tray.

The Wedding Ceremony

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The streets of London were alive with a profusion of Union Jacks waving in the mid-morning air as Lady Diana Spencer and her father began their journey from the Queen Mother’s residence, Clarence House, to the Sir Christopher Wren-designed St. Paul’s Cathedral — a venue chosen for the wedding by the groom, who found it more aesthetically pleasing than Westminster Abbey, where the most royal events are held. From a glass coach, the bride acknowleged the throng of admirers who had waited for days to catch a glimpse of the twenty-year-old woman who, it was believed, would one day reign over the land.

The Wedding Dress

About 750 million television viewers around the world breathlessly waited to see the ivory silk confection by British husband and wife designers David and Elizabeth Emanuel. The dress was enhanced by 10,000 pearls and mother-of-pearl sequins, the “meringue” style gown was a Victorian vision, complete with puffed sleeves and a twenty-five-foot-long train. Attention was paid to even the smallest of details of the bridal ensemble, from the dainty bow embellishing the neckline to the ruffled hearts and heels of hand-painted gold on the ivory silk slippers fashioned by Baboucha Shoes. Cascading bouquet was composed of yellow Mountbatten roses, gardenias, stephanotis, orchids, lily of the valley and freesia. To further tie the past with the present, accents of myrtle and veronica from Queen Victoria’s garden at Osborne House were interspersed among the array of blossoms.

The bride’s young assistants were a cherubic congregation, garbed in ballerina-length ivory silk taffeta dresses embellished with lace and a golden sash at the waist. The bridesmaid’s carried small baskets of flowers in a kaleidescope of colors which matched the wreath of blossoms resting upon their heads.

The Wedding Reception

The guests enjoyed a traditional royal wedding breakfast served on gold plates filled with brill in lobster sauce, chicken breasts garnished with lamb mousse, and strawberries with Cornish cream washed down with claret and port before the groom brandished his ceremonial sword to cut the first slice of a five-tiered wedding cake adorned with emblems from his Naval days, sugar doves, and topped with a garden of confectionary roses, lilies of the valley, fuchsias and orchids accenting an ornamental “C” and “D.”

Phew…what a royal wedding. Turns out that Lady Di was quite a Cinderella that day.

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