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A royal wedding is a marriage ceremony involving members of a royal family. Weddings involving senior members of the royal family are often seen as important occasions of state and attract significant national and international attention. The following is a list of notable royal weddings:
[2] [3] The two had previously encountered each other when Armstrong-Jones was the photographer at the wedding of Margaret's friends, Lady Anne Coke and The Hon. Colin Tennant, in April 1956. [4] In October 1959, Armstrong-Jones was invited to stay at Balmoral Castle. The public assumed he was there to photograph the royal family.
The wedding of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, and Katharine Worsley took place on Thursday, 8 June 1961, at York Minster in York, England. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, was the eldest son of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, while Katharine Worsley was the only daughter and fourth child of landowner Sir William Worsley, 4th Baronet.
3 March 1960: Takako, Princess Suga of Japan and Hisanaga Shimazu; 6 May 1960: Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom and photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones [7] 12 January 1961: Princess Astrid of Norway and Johan Ferner; 21 January 1961: Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia and Howard Oxenberg; 25 May 1961: King Hussein of Jordan and Toni Gardiner
Wedding of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, and Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont; List of wedding guests of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle; List of wedding guests of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank; Wedding of Princess Louise and Alexander Duff, Earl of Fife; Wedding of Princess Louise and John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne
This is a list of Royal Variety Performances, gala evenings held annually in the United Kingdom, which are attended by senior members of the British Royal Family. Initially, the reigning monarch(s) would attend the show but in more recent years, the senior members attending have alternated, with Queen Elizabeth II attending less and less ...
The abbey, which has a usual seating capacity of 2000, [58] has been the venue for most royal weddings in the last century, including those of William's grandparents (Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip) in 1947, William's great-aunt Princess Margaret in 1960, William's first cousin twice removed Princess Alexandra in 1963, William's aunt ...
More than half of wedding guests itself were family and friends of the couple, though there were a significant number of Commonwealth leaders (including the governors-general who represent the Queen in Commonwealth realms other than the UK, prime ministers of the Commonwealth realms, and heads of government of other Commonwealth countries ...