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Royal Wedding, 23 July 1986

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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 24 Jul 2010 01:58

Trying to remember what I was doing on that day, busy I expect as my son would have been just 4 years old and it was also the time we got our puppy, a lab cross, she was born on June 6th and we had her when she was only 5 or 6 weeks old (poor owner/breeder but luckily she turned out ok for the 12 years we had her - she died of cancer)

I am sure I would have watched as much as possible of the ceremony tho, being the softie I am. I do think it's a shame their marriage didn't work out.

Lizx

Elizabethofseasons

Elizabethofseasons Report 23 Jul 2010 17:33

Gentle nudge please

Thank you
xx

Elizabethofseasons

Elizabethofseasons Report 23 Jul 2010 00:30

Dear All

Hello

In 1986, Prince Andrew weds Sarah Ferguson
Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson married at Westminster Abbey.

Inside, 2,000 people, amid 30,000 flowers, watched the bride make her four-minute walk up the blue-carpeted aisle, sweeping a 17-foot train behind her.

As well as the families of the bride and groom, guests included 17 members of foreign royalty, US First Lady Nancy Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

The Queen conferred Prince Andrew with the title Duke of York - last held by King George VI and traditionally reserved for the sovereign's second son - just 90 minutes before the ceremony.

Prince Edward was best man to his 26-year-old brother and Prince Charles read the lesson in a service conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie.

As the couple exchanged their vows cheers could be heard from the crowd outside.

The new Duchess of York mistakenly repeated Prince Andrew's middle name, Christian, and agreed to obey her husband - a clause omitted by Princess Diana in her 1981 marriage to Prince Charles.

The Duchess looked radiant in her ivory duchesse satin dress, next to the Duke - four months her junior - in the ceremonial day dress of a naval lieutenant.

A crowd of 100,000 clamoured to see their first public kiss as man and wife on the balcony of the Palace.

This royal wedding day was a very informal one. Prince William, then aged 4, was a page boy and there was extensive TV coverage.

Take gentle care
Very best wishes
xx