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Royal Wedding Day, 29 July 1981

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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 29 Jul 2010 23:29

Congratulations Gail, and also to Minnie for Sunday, hope you enjoy many happy anniversaries together with your o.hs.

I remember the wedding, I spent the day with a friend watching on his colour tv as I only had a black and white one at the time. He kept me provided with food and drink lol while I just lolled around taking in all the details on tv.
I do recall being disappointed that Diana's dress was so crumpled looking when she got out of the coach.

Lizx

Elizabethofseasons

Elizabethofseasons Report 29 Jul 2010 23:13

Dear Minnie

Hello

Hope you are well.

Awww, that's lovely.

Congratulations for your wedding anniversary!

Take gentle care
Very best wishes
xx

Penny

Penny Report 29 Jul 2010 22:44

I watched it on TV, joked later that it was a run through of the 'big day' I married 1-8-1981. They married on the Thusday, we on the Saturday

Elizabethofseasons

Elizabethofseasons Report 29 Jul 2010 22:25

Dear Gail

Hello

Hope you are well and okay.

Thanks for adding to the post.

Congratulations on your 29 years together with your OH.

Take gentle care
Very best wishes
xx

LanarkshireLassie

LanarkshireLassie Report 29 Jul 2010 17:02

I remember the day that Charlie and Di married!

They married the same year me and OH married!

I remember that 29th July was declared, a national holiday!

I remember my family having a glass of bubbly, to celebrate their marriage!!

It was a special occasion!!

Gailx

Elizabethofseasons

Elizabethofseasons Report 29 Jul 2010 16:39

Dear All

Hello

In 1981,Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer at
St Pauls Cathedral.

Crowds of 600,000 people filled the streets of London to catch a glimpse of tthe procession.

Lady Diana, 20, arrived almost on time for the 1120 BST ceremony after making the journey from Clarence House in the Glass Coach with her father, Earl Spencer.

She made the three-and-a-half minute walk up the red-carpeted aisle with the sumptuous 25 ft (7.62 m) train of her Emmanuel designed, ivory taffeta and antique lace gown flowing behind her.

The bride's nerves showed briefly when she mixed up the Prince's names - calling him Philip Charles Arthur George, rather than Charles Philip.

After a brief private signing ceremony the Prince and Princess of Wales walked back down the aisle to the refrain of Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance.

The newlyweds took the open-topped state landau to Buckingham Palace where they emerged on the balcony at 1310 BST to give the crowds the kiss they had been longing to see.

A "just married" sign attached to the landau by Princes Andrew and Edward raised smiles as the married couple were driven over Westminster Bridge.

Throughout the country, there were street parties as people celebrated as Britons enjoyed a national holiday to mark the occasion.

There was an estimated global TV audience of 750 million.


It was called the wedding of the century.

Where were you on this day?

Take gentle care
Very best wishes
xx