By Bryanne Salazar
11:40am PDT, Apr 10, 2024
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King Charles III married Queen Camilla 19 years in the past this month. To mark their anniversary, we’re having a look on the wedding ceremony venues favored by members of Britain’s royal household…
After their respective divorces, longtime couple Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles lastly made their union official on April 9, 2005, in a civil ceremony held on the Windsor Guildhall, which was inbuilt 1689, in historic Berkshire.
The groom’s mother and father, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, weren’t in attendance on the wedding ceremony, however they did host a reception after the ceremony for the newly married couple — who’re pictured right here within the White Drawing Room at Windsor Fortress. After the ceremony, Camilla was given the title Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall. In 2022, she turned Queen Camilla when her husband turned King Charles III upon his mom’s loss of life.
Preserve studying to see the Guildhall, plus the church buildings the place British royals have exchanged vows…
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After exchanging vows in a civil ceremony on the Windsor Guildhall, seen right here, the long run King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla headed to St. George’s Chapel for a Church of England service of prayer and dedication, then celebrated with a reception at close by Windsor Fortress.
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On Could 19, 2018, Prince Harry married Meghan Markle at St. George’s Chapel (left), which is contained in the gates of Windsor Fortress in Windsor, England. The positioning has been a go-to venue for a lot of royal nuptials ever since King Edward VII married Princess Alexandra of Denmark there in 1863.
As for more moderen a long time? Princess Eugenie wed Jack Brooksbank there in October 2018. Her and Harry’s second cousin Peter Phillips wed Autumn Kelly at St. George’s Chapel in 2008, and their uncle Prince Edward married Sophie Rhys-Jones there in 1999.
Queen Elizabeth II and husband Prince Philip had been each buried in St. George’s Chapel in 2021 and 2022. Preserve studying for extra views of the favored royal wedding ceremony (and funeral) venue…
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St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Fortress seats about 900.
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This can be a view of the altar inside St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Fortress as Prince Charles accompanied future daughter-in-law Meghan Markle down the aisle as she ready to marry Prince Harry on Could 19, 2018.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle — who turned the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on their wedding ceremony day — married at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Fortress in 2018. The chapel was constructed on the grounds of Windsor Fortress between 1483 and 1528 and stays a fantastic testomony to Gothic structure. It is also the identical chapel the place the royal household celebrates Easter annually, in addition to the service of The Order of the Garter — a 700-year-old order impressed by the tales of King Arthur and his chivalrous knights. Following the nuptial service, the royal couple took a horse-drawn carriage experience by means of the city of Windsor, very similar to Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank did a couple of months later.
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Princess Eugenie married Jack Brooksbank at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Fortress on Oct. 12, 2018 — the identical spot her cousin Prince Harry wed Meghan Markle 5 months earlier.
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Prince Edward is the youngest of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip’s 4 youngsters and was the final to stroll down the aisle. On June 19, 1999, Edward and his bride, Sophie Rhys-Jones, mentioned “I do” amongst household and buddies at St. George’s Chapel — the identical place Prince Harry and Meghan Markle married on Could 19, 2018. To this point, Prince Edward — who in 2023 turned the Duke of Edinburgh — is the one considered one of Queen Elizabeth’s youngsters who hasn’t divorced.
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On Could 17, 2008, Princess Anne’s son, Peter Phillips, married Autumn Kelly, a Canadian commoner he met whereas on the Montreal Grand Prix. In accordance with Peter, he did not even inform Autumn he was a member of the royal household. The couple fell head over heels in love and had been married at St. George’s Chapel on the Windsor Palace grounds. Wedding ceremony company included Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and greater than 300 others, in addition to Autumn’s household, who flew in from Canada. Peter does not carry any formal title however as Queen Elizabeth’s grandson, continues to be afforded the privileges and tasks as a member of the royal household. He additionally occurred to be the primary of her grandchildren to get married. He and Autumn introduced their cut up in 2020.
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A number of former monarchs — together with Henry VIII and his third spouse, Jane Seymour, in addition to Queen Elizabeth II’s grandfather, Edward VII — are buried in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Fortress, which has a surprising inside. Elizabeth was buried there alongside her mother and father and sister in 2022 — a yr after husband Prince Philip was laid to relaxation there as properly.
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Prince William and Princess Kate — who in 2022 turned the Prince and Princes of Wales after 11 years of being the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge — hosted roughly 1,900 company throughout their wedding ceremony ceremony at Westminster Abbey together with quite a few celebrities, politicians and public figures, plus an estimated 2 billion viewers tuned in to observe from residence. Along with being a preferred royal wedding ceremony venue, the Abbey — seen right here through the couple’s 2011 nuptials — can be the place British monarchs are historically coronated and buried.
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This can be a huge view of the primary altar inside London’s Westminster Abbey as Prince William married Kate Middleton on April 29, 2011.
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On Nov. 20, 1947, Queen Elizabeth II (then nonetheless a princess) exchanged holy vows of matrimony with Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, to whom she was married for 73 years till his loss of life in 2021 (she handed away 17 months later). The couple mentioned “I do” amongst a prestigious crowd of royal relations and buddies within the historic Westminster Abbey (the place Prince William and Kate Middleton wed), which was inbuilt 1245 by King Henry III. The ceremony was broadcast stay over the radio for roughly 2 million listeners and celebrated within the streets by Londoners. On this picture, we see a younger Elizabeth and Philip posing along with her father, King George VI, and mom, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mom (proper), in addition to their royal entourage of siblings, cousins and others.
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip married at London’s Westminster Abbey, seen right here, in 1947.
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The wedding of Prince Charles — now King Charles III — and Woman Diana Spencer was one of many largest occasions of the ’80s. The ceremony, which befell on July 29, 1981, was seen at residence by greater than 750 million folks — a staggering quantity for the time. The couple exchanged vows within the historic St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, which was constructed from 1675 to 1710, changing the earlier home of worship on the location that was burned within the Nice London Hearth. Although that they had a fairy story day on the attractive venue, Diana and Charles divorced in 1996 after allegations of infidelity ripped by means of the press, with Di later saying the marriage was the “worst day” of her life.
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St. Paul’s Cathedral, seen right here throughout Princess Diana and Prince Charles’ 1981 wedding ceremony, options structure within the English Baroque fashion.
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The Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor, England — the place Princess Beatrice married property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi on July 17, 2020 — is positioned on the grounds of Royal Lodge in Windsor Nice Park, which on the time was the house of her mother and father, Prince Andrew and ex-wife Sarah, Duchess of York. The newlyweds are seen right here with the bride’s grandparents, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, after the ceremony. Preserve studying for an additional view of the church…
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The Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge in Windsor, England, was constructed within the early nineteenth century. It was later frequented by bride Princess Beatrice’s great-grandmother, the Queen Mom (previously often called queen consort Queen Elizabeth), when she lived at Royal Lodge following the loss of life of her husband, King George VI. The Queen Mom remained there till she herself handed away in 2002; after that, Beatrice’s father, Prince Andrew, made it his residence. The neo-gothic church is seen right here forward of the Queen Mom’s funeral in 2002.
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Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi had been initially purported to marry on the Chapel Royal at St. James’s Palace in London in Could 2020 — till the coronavirus pandemic altered their plans. The chapel holds common church companies which can be open to most people. It additionally hosts high-profile royal christenings (Prince George and Prince Louis had been each baptized right here). The Chapel Royal has hosted a number of notable royal weddings: It is the place Beatrice’s great-great-great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg in 1840, and the place Beatrice’s great-great-grandfather King George V (who was then, like her father, the Duke of York) wed the long run Queen Mary in 1893.
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The Chapel Royal is positioned inside London’s St. James’s Palace (seen right here from the road), which was constructed by the Tudors in 1531 on the order of King Henry VIII. It is essentially the most senior royal palace in Britain and pre-dates the queen’s official London residence, Buckingham Palace. Many royals — together with Princess Beatrice in addition to Princess Anne — have lived in its flats. King Charles III additionally used to stay there with Prince William and Prince Harry once they had been boys.
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When you do not acknowledge the names Marion Stein or George Lascelles, don’t be concerned. Though a lesser-known royal, George was the primary cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and the seventh Earl of Harewood. As such, he was afforded all of the vestiges of a royal wedding ceremony ceremony when he took Marion’s hand. Marion was a commoner, though somebody of notoriety because of her profession as a live performance pianist. The 2 wed on Sept. 29, 1949, at St. James’s Palace in London, which was constructed by King Henry VIII in 1536. On this picture commemorating the wedding, we are able to see Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mom) and King George VI (proper) each in attendance. In 1964, after the earl fathered a baby out of wedlock, Marion divorced him (though she required permission from Queen Elizabeth II to take action), permitting him to marry the newborn’s mom.
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On July 30, 2011 — just some months after Prince William married Duchess Kate in a televised ceremony at Westminster Abbey — the queen’s eldest granddaughter, Zara Phillips, walked down the aisle in a way more low-key wedding ceremony. Zara, the daughter of Princess Anne, exchanged vows with English professional rugby participant Mike Tindall on the seventeenth century Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland, then celebrated with their company — together with Granny and the remainder of the royal household — at a reception on the close by Palace of Holyroodhouse.
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Scotland’s Canongate Kirk — the place Zara Phillips married Mike Tindall in 2011 — sits on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile close to the Scottish Parliament and Holyrood Palace. Development on the stone church was accomplished in 1691.
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On July 14, 1994, the Queen’s niece, Woman Sarah Armstrong-Jones (daughter of Princess Margaret) married Daniel Chatto in a ceremony at London’s St. Stephen Walbrook church, which was inbuilt 1672 following the Nice Hearth of London. The small ceremony did not embody any of the standard trappings of a royal wedding ceremony (no horse-drawn carriage, no purple carpet, no ringing bells) however was attended by Prince Charles and Princess Diana, who had not too long ago been within the papers for Charles’ alleged extra-marital affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles. Woman Sarah and Daniel (who wasn’t bestowed a royal title) are nonetheless married right this moment.
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St. Stephen Walbrook church in London, the place Princes Margaret’s daughter married in 1994, was restored after struggling bombing injury in a 1941 air raid throughout World Battle II.
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Queen Elizabeth’s first cousin, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, married Katherine Worsley within the Gothic-style Norman cathedral often called York Minster on June 8, 1961. Their wedding ceremony was the primary royal union to be held there since 1328, when King Edward III married Queen Philippa of Hainault beneath its arched dome. The blushing bride was attended by eight bridesmaids, together with an 11-year-old Princess Anne — Queen Elizabeth’s solely daughter.
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Queen Elizabeth’s first cousin, the Duke of Kent, wed on the gorgeous Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, England — extra generally often called York Minster — which is the seat of the second highest workplace of the Church of England.
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On July 3, 1978, Prince Michael of Kent (Queen Elizabeth’s first cousin and the brother of Princess Alexandra and Prince Edward) married Baroness Christine von Reibnitz in a ceremony on the city corridor in Vienna, Austria. The royal wedding ceremony was carried out only one month after Christine’s first marriage, to a banker, was annulled by none aside from the Pope himself. At the moment we all know the baroness as Princess Michael of Kent.
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One more royal couple that tied the knot in Westminster Abbey was Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York. The duo exchanged vows on July 23, 1986, 5 years after Andrew’s older brother, Prince Charles, wed Princess Diana at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. Following custom, the couple’s wedding ceremony was broadcast on stay tv and after the ceremony, Andrew and Sarah had been escorted again to Buckingham Palace the place they stood on the balcony to wave to crowds that had gathered to rejoice their union. The couple separated in 1992 and later divorced in 1996. Though they by no means remarried, the 2 have remained the closest of buddies and reportedly nonetheless stay collectively.
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On April 26, 1923, one other well-known Elizabeth married within the historic Gothic cathedral often called Westminster Abbey: Woman Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon wed her beau, Prince Albert, Duke of York (sure, the present queen’s mother and father). The prince was, on the time, second in line to the throne held by his mother and father, King George V and Queen Mary. In 1936, Albert’s eldest brother, Prince Edward, ascended the throne to turn out to be King Edward VIII, however his rule solely lasted a couple of brief months. That very same yr, the king abdicated the throne for love (he needed to marry an American divorcée, which wasn’t allowed on the time). The shakeup led Albert to take the title King George VI and made his spouse, previously Woman Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth (later often called the Queen Mom). The couple is seen right here at Buckingham Palace for the normal public viewing and balcony kiss on their wedding ceremony day.
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The royal wedding ceremony of Princess Margaret (Queen Elizabeth II’s little sister) on Could 6, 1960, was one other main occasion in England and world wide. Margaret (seen right here along with her brother-in-law, Prince Philip) wed photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones. Their wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey was the primary royal wedding ceremony in historical past to be televised. Almost 16 years after they exchanged vows, Margaret and Antony, Earl of Snowdon, separated, formally divorcing in 1978.
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The Nov. 14, 1973, wedding ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip’s solely daughter, Princess Anne, was the primary royal wedding ceremony that includes one of many monarch’s youngsters, making it an extra-special occasion. The princess and Captain Mark Phillips exchanged vows at Westminster Abbey on brother Prince Charles’ twenty fifth birthday. It was witnessed by greater than 500 million viewers at residence. Upon their union, the queen provided Mark an earldom, however he declined. The couple, who share two youngsters, divorced in 1992 after each had been embroiled in dishonest scandals.
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Princess Alexandra is the sister of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, and the primary cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. On April 24, 1963, the princess married the Honorable Angus Ogilvy in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London. Alexandra was considered one of Elizabeth’s bridesmaids at her 1947 wedding ceremony. Though the queen was in attendance at Alexandra’s wedding ceremony (as was the Queen Mom), she didn’t function considered one of her bridesmaids.
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A distant royal relative, Woman Helen Windsor (the daughter of Queen Elizabeth II’s first cousin, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent) married her beau, Tim Taylor, in a July 18, 1992, ceremony at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Fortress. The fashionable bride was thought-about a imaginative and prescient in her custom-made robe and was in comparison with Grace Kelly for her magnificence and refined nature. Helen and Tim are nonetheless married right this moment.