Prince Charles and Diana Wedding


The wedding of Prince Charles and Diana took place on Wednesday, 29 July 1981.
Time: 11:20 a.m. BST
Location: St Paul’s Cathedral, London, United Kingdom.
Audience: Watched globally by 750 million TV audience.
Engagement: 24 February 1981.
Security: 4000 police and 2,200 military officers.
Wedding Dress:
 Diana’s Wedding Dress valued at £9000. The dress was made of silk taffeta, lace, hand embroidery. It was decorated by 10,000 pearls and had a train of 25-foot train.
Prince Charles wore naval commander full dress.
Honeymoon: Visited Broadlands, boarded the Royal Yacht Britania from Gibraltar for an 11 day cruise visiting Egypt, Greece, Sardinia and Tunisia.
Divorce: The couple separated in 1992 and divorced in 1996.

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