First off, Happy Anniversary to Will and Kate on their third wedding anniversary! Â Can you believe it’s been three years already! Â Seem’s like just yesterday when we were glued to our TV screens watching The Royal Wedding!
In loo of Will and Kate’s anniversary, we thought we’d take a trip down memory lane and review some previous royal weddings that have taken place!
1. King George VI & Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon : April 26th, 1923
King George and Elizabeth (Duke and Duchess of York) married at Westminster Abbey. Â Elizabeth wore a dress made by Madame Handley Seymour and they honeymooned in Scotland and Surrey.
2. Queen Elizabeth and Lieutenant Phillip Mountbatten : November 20, 1947
Queen Elizabeth wore a dress designed by Norman Hartnell- a duchess satin bridal gown with motifs of star lilies and orange blossoms. Â Elizabeth and Phillip honeymooned in Broadlands, Hampshire and Birkhall onthe Balmoral Estate.
3. Â Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong-Jones : May 6, 1960
Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong-Jones’ wedding was the first ever televised wedding. Â Margaret wore a white silk and a diamond tiara. Â Margaret and Anthony honeymooned on the Royal Yacht Britannia on the Thames and set sail for the Caribbean.
4. Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips : November 14, 1973
This was the second time in almost 200 years that a member of the British Royal Family had married a commoner.  Princess Anne wore a embroidered Tudor style wedding dress with a high collar and medieval sleeves.  Anne and  Mark honeymooned on the Royal Yacht Brittania on the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
5. Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spence : July 29, 1981
Diana wore an Emanuel designed ivory taffeta and antique lace gown with a 25ft train. The couple honeymooned on the Royal Yacht Brittania through the Mediterranean to Egypt.
6. Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson : July 23, 1986
Sarah wore an ivory duchess satin dress with a 17 foot train. Â The Duke and Duchess of York honeymooned in Azones.
7. Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones : June 19, 1999
Sophie’s dress was designed by Samantha Shaw- a long fitted coat with long sleeves and an ivory train made from hand dyed silk organza and silk crepe with rows of pearls and crystal beading. Â Sophie and Edward honeymooned in Balmoral.
8. Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles : April 15, 2005
Camilla wore a oyster silk basket weave coat and chiffon dress for the ceremony and changed into a porcelain blue silk dress for blessing. Â Charles and Camilla honeymooned in Scotland.
9. Prince William and Kate Middleton : April 29, 2011
Kate wore a beautiful dress designed by Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen. Â The couple honeymooned in Seychelles.
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