Throughout history, members of the British Royal family have been getting married in style. From Queen Victoria to Prince William, every wedding had something interesting to it. Here are some interesting facts about the royal weddings.
- It was Queen Victoria who started the tradition of wearing a white wedding dress. Prior to this, red was the colour.
- It took 15 fittings to get Princess Diana’s dress to fit for the big day. Eventually, the designers had to sew Princess Diana into her wedding dress due to her drastic weight loss since her initial fitting.
- Princess Diana had a secret message painted on her wedding shoes. They had a small ‘C’ and ‘D’ hidden under the heel.
- Queen Elizabeth used ration coupons to pay for her dress because even royalty couldn’t escape the rationing imposed on British citizens following World War II.
- Princess Diana wrote her own wedding vows and chose to abandon the royal wedding tradition of saying she would “obey” Prince Charles.
- After exchanging vows with his new bride, Princes Charles forgot to seal them with a kiss at the altar. Later, they smooched on a balcony outside Buckingham Palace, starting anew tradition for others to follow.