It wasn't the first royal wedding to be aired on television – that honour was bestowed upon Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones 21 years earlier, on May 6, 1960. Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles of Wales at their wedding in London's St Paul Cathedral on July 29, 1981. It is estimated that 750 million people, in 72 countries, watched the ceremony when it was televised a further 250 million listened to the events unfold on the radio. In 1981, the "wedding of the century", as it was dubbed, gripped the British nation and the world. Two years later, Prince Harry was born, on September 15, 1984. But less than a year after their wedding, they welcomed their first child, son Prince William on June 21, 1982. Of course, we now know their love story was not always a happy one. Today would have been the 40th wedding anniversary of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.Ī little after 11.20am on July 29, 1981, millions of people around the world watched as Lady Diana Spencer, then 20, arrived at London's St Paul's Cathedral to marry Prince Charles, then 32, the heir to the British throne.
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