Paralles Between the Two MAJOR British Royal Wedding: Diana & Charles vs. William & Catherine
I was looking at photos from Diana and Charles' 1981 wedding and noticed many common threads between their wedding and their oldest son's wedding. I thought it was irronic, so I thought I'd share it with you. Take a look:
Diana & Charles:
Best Men: Prince Andrew & Prince Edward, brothers of the Groom
Pageboys:
Maid-of-Honor:Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones (age 17, First cousin of the groom)
Bridesmaids:
Parents of The Groom:
Parents of The Bride:
Best Man: Prince Harry, Brother of the Groom
Page Boys:
Bridesmaids:
Parents of The Groom:
Diana & Charles:
Best Men: Prince Andrew & Prince Edward, brothers of the Groom
Pageboys:
- Edward van Cutsem , godson of The Prince of Wales
- Lord Nicholas Windsor, godson of The Prince of Wales
Maid-of-Honor:Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones (age 17, First cousin of the groom)
Bridesmaids:
- India Hicks (age 13, second cousin of the groom-her mother is cousins with the Prince of Wales)
- Catherine Cameron (age 8, goddaughter of The Prince of Wales)
- Sarah-Jane Gaselee (age 11, commoner friend of the Prince & Princess of Wales)
- Clementine Hambro (age 5, great granddaughter of Winston Churchhill)
Parents of The Groom:
- HM Queen Elizabeth II
- HRH Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh
Parents of The Bride:
- Edward John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer
- Raine Spencer, Countess Spencer (stepmother)
- The Honourable Frances Ruth Roche, Viscountess Althorp
- Peter Shand Kydd (stepfather)
Best Man: Prince Harry, Brother of the Groom
Page Boys:
- William Lowther-Pinkerton (age 10, godson of Prince William of Wales)
- Tom Pettifer (age 8, godson of Prince William of Wales)
Bridesmaids:
- Lady Louise Windsor, (age 8, First Cousin of the Groom)
- The Hon. Margarita Armstrong-Jones (age 9, Second Cousin of the Groom )
- Grace van Cutsem(age 4, goddaughter of Prince William of Wales)
- Eliza Lopes (Age 3, second stepcousin to Prince William-she's The Duchess of Cornwall's granddaughter)
Parents of The Groom:
- Prince Charles of Wales
- Diana, Princess of Wales (present in spirit. ;))
- Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (stepmother)
- Carole Middleton
- Michael Middleton
Now, in case you missed it with all the bold, italics, etc that I did, here's the list:
- Both William and Charles used their brothers as Best Man/supporter.
- Both William and Charles used two of their godsons as pageboys
- Both weddings had at least one Van Cutsem in the wedding party (Edward in 1981, Grace in 2011)
- Both weddings consisted of at least one stepparent (Camilla, Raine & Peter)
- Both weddings had a first cousin, second cousin, godchild of The Prince and person related to a British Great in the party
- Both bridal parties consisted of children.
- Both weddings were considered THE Royal Wedding of the Century (I beg to differ but that's just me. ;))
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