Today in History

July 29, 1981

The Marriage of Prince Charles and Lady Diana

Charles Philip Arthur George, the Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer were married on July 29, 1981. The couple's marriage at St Paul's Catheral was a departure from the usual venue of Westminster Abbey. It is estimated that, in addition to the 3,500 invited guests, more than 750 million people watched the nupital ceremony via television. Billed by the press a "fairytale" event, the royal couple's marriage was doomed to failure and ended in divorce in 1996, one year before her death in a car accident in Paris.

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