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14 Facts About Royals & Their Weddings We’re Sure You Didn’t Know

Here are 14 facts we bet you didn’t know about British royal weddings.

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  • King Henry VIII had six wives and he had two of them executed. But his daughter Queen Elizabeth I did not marry at all.
Here are 14 facts we bet you didn’t know about British royal weddings.
King Henry’s wedding to Anne Boleyn.
  • In 1936, King Edward VIII had to abdicate for marrying a ‘commoner’ – American socialite, Wallis Simpson. In 2018, Prince Harry’s wedding to a ‘commoner’ – Meghan Markle – is being celebrated.
  • Meghan Markle, however, is not exactly a commoner. She is related to Jane Seymour, the third wife of King Henry VIII.
Here are 14 facts we bet you didn’t know about British royal weddings.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
(Photo: Image altered by The Quint)
  • Queen Victoria was the first British royal to get married in a white gown, thus starting the tradition of wearing white gowns at British royal weddings.
Here are 14 facts we bet you didn’t know about British royal weddings.
Queen Victoria started the tradition of wearing white gowns at royal weddings
  • Shellfish is a complete no-no at royal weddings.
  • Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip are third cousins.
  • Queen Elizabeth II’s wedding cake had four tiers and was nine-feet-long.
Here are 14 facts we bet you didn’t know about British royal weddings.
Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip are third cousins.
  • Princess Diana’s wedding dress had a 25-foot-long train, the longest among royal brides.
  • Princess Diana said ‘Phillip Charle’ instead of ‘Charles Phillips’ during her wedding vows.
  • Princess Diana was the first Royal bride to drop ‘obey’ from her wedding vows.
  • Princess Diana spilled perfume on her wedding dress. Her quick-thinking make-up artist showed her how to hold the dress to cover the stain.
Here are 14 facts we bet you didn’t know about British royal weddings.
Princess Diana’s wedding dress had a 25-foot-long train.
  • Prince Charles and Camilla Parker had to acknowledge their ‘manifold sins’ during their wedding vows.
Here are 14 facts we bet you didn’t know about British royal weddings.
Prince Charles and Camilla Parker had to acknowledge their ‘manifold sins’.
  • Kate Middleton did her own make-up on her wedding day. She even wore two wedding dresses.
Here are 14 facts we bet you didn’t know about British royal weddings.
Kate Middleton did her own make-up on her wedding day.
  • Before Prince Harry could finish his proposal, Markle interrupted him and said, “Can I say yes?”
Here are 14 facts we bet you didn’t know about British royal weddings.
Britain’s Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle pose for photographers during a photo call on the grounds of Kensington Palace in London on 27 November.
(Photo: AP)

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