Princess Diana Wedding
Thursday, May 19th, 2011
Princess Diana picked a taffeta and lace gown by David and Elizabeth Emanuel for her walk down the aisle — attached to it, the now-infamous 25-foot-long train. The ceremony went off without a hitch, other than Diana’s reversal of Charles’ first and middle names when reciting her vows. Whoops.
Also of note, she did not say she’d “obey,” her future husband.
The chronology of the break-up identifies reported difficulties between Charles and Diana as early as 1985. During 1986 Diana began an affair with Major James Hewitt and Prince Charles turned to his former girlfriend, Camilla Shand, who had become Camilla Parker-Bowles, wife of Andrew Parker-Bowles. These affairs were exposed in May 1992 with the publication of Diana: Her True Story, by Andrew Morton.
Diana was only seven years old when her parents were unexpectedly divorced, after much acrimony and as a result of her mother having an affair with a married man. Initially, Frances took Diana to live in an apartment in London’s Knightsbridge, where Diana attended a local day school. However, Lord Spencer gained custody of Diana after a court battle for which the Baroness Fermoy denounced Frances as being an unfit mother. Shortly afterwards, following the divorce of her companion Peter Shand Kydd from his wife, Frances married him and moved to the island of Seil on the west coast of Scotland. Henceforth, Diana was raised by her father, but did often visit her mother. In 1973, Lord Spencer began a relationship with then married Raine, Countess of Dartmouth, the only daughter of Alexander McCorquodale and Barbara Cartland. They were married at Caxton Hall, London, on 14 July 1976. Neither of Diana‘s parents had any children from their second marriages.
The book, which also laid bare Diana‘s allegedly suicidal unhappiness, caused a media storm. This publication was followed during 1992 and 1993 by leaked tapes of telephone conversations which negatively reflected on both the royal antagonists. Transcripts of taped intimate conversations between Diana and James Gilbey were published by the Sun newspaper in Britain in August 1992. The article’s title, “Squidgygate”, referenced Gilbey’s affectionate nickname for Diana. Next to surface, in November 1992, were the leaked “Camillagate” tapes, intimate exchanges between Charles and Camilla, published in Today and the Mirror newspapers.
She is so stunning and beautiful. The whole world could not tear their eyes off of her, yet her goom is bored, looking down at the floor instead of in her direction to catch the first glimpse of her. As for Diana, her chest is heaving like she is terrified.
I think it’s unfair to compare Diana and Kate. I honestly believe that William and Kate are in love. I do hope that they will be married for many years.
Princess Diana (who died in 1997 at age 36) wore an impressively long 25-foot train — which ended up getting crumpled in transit to St. Paul’s Cathedral. As she stepped out of the horse-drawn carriage, her bridesmaids worked hard to shake out the wrinkles. Bridesmaid India Hicks, who was 13 years old at the time, recalls Diana sympathetically whispering “just do your best” to her bridal party.
The fairytale wedding was close at hand. She went early to bed on the evening before her wedding, and astonishingly she managed, in the Queen Mother’s house, to soon fall a sleep. Her engagement ring, a æÃ30,000 sapphire ring with 14 diamonds, lay on her bedside table.
