Infanta Cristina of Spain married Iñaki Urdangarin on 4 October 1997. At the time, Cristina was the first member of the Spanish royal family to hold a salaried job; she prepared photographic exhibitions for a savings bank foundation. Her new husband was a professional handball team player. They met at the 1996 Summer Olympics in [read more]
The engagement of Prince Richard of Gloucester and the Danish-born Birgitte van Deurs was announced in February 1972 with the New York Times writing: “Queen’s Cousin will wed a secretary The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester announced the engagement at Kensington Palace today and declared themselves “simply delighted” with the young woman their son had [read more]
On 10 June 1967, the heiress presumptive to the Danish throne Princess Margrethe married the French diplomat Henri de Laborde de Monpezat at the Holmen Church in Copenhagen. Today would have been their Emerald wedding anniversary, but tragically Prince Henrik, as he was then known, passed away in 2018. So today, we take a look [read more]
Charlotte, Princess Royal, was the eldest daughter of King George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. She was the only one of their daughters to make a timely marriage; the others remained unmarried or were married so late in life that they could no longer have children. On 18 May 1797, Charlotte married Frederick, Hereditary Prince [read more]
On 14 May 1962, Princess Sofia of Greece and Denmark married the future King Juan Carlos I of Spain in three different ceremonies. The match was a bit controversial from the start as Sofia came from a reigning dynasty, while Juan Carlos’s future as King was still rather uncertain. He was not known as the [read more]
On 29 April 2011, Catherine Middleton married her long-term boyfriend Prince William, who was created Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn, and Baron Carrickfergus upon marriage, so that Catherine would become known as Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge. Although she is not entitled to be called “Princess Catherine”, she does have the status [read more]
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