Diana Marries Charles: 700 Million Watch the Fairy Tale
700 million people watched a 20-year-old kindergarten teacher marry a 32-year-old heir she'd met exactly thirteen times. Diana Spencer's wedding dress train stretched 25 feet down St Paul's Cathedral. She got his name wrong during the vows—called him Philip Charles Arthur George instead of Charles Philip. He'd told reporters weeks earlier he loved her, then added "whatever 'in love' means." The ceremony cost £57 million in today's money. Fifteen years later, they'd divorce. The most-watched wedding in television history was between two people who barely knew each other.
July 29, 1981
45 years ago
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wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Dian
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St Paul's Cathedral
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Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
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St Paul's Cathedral
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London
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La Comunidad del Anillo
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J. R. R. Tolkien
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1948 Summer Olympics
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World War II
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Prince of Wales
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Diana, Princess of Wales
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El Señor de los Anillos
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