Royal Wedding Recollections Archives - Page 3 of 10

Royal Wedding Recollections – Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau & Annette Sekrève

Tuesday, 8 July 2025, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

On 8 July 2000, Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau married his college sweetheart, Annette Sekrève. Prince Bernhard is the second son of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and Pieter van Vollenhoven. As such, he is the first cousin of King Willem-Alexander. Due to the Dutch succession being based on proximity to the King, he is not [read more]

Royal Wedding Recollections – Prince Aya & Kiko Kawashima

Sunday, 29 June 2025, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0

On 29 June 1990, Prince Fumihito of Japan, known as Prince Aya at the time, the younger brother of the current Emperor Naruhito, married commoner Kiko Kawashima. He had proposed to her in June 1986, but their engagement was not announced for three years. Officials in the Imperial Household disapproved of the match as Kiko [read more]

Royal Wedding Recollections – Princess Christina of the Netherlands & Jorge Pérez y Guillermo

Saturday, 28 June 2025, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Princess Christina of the Netherlands married Cuban-born Jorge Pérez y Guillermo on 28 June 1975. Embed from Getty Images Jorge fled to the United States at the age of 14 with his family, and he had been stateless at the time of his engagement with Christina. Shortly afterwards, he became an American citizen. He and [read more]

Royal Wedding Recollections – Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden & Daniel Westling

Thursday, 19 June 2025, 6:00 Brittani Barger 0

As the Crown Princess Couple marks their 15th anniversary, we take a look back at the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden. Victoria married her prince in what was dubbed the biggest royal wedding since Charles and Diana in 1981. She married her commoner fitness trainer on 19 June 2010 – [read more]

Royal Wedding Recollections – Prince Carl Philip of Sweden and Sofia Hellqvist

Friday, 13 June 2025, 6:00 Brittani Barger 0

We are taking a look back at the royal wedding of Prince Carl Philip of Sweden to Sofia Hellqvist on 13 June 2015. Prince Carl Philip married Sofia Hellqvist in the Royal Chapel of Stockholm Palace. The ceremony was aired live on SVT. Right Reverend Lars-Göran Lönnermark and the Reverend Michael Bjerkhagen conducted the ceremony, which [read more]

Royal Wedding Recollections – The future King Louis XVI of France & Marie Antoinette

Friday, 16 May 2025, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

On 17 April 1770, Marie Antoinette swore on a bible to renounce her rights to the Austrian hereditary lands through her mother and to Lorraine through her father. This was done to ensure that no claims were made through the female line should the male line fail. That evening, her brother Joseph II, Holy Roman [read more]