Masako Owada and the then Crown Naruhito of Japan first met in 1986 during a tea in honour of Infanta Elena of Spain. Although she was reportedly reluctant to accept his proposal of marriage, she finally did so in 1992. The engagement was officially announced on 19 January 1993, and the engagement ceremony was held [read more]
On 29 May 1998, Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau married Marilène van den Broek in a civil ceremony. He is the eldest son of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and Pieter van Vollenhoven. The civil marriage took place in The Loo Palace and was performed by the mayor of Apeldoorn. For this ceremony, Marilène wore a red [read more]
On 25 May 1553, a double royal wedding took place. The young King Edward VI of England was dying, and although he had tried to leave the throne to Lady Jane’s male heirs, Lady Jane simply didn’t have enough time to produce one. Lady Jane and her sisters Mary and Katherine were first cousins once [read more]
On 24 May 2008, Prince Joachim of Denmark married the French-born Marie Cavallier. It was his second marriage; the first to Alexandra Manley had ended in divorce in 2005. He had two sons from his first marriage. The engagement between Joachim and Marie was announced on 3 October 2007. The official statement read, “Her Majesty [read more]
On 19 May 2018, Rachel Meghan Markle married Prince Harry of Wales, and they subsequently became The Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Embed from Getty Images Their engagement was announced on 27 November 2017, with Clarence House writing, “The Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement of Prince Harry to Ms. Meghan Markle.” [read more]
Just two days after meeting him for the first time, Marie Antoinette married the future King Louis XVI of France in person. On 16 May 1770, the ceremony took place at the Royal Chapel at the Palace of Versailles. Marie Antoinette arrived at Versailles from La Muette at 9.30 in the morning, not yet dressed [read more]
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