On this day - 29 July

On July 29th 1981 the wedding of Prince (later King) Charles and Lady Diana Spencer occurred. It was held at St Paul's Cathedral, London and was a traditional Church of England wedding service presided over by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The couple remained together until 1992 when they separated then later divorced in 1996.

Celebrations occurred across the UK with street parties and around 750 million people watched the ceremony on TV. Following the ceremony, the couple went on a honeymoon that began in Hampshire before they went to Gibraltar for a cruise around the Mediterranean then concluded in Scotland at Balmoral Castle.