Royal Weddings Through The Ages - Answers

Published: Thursday 21st April 2011
  1. How many times did the future King George VI propose to Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon before she finally accepted? Four.
  2. How many people worldwide are said to have watched the marriage of Prince Charles to Diana? 750 million.
  3. Which was the first televised British Royal wedding? Princess Margaret to Anthony Armstrong-Jones in 1960.
  4. Which British king banned his wife from his coronation as he disliked her so much? George IV.
  5. What mistake did Diana make during the ceremony of her marriage to Charles? She mixed up the order of his names.
  6. Where did Queen Victoria marry Prince Albert in 1840? The Chapel Royal in St. James's Palace.
  7. During a Royal wedding on what side of the church does the Royal Family traditionally sit? The Right Hand side.
  8. Who designed Princess Diana's wedding dress? Elizabeth and David Emanuel.
  9. How many guests attended the wedding of King George V to the future Queen Mary? 100
  10. How many Royal weddings have taken place in Westminster Abbey? 15
  11. Which of Henry VIII's six wifes became his widow? Katherine Parr.
  12. What was the appropriate title of Grace Kelly's final film before marrying Prince Rainier? High Society.
  13. Most modern Royal wedding rings are made from a nugget of gold given to the Queen Mother in 1923, in which country was it mined? Wales.
  14. Who in 1464 became the first commoner to marry an English King? Elizabeth Woodville.
  15. Who designed the future Queen Elizabeth I I's wedding dress in 1947? Norman Hartnell.
  16. Which Act of Parliament prescribes the conditions under which a Royal wedding can take place? The Royal Marriages Act 1772.
  17. Which British King married a bride that he had only met that day? King George III.
  18. Who were the male and female leads of the 1951 film, "Royal Wedding"? Fred Astaire and Jane Powell.
  19. Which was the first British Royal wedding to be broadcast on TV in colour? Princess Ann and Captain Mark Phillips.
  20. From which country did Prince Charles and Diana's cake maker come? Belgium.

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