阅览英国皇家婚礼兴趣史
作者：By Mark Mason
来历：学习
In the build-up1 to their grand wedding， Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are probably too busy to read up on trivia about previous royal weddings. Which is a pity， as they might get some tips on things to include （such as rich tea biscuits2） and things to avoid—like spending your wedding night drunk on the floor by the fireplace…
2011： Prince William and Kate Middleton
Having chosen the same date for their wedding as Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun （April 29）， Wills and Kate tied the knot at Westminster Abbey. She omitted the promise to “obey” her husband （just as his mother Diana had done at her wedding in 1981）. The military uniforms worn by William and his brother included specially-tailored sweat guards to keep them dry under the TV lights. David Beckham entered the abbey wearing his OBE3 on the wrong lapel （that is， the right）—someone must have had a word， because he left the abbey with it on the left lapel. Guests departed to enjoy a wedding cake containing 1，700 rich tea biscuits， a favourite snack of the groom.
2005： Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles
Guests included Stephen Fry， Joanna Lumley and the bride’s ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowles—but not the groom’s mother.4 As Supreme Governor of the Church of England， the Queen is forbidden to attend the wedding of a divorcée5.
1994： Sarah Armstrong-Jones and Daniel Chatto6
Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones might have thought they were keeping it low-key with their 1999“no hats” edict，7 but five years earlier Princess Margaret’s daughter got married so quickly that the chauffeurs were caught unawares. Guests at St Stephen’s Walbrook church in the City of London—including the Queen， Prince Philip and Princess Diana—had to make small talk until the cars appeared.
1981： Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
Still the biggie—the last “fairytale” royal wedding， before the Queen’s children started getting divorced and public deference disappeared over the horizon for good. Although Diana herself never signed up to the fairytale in the first place： the wedding was only her 14th meeting with Charles， and at the rehearsal two days before she had broken down in tears. （The BBC crew kept that a secret， making sure the footage never emerged.） On the morning of her marriage Diana sang “Just One Cornetto”8 as she sat in her dressing gown having her make-up done. Then she accidentally spilt perfume over her dress—she had to hold the folds in her hand to cover up the stain. During the service she got Charles’s names in the wrong order， putting his middle name Philip first. Prince Andrew9 later teased her that she’d married his father instead.
1973： Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips
The Queen’s second-oldest had a wedding cake that was exactly five feet six inches tall—because so is she.
1947： Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh
The Queen （as she then wasn’t） had her wedding dress designed by Norman Hartnell—and paid for it with ration coupons10. Hundreds of people sent her their own coupons to help out： but this would have been illegal， so she returned them all. The bride did her own make-up. As she got dressed for the service her tiara snapped—the court jeweller was given a police escort to his workshop so he could repair it in time.
1923： Prince Albert and Lady Elizabeth BowesLyon
On her way into Westminster Abbey， the future Queen Mother unexpectedly laid her wedding bouquet on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior. This was in memory of her brother Fergus， who had been killed during World War I. Subsequent royal brides at the Abbey—including the Queen and Kate Middleton—have kept up the tradition.
1840： Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Previous royal brides had tended to favour blue or black wedding dresses， but Victoria （by then the reigning monarch） chose white so crowds along the processional route could see her clearly. Her decision is credited with spreading the modern tradition of brides wearing white.（She also banned her wedding guests from wearing the colour， and had the pattern for her dress destroyed so that no one could copy it.） Among the couple’s wedding presents was the largest cheddar cheese11 ever made. It contained the milk of 750 cows from Somerset， weighed 88 stone and had a circumference of over nine feet.12
1795： Prince of Wales and Caroline of Brunswick
The future George IV and his cousin Princess Caroline weren’t a match made in heaven， but a match made by his father George III. Seeing her for the first time， the prince said： “I am not well， pray get me a glass of brandy.” His bride-to-be was equally unimpressed， telling a friend that George was very fat and “nothing like as handsome as his portrait”. After their wedding George got stupendously13 drunk and spent the night lying on the bedroom floor by the fireplace.
1736： Prince Frederick and Princess Augusta
The Prussian princess was just as reluctant about her marriage as Caroline had been about hers. On the way to the wedding she clung to her mother， begging“please don’t leave me”. Though she did it in German—she didn’t speak a word of English. Unsurprisingly this made the ceremony a bit of a challenge for her： a less than sympathetic Frederick shouted her lines into her ear so she could repeat them phonetically14. As soon as the proceedings were over Augusta was physically sick.
1501： Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon
Catherine would go down in history as the first of Henry VIII’s wives， but she had first married his elder brother Arthur.15 Her vows included a promise to be“bonny and buxom in bed and at board”.16
1468： Charles the Bold and Margaret of York
Charles， Duke of Burgundy， married the sister of Edward IV and Richard III in Bruges. The celebrations， which included jousting17 and feasts， went on for 12 days. This was longer than had been planned， and at one point workers from nearby cities had to be rushed to Bruges to help serve the food.
1328： Edward III and Philippa of Hainault
Proof that even the royal family can have problems with wedding venues. York Minster was still being built when Edward and his bride got married there. The nave18 didn’t yet have a roof， and as it was January the couple had to say their vows in a snow storm.
哈里王子和梅根·馬克尔准备大婚时，估量是忙得没空去研究皇室长辈婚礼的细节了。这却是有点惋惜，他们原本能够瞧瞧有什么必不可少的（比方佐茶饼干），又有什么是千万要防止的——比方新婚之夜就躺在壁炉边上，烂醉如泥……
2011年：威廉王子与凯特·米德尔大婚
威廉王子和凯特在威斯敏斯特教堂结下连理，时刻是4月29日，跟阿道夫·希特勒和爱娃·布劳恩成婚的日子相同。凯特沿用了威廉王子的母亲戴安娜在1981年大婚时的做法，在誓词中删去了原有的“依从老公”一说。威廉王子和弟弟哈里王子穿的戎衣有特制的防汗功用，以确保衣服在媒体的灯光下仍然枯燥笔挺。贝克汉姆进场时，官佐勋章戴反了，戴在了右边的领子上。或许有人提醒了他，出教堂的时分，勋章现已换到左面了。出了教堂之后，来宾开端享受由1，700块佐茶饼干做成的蛋糕，由于佐茶饼干是威廉王子最喜欢的零食。
2005年：查尔斯王子与卡米拉大婚
参与来宾有史蒂芬·弗莱、乔安娜·林莉和新娘的前夫鲍尔斯，而新郎的母亲——女王伊丽莎白二世却没有到会。由于女王是英国圣公会的最高首脑，按规则不能到会再婚女性的婚礼。
1994年：萨拉·阿姆斯特朗-琼斯与丹尼尔·查托大婚
爱德华王子和索菲·里斯-琼斯或许觉得他们在1999年婚礼中规则“不戴帽子”现已够低调了，可是五年前玛格丽特公主的女儿成婚时更为匆促，甚至连车夫都有点措手不及。来宾齐聚在伦敦的圣史蒂芬沃尔布鲁克教堂时，婚车还没有来，女王、菲利普亲王、戴安娜王妃不得不宣布说话以防止为难。
1981年：查尔斯王子与戴安娜大婚
跟着女王的子女们一个个离婚，大众对皇室成员的拥护也一去不返，最初这场婚礼无疑是一桩大事，也成了最终一个神话般的皇家婚礼，虽然戴安娜本无意成为神话的主角：婚礼之前，两人碰头不过13次；婚礼两天前的排练中，她还落下了泪水。（BBC工作人员一向保守着这个隐秘，没有把视频揭露。）婚礼的那天早晨，戴安娜穿戴婚纱化装时，唱起了《不过是一个甜筒》。后来，她不小心把香水洒在了裙子上，不得不一向抓着裙褶来讳饰污渍。婚礼傍边，她念错了老公姓名的次序，把应该放在中心的“菲利普”放在了最最初。安德鲁王子后来还揶揄她说，她应该嫁给自己的公公。
