In a series of extracts from the new book The wedding Ring and the Crown, we look back at some great royal weddings of the past, and wait in hope that of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
The concept of a public royal wedding is an ancient one but, until recent times, the most the public could expect to see was a bridal procession. A public wedding usually meant a court wedding following by feasting, but many royal nuptials were private, low-key affairs. All that changed with the advent of the camera, newsreels and television. The media opportunities of the 20th century not only enabled people to witness the ceremony but saw the royal wedding become the embodiment – for better or worse – of the national fairy story.
The actual power of the monarchy might have declined, but its emblematic significance has never been more apparent. A Royal family event has come to feel like an event in our own family. Now, we all expect to be guests at a royal wedding.-online tungsten jewelry stores
There is an element of bread and circuses in this – give the public a good show and it will take their minds off the ills of society – but it is certainly a boost to tourism and trade. Few other events have such power to unite us as a nation or to give us a sense of being part of a wider family. As Walter Bagehot famously wrote: 'A princely marriage is the brilliant edition of a universal fact, and as such rivets mankind.’ Now The History Girls – the acclaimed historical biographers and academics, Alison Weir, Kate Williams, Sarah Gristwood and Tracy Boorman – have brought royal weddings to life in words and pictures, from 1066 to today. Now, in three exclusive extracts from The Ring and the Crown, the authors consider two 'fairytale’ weddings, more than 30 years apart, that had very different outcomes and explain why the hard lessons learnt will influence Prince William and Kate Middleton’s life together. The concept of a public royal wedding is an ancient one but, until recent times, the most the public could expect to see was a bridal procession.
A public wedding usually meant a court wedding following by feasting, but many royal nuptials were private, low-key affairs. All that changed with the advent of the camera, newsreels and television. The media opportunities of the 20th century not only enabled people to witness the ceremony but saw the royal wedding become the embodiment – for better or worse – of the national fairy story.
The actual power of the monarchy might have declined, but its emblematic significance has never been more apparent. A Royal family event has come to feel like an event in our own family. Now, we all expect to be guests at a royal wedding.-
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There is an element of bread and circuses in this – give the public a good show and it will take their minds off the ills of society – but it is certainly a boost to tourism and trade. Few other events have such power to unite us as a nation or to give us a sense of being part of a wider family. As Walter Bagehot famously wrote: 'A princely marriage is the brilliant edition of a universal fact, and as such rivets mankind.’ Now The History Girls – the acclaimed historical biographers and academics, Alison Weir, Kate Williams, Sarah Gristwood and Tracy Boorman – have brought royal weddings to life in words and pictures, from 1066 to today. Now, in three exclusive extracts from The Ceramic promise ring and the Crown, the authors consider two 'fairytale’ weddings, more than 30 years apart, that had very different outcomes and explain why the hard lessons learnt will influence Prince William and Kate Middleton’s life together.
Though the days were long gone when a glorious wedding had been the velvet glove over an iron fist, the old realities – that a royal marriage was about romance AND power – had not entirely gone away.
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Charles met Lady Diana Spencer at a friend’s barbecue.Diana, only 20, seemed every inch the 'sweet-charactered' virginal girl that the Earl had recommended, and very soon Charles began to think of her as a potential wife."tungsten carbide rings wholesale
The obvious love and chemistry between Prince William and Kate Middleton have mellowed the cynics and revived the romantic mystique of the monarchy. All the world loves a lover, and it loves a royal wedding even more. We are ready to celebrate as Prince William marries the lady he loves.
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