I just blogged about this one a few short months ago, raving about her exquisite and timeless wedding dress. Sweden's heir to the throne, 32, married her former personal trainer (shocker of all shockers), 36, on June 19, 2010, before 1,200 guests at Stockholm Cathedral – exactly 34 years to the day after father King Carl XVI Gustaf wed Queen Silvia. The $2 million affair marked the country's first royal wedding since 1976.
CROWN PRINCE PAVLOS & MARIE-CHANTAL MILLER
Looking every inch like a future queen, the American heiress, 26, walked down the aisle in a Valentino gown that took 25 dressmakers four months to sew for her July 1, 1995, nuptials to the 28-year-old son of deposed King Constantine of Greece. Held at London's Cathedral of Saint Sophia, the lavish affair reportedly cost $1.5 million.
CROWN PRINCE NARUHITO & MASAKO OWADA
Owada, 29, left a promising career as a member of Japan's Foreign Ministry to wed Naruhito, 33, on June 9, 1993, at Tokyo's Imperial Palace. The bride donned a customary 12-layer kimono that weighed 30 lbs. and cost more than $300,000 for the traditional Shinto nuptials, which were celebrated as a national holiday.
PRINCESS MARGARET & ANTONY ARMSTRONG-JONES
Going against the grain, Queen Elizabeth's younger sister Margaret, 29, wed the 30-year-old Jones, a photographer, on May 6, 1960. Their nuptials, held at Westminster Abbey, marked the world's first televised royal wedding. (Their divorce, in 1978, would be another landmark – the first for royals in 400 years. But it definitely wouldn't be the last)
KING HUSSEIN IBN TALAL & LISA HALABY
After the death of his third wife, Jordan's Hussein, 42, wooed the Princeton-educated beauty, 26, in a mere four weeks and married her on June 15, 1978. Following a traditional Muslim marriage ceremony that took place at Zahran Palace, Halaby adopted the name Queen Noor al-Hussein.
PRINCE RAINIER III & GRACE KELLY
In one of the most fairy tale of royal weddings, having met only twice before, the Oscar-winning actress, 26, wed Monaco's Rainier, 32, in an extravagant ceremony at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas on April 19, 1956. Her iconic wedding gown, crafted by MGM costume designer Helen Rose, was equally fitting for the Hollywood princess – featuring 25 yards of silk taffeta, 98 yards of silk tulle and 300 yards of Valenciennes lace.
CROWN PRINCE FREDERIK & MARY ELIZABETH DONALDSON
After meeting at a Sydney bar during the 2000 Summer Olympics, the Aussie native, 32, became Denmark's crown princess when she wed Frederik, 35, on May 14, 2004, at Copenhagen Cathedral. The couple exchanged vows in front of 800 guests, including the Kings of Sweden and Norway, Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito, and England's Prince Edward and wife Sophie.
PRINCE ANDREW & SARAH FERGUSON
It took the fiery Ferguson, 26, to tame England's best-known bachelor, 26, when the pair wed on July 23, 1986, at Westminster Abbey in front of 1,800 guests. Never one to play by royal rules, the Duchess of York shunned convention when designing her dress – which featured a 17½-ft. train with an embroidered letter "A."
CROWN PRINCE FELIPE & LETIZIA ORTIZ
If 15 year old EWP was sad about hearing about Will's engagement to Kate Middleton, then 20 year old EWP was absolutely devestated to hear of Prince Felipe's engagement to this reporter. We were so going to get married.
After nearly five centuries of uninterrupted monarchy, the crown prince, 36, took the 31-year-old commoner and former TV anchor as his bride on May 22, 2004, at Madrid's Almudena Cathedral, marking Spain's first royal wedding since 1906. Among the 1,400 guests: Prince Charles, former South African President Nelson Mandela and Jordan's Queen Rania.
QUEEN ELIZABETH & PRINCE PHILIP
As heir to the British throne, the then-princess, 21, married the 26-year-old naval officer – who, prior to their wedding, denounced his title as Prince of Greece and Denmark to become Lt. Philip Mountbatten – before 2,500 guests at Westminster Abbey on November 20, 1947.
PRINCE EDWARD & SOPHIE RHYS-JONES
In England's most intimate royal nuptials, Edward, 35, wed PR executive Jones, 34, on June 19, 1999, with only 560 guests in attendance at St. George's Chapel. In the relatively low-key affair, the third son of Queen Elizabeth opted to wear a suit, while Jones wore an ivory coat dress and a black–and-white pearl necklace designed by her groom.
PRINCE CHARLES & LADY DIANA SPENCER
And with the most famous for last, what seemed at the time like the most beautiful fairytale come true. Was there ever a princess more loved than Lady DI? (And, no, Foodiebia, I didn't watch the wedding seeing as how we weren't born yet). With 750 million people tuning in to watch worldwide, England's future king, 32, wed Spencer, 20, at St. Paul's Cathedral on July 29, 1981. The fashion icon walked down the aisle in a David and Elizabeth Emanuel gown that featured lace from Charles's great-grandmother, a 25-ft. train and an 18-kt. gold horseshoe sewn into the petticoats for good luck.
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