Charles and Diana vs. Kate and William

Diana and Charles Wedding vs. Kate and Will's Wedding


The historical Royal wedding took place on April 29, 2011. Around the world, people talked about this event for weeks and even months before it took place. Newspapers, the web, and almost every other form of media covered this event.
The last time an event like this took place was 1981, when Princess Diana and Prince Charles got married. The two most current Royal weddings were both very similar and different. Many comparisons have been made between the two Royal weddings and the two couples.

Similarities

• the train of Kate's dress- about 9 feet or 2 metres 70 cm in length. Princess Diana's train was 25 feet or about 7.6 metres in length
  
  


• Both couples had multi-tier fruitcakes
  
  


• Kate and Will chose to pose in a similar way to Charles and Diana in their engagement photo

• Diana's dress was designed by David and Elizabeth Emanuel, was made of silk taffeta and antique lace. Diana and the designers wanted to make a dramatic statement. Kate's dress was 250000, an Alexander McQueen gown custom designed by Sarah Burton made with white satin and gazar.





• William gave Kate the same ring that Charles gave Diana- 18 carat gold; 12 carat oval Ceylon sapphire and diamonds
  

Differences

• William and Kate announced their engagement on November 16, 2010 which caught the media by surprise. Charles proposed to Diana after a brief courtship. Their engagement was announced on February 24, 1981.





• 750 million people watched the ceremony on television and 2 million people lined the streets of London to get a glimpse of the bride and groom last month. Over 700 million people from 58 countries watched Diana and Charles marriage on television
  
  
  


• Diana and Charles had only met 13 times before getting married. Kate and Will have been a couple for 8 years!




• Diana and Charles were married in front of 3500 invited guests. Kate and Will were married in front of almost 2000 guests




• Diana and Charles married at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Most royal weddings take place at Westminster Abbey, but due to the amount of guests, St. Paul's was the more obvious choice.

• Age: Kate- 29 years old , Diana-20 years old-William- 28 years old, Charles- 33 years old





• Tiara- Diana wore the family tiara. Kate did not where any tiara.
  
  
  


• Honeymoon Destinations: Kate and Will travelled in secret (at first) to the Seychelles islands- a luxury Indian Ocean location. Charles and Diana honeymooned on her Majesty's yacht for a Mediterranean cruise. Then they travelled to Scotland before coming back to London.
  

The most recent Royal wedding in April, had more media coverage and more people watching than the previous Royal wedding. New technology and more accessibility has allowed more people to be able to be apart of this event. If a Royal Wedding had taken place a few hundred years ago, only people close to the Royal family would have seen the wedding. Media has given us the ability to broadcast and show events like this to people all around the world.