Royal Wedding: Complete 1981 Live TV Broadcast Wedding of Prince Charles & Lady Diana Spencer

The BBC released a VHS video fairly soon after this aired, however, that only contained around half-an-hour of footage (and is now well and truly deleted). This, on the other hand, was recorded directly off-air at the time of the broadcast, and features over an hour-and-a-half of footage from the day of the ceremony.
The wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer took place on Wednesday, 29 July 1981, at St Paul's Cathedral in London, United Kingdom. The groom was the heir apparent to the British and Commonwealth thrones, and the bride was a member of the Spencer family.
The ceremony was a traditional Church of England wedding service. Alan Webster, Dean of St Paul's, presided at the service, and Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, conducted the marriage. Notable figures in attendance included many members of other royal families, republican heads of state, and members of the bride's and groom's families. After the ceremony, the couple made the traditional appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. The United Kingdom had a national holiday on that day to mark the wedding. The ceremony featured many ceremonial aspects, including use of the state carriages and roles for the Foot Guards and Household Cavalry.
Their marriage was widely billed as a "fairytale wedding" and the "wedding of the century". It was watched by an estimated global television audience of 750 million people. Events were held around the Commonwealth to mark the wedding. Many street parties were held throughout the United Kingdom to celebrate the occasion. After Charles cheated on Diana with Camilla Parker Bowles, the couple separated in 1992 and divorced in 1996 after fifteen years of marriage. Diana died after a car accident in Paris in August of 1987. Charles became the biggest welfare recipient in the world upon the death of his mother, Welfare Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022.
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[@mariacattaneo2966]

Peccato che la storia da favola non abbia avuto un lieto fine! Anzi tragico!

[@yayukpursetyaningsih8484]

9o

[@hildegardeisentrager4524]

Ein wunderschönes glückliches junges Paar mit einem traurigen Ende und 2 traurige Jungs, schade darum.

[@somda2795]

ขอพระองจงเจริญ

[@pepovasquez32031grrgefg]

PEPO👍

[@carolharris1236]

Her tiara was one of the most stunning pieces of jewelry I’ve ever seen. The perfect piece for such a lovely bride.

[@themaestroslady1812]

I was traveling in Europe that summer and watched as the wedding was broadcast all across the globe. Diana was radiant and I remember thinking there was never a more beautiful bride. She captured the world's heart and when she died so tragically I remember crying for days, as though I had lost something very precious. :(

[@Ronni117]

Such a beautiful beginning with such a tragic end. The loss of Diana still brings me to tears watching this.

[@margaretnayiga4224]

Pray for them dear

[@timetravel099]

Did u know her personally ?

[@Claptonite555]

When The Queen and Prince Philip first come out of Buckingham Palace, the noise from the crowd is astounding, almost as loud as a 1970s David Cassidy concert!

[@Aryan-jx3cb]

It's still the wedding of the Century. Nothing beats this. ❤

[@dulceamor816]

La del príncipe Williams fue mejor ahí se notaba el amor acá hubo conveniencia.

[@parkerparks8004]

@@dulceamor816no

[@gmar7836]

Agreed

[@user-we6qz2ic9k]

The most beautiful Royal Bride Ever.. The True Queen of Hearts Lady Diana of love & Compassion.. England 's Rose & the future King' s beloved mother

[@TheAdrianaPolari]

Grace Kelly was even more beautiful.

[@Great-Documentaries]

Nor was it even close.

[@marijacekic5236]

Malo pretjerujete.Vječno je nos nekako držalo spušten iako je on njoj inače spušten

[@TheLazVeGaz]

best beautiful bride and woman grace kelly diana not very beautiful she is carismatik @@TheAdrianaPolari

[@nigelfrom6000bc]

Diana always looked like an Angel, but this day she looked Majestic 😭😭❤️

[@ferdyholim5687]

Yes, we all know the marriage is failed so tragically. But for that one single day, it was really a fairy tale wedding.

[@annenunney9907]

Well said

[@maryt2196]

I think it was an arranged marriage sold to the world as a love match...and when it didn't work people became angry

[@juniormarshallhastings723]

The marriage did not end in tragedy..... Tragedy greeted the late Princess of Wales after her divorce.

[@sylvaincollins3728]

Poor princess Diana marry him caused her death everyone know s that

[@glen7318]

@@sylvaincollins3728 nonsense

[@coqui8164]

I was 17 and had graduated high school 2 months before. Getting up before daylight to watch the wedding is a very fond memory. 3 years later I would be in London strolling through the grounds of Kensington Palace. And on that tragic day in August 1997 I listened to the news of Diana’s death and cried.

[@thetruthisthelight0910]

I also got up early as a starry eyed romantic teenager and watched the wedding feed, live, the morning I started my summer job!😂 Very fond memories. I really wanted to believe it was a fairy tale.

[@user-gb5ks1tx5u]

Почему судьба бывает так трагична и несправедлива к некоторым? Диана - она же по сути своей искренний и светлый человек! Очень-очень жаль!

[@user-gb5ks1tx5u]

Замечательное торжество!

[@jennyvanniekerk9600]

It was the most beautiful wedding with a beautiful bride that should never have happened.

[@TheSuesvideo]

The most beautiful royal wedding ❤❤ too bad not a happy ending.

[@pennyparham4123]

I'm American, but what a day to remember. R.I.P., Diana, you will always be the Queen of Hearts

[@amylin5062]

My mother got up before the crack of dawn in the U.S. to watch this wedding. She was pregnant with me and my twin sister. ETA: The rendition of the national anthem here is just spine-tingling fantastic.

[@dogsarebetterthanmen]

I watched this wedding on television live, I was 14 years old. It was beautiful.

[@shashwatlyall9226]

Prettiest bride ever Lady Diana❣

[@TheLazVeGaz]

no nat beautiful she is carismatik

[@malomama4750]

That day was magic❤

[@SwalihaNoor.]

Gosh, they all were very very very happy🎉 they all were very proud of this wedding both bride's and groom's families

[@utatriebel2211]

Die Familie von Charles wusste, dass sie Diana nur bewusst benutzen. Eine falsche verlogene Bande.🥶🥶

[@ginafalci2158]

Perché pensavano di aver trovato una donna sottomessa e di quello che volevano fare di lei

[@omarelsayed8332]

Diana said about this day: I think it was the worst day of my life 💔

[@valeriavalentini3312]

She was such an Angel ...too Beautiful and Stunning 💖🌸. A Fairy Tale Princess 🌸🌸🌸👸🏼. I also adore her wonderful bridal dress🤍, it suitted perfectly on her🤍🤍🤍. Even if she couldn't have known me of course, i will always love and adore her as she was a sister for me💖 i can't even imagine how much she suffered for her marriage. But i think that the most Beautiful present we all can do to her soul is to love her always ❤. And of course to pray that now she's in Paradise (she's obiouvsly There now)❤️.

[@emmanewman9863]

I was seven years old. Mum dragged the tv to the garden. We had the paddle pool out too. Lots of cakes. It was splendid.

[@rosalinagetis3193]

Wedding of the century. Nice and memorable.

[@eoinoconnor5783]

But no happily ever after 😔

[@MyDaisy66]

Gosh this is lovely. I’m a Londoner and I remember the buzz in our city. I was still at school, my last year. Wonderful day. Thank you for sharing this 🌸

[@billytanoesoedibjo1272]

I was 7 when watched this with happy face ..

[@rupaghosh668]

Stay happy and blessed wherever you are my princess

[@annmariemcleod6670]

If Charles had been honest with her in the first place who knows if this beautiful day would have happened. RIP beautiful English Rose 😢

[@grazyna5893]

Camila miała męża 😮😮😮 , nie wiadoma 😮😮😮😮😮

[@kilaadams7354]

Looked very cloudy at their wedding. Love it! ☁️ 🤍

[@Sheila02181]

I don't know if it's deliberate, but the narration cuts out around 1:20:00. We miss the part where the broadcaster says that Lt. Col. Andrew Parker Bowles is leading the escort and that the couple had spent several weekends at his house with his wife. "So they are among friends." Ha!

[@kristinazubic9669]

Definitely deliberate, considering that wife is Queen now

[@gmar7836]

Yeah I heard that and thought “huh?”

[@dianepresley4253]

I REMEMBER THIS very day I woke early in the morning before daylight in California in Kansas city MILTARY wife's at the time it was so Beautiful I was soo happy for days after that Beautiful wedding with so much 💘 and when tragic of her Death I cried like a new Born baby like she was one of my Family members or my best friend and sometimes ❤I still do Miss you so much Diane Carol Spencer ❤♥💗

[@manicmaggie]

Same! I was on my way to church when they said on the radio she passed away. I was in total disbelief.

[@camchaule8761]

Dù bà không được hạnh phúc trọn vẹn, nhưng Bà cũng để lại cho trần thế một lễ cưới có một không hai , để người đời sau chiêm ngưỡng.

[@penjerntom6913]

History was made on that day and is still useful.

[@goodgood9955]

Oh, those were the good days.

[@johnking5174]

One of the benefits of having a royal wedding or any royal ceremony in St Paul's Cathedral is that the congregation can see the ceremony. Westminster Abbey blocks the view for everyone sitting in the nave with the Quire screens, so they can't see the ceremony, unless they watch TV screens. In St Paul's it is open, with better views for the congregation.

[@thetigress62]

As far as we knew back then this was a fairytale. We all know how it ended, not with happily ever after but with heartbreak, strife and divorce. It's awkward to watch this with the knowledge of today. May Diana rest in eternal peace.

[@zovijoutehmar5536]

That day was magic

[@johnkeating362]

RUN Diana! RUN!!!!

[@nenisguevaragomez8122]

It had been too late.

[@sylviedeblois3360]

A kiss on Princess Diana’s hand was not good enough on the balcony …. Neither the other one that follows… so sad from the beginning.

[@glen7318]

what are you on about? What's it to you if htey kiss or not?

[@sylviedeblois3360]

@@glen7318 the future told us why …. He was not in love with her, so sad for her 🇨🇦

[@glen7318]

@@sylviedeblois3360 you think that kissing means you are in love?

[@sylviedeblois3360]

@@glen7318 the way you kiss someone speaks loud

[@user-mo6pk1pb3o]

​@@sylviedeblois3360 really?😂

[@traceylane6631]

The bridesmaids dresses was lovely & Lady Sarah Armstrong Jones (now Lady Chatto) did a superb job

[@cobaltmidnightoilamp6748]

@traceylane6631, I admire all the dresses of the wedding party, including Diana's bridal dress. 👗

[@lucapruteanu2314]

Man, Diana was such a beautiful lady and she died at 36. I wasn't born when she died but I'm very sorry it happened

[@glen7318]

well anyone would be sad that a young woman should die like that

[@lucapruteanu2314]

@@glen7318 you're right, sir

[@lukegreen5341]

0:58 1:46 I've Have Been To Both St Paul's Cathedral And Buckingham Palace In The Capital City Of London In England In The United Kingdom From Last Year In April 2022 And In This Year Saturday 22nd July 2023 Just After Orlando Florida In The United States Of America And Both Tourist Attractions In The UK Are Super Awesome. Thanks GreatDox Mate. X

[@sarahlawson2541]

I was only a toddler when this came on the TV the early in the morning. This is my earliest memory.

[@alejandrasuiza8572]

Gosto de assistir esse vídeo Daiana linda Descanse em paz.

[@janinecox256]

It was a beautiful wedding day!

[@user-qg5jh5tp3w]

Такая волшебная свадьба !!! И такая печальная судьба... Кагда смотришь на диану все время хочется плакать , бедняшка жалко ее !!!

[@wandaborowy9400]

This must of been nerve wreck ing .

[@marlucesantospessooracaope977]

Lindo demais esse lugar 👏👏

[@kimgrant3879]

Her fashion definitely improved in later years.

[@nihelmalti8264]

32:25 charles cry 😢😢

[@johnking5174]

In 1997, Tom Fleming would also do the commentary for the funeral of Princess Diana for the BBC.

[@fujihidjriyati4901]

Kenangan indah❤

[@georgevila1778]

IT WAS BECAUSE OF DIANA, THAT I HAD GREAT INTEREST IN THIS MAJESTIC WEDDING. SHE WAS THE ONLY WOMAN, I HAD EVER FELT SO DEEPLY IN LOVE WITH ALL MY HEART !! REST IN PEACE, SWEET, DARLING DIANA !!

[@deenagara9151]

FUN FACT: The music when they walk down is also same music that they played during Charles III's coronation.

[@Aryan-jx3cb]

Didn't watch. He's not worth watching.

[@deenagara9151]

@@Aryan-jx3cb 👊🏻🤬

[@Aryan-jx3cb]

@@deenagara9151 it's true. Give me a million and still would not force me to watch Charles. He's a pathetic excuse for a man. 🤬🤞

[@traceylane6631]

Yes I noticed that on his coronation

[@traceylane6631]

Also the first hymne sang at the wedding was also one of the hymns at his coronation

[@claudiapalacios7918]

they could of had a love story for the ages!! so sad :(

[@scottmccarter861]

42 years ago today.

[@tsunamis82]

Pity that neither could keep to their wedding vows that the just uttered.

[@Great-Documentaries]

A pity that any taxpayer money was ever wasted on any one of these degenerates.

[@nannybebe74]

I was 7 and to me she was a fairy Princess.

[@babynaysc]

The two were not excited. Diana forces a smile at all times, her body language shows distance between them.

[@robertmusgrave9236]

Charles is looking awful nervous and looking up away from her and more at the murals on the ceiling of the cathedral.

[@grazyna5893]

Krolowa radosna , w oczekiwaniu że ten dzień, historyczny najpiękniejszy.

[@MisterPolitical1]

The BBC 1 ident didn't broadcast until the: 7/9/1981.

[@Monika-uh9mj]

Je mě jasný, že se mnou nebude nikdo souhlasit, ale myslím že se milovali navzájem. Musel ji milovat, vidím to na něm. Škoda, že ho Camila nenechala být, kdyby ho tenkrát Camila sama odkopla tak věřím že by dnes byla Diana královna. Bohužel Camila měla jiné plány, které ji vyšli do puntíku. Charles byl pěšák, který miloval dvě ženy a ta zkušenější vyhrála. Škoda, že Diana tak brzy zemřela, no myslím že by se ti dva dali zase dohromady. A proč si to myslím?? Nevím kdyby Diana žila Camila by neměla šanci...

[@hildegardeisentrager4524]

Sie wären wieder zusammen gekommen hätte Diana den schrecklichen Unfall überlebt denn Charles war sichtlich betroffen und bewegt 😅

[@magguytabar2781]

Oui très beaux couple, une belle famille Je le pense aussi. C'est vraiment dommage que la 3ème personne est tout détruit entre eux.

[@user-ki9sq5zy4l]

تشارلز إحب ديانا كثيرا وكيف له أن لا يحب كل هذا الأنس والطاقة الخلابة الجميلة !!! إلا إن في الأمر تدخل شيطاني دمر الحب الكبير الذي كان ..واتجه لتلك الشيطانة ((كاميلا )) السحر الأسود السحر السحر

[@utatriebel2211]

Unfall???????

[@utatriebel2211]

Seine Aussage..... Was immer lieben auch bedeutet, .......da hätte sie sofort alles Rückgängig machen sollen, wollte sie auch aber es war schon zu spät.😮 Diese heuchlerische Königsfamilie. Geliebt hat er sie nie. Für diesen abgeleierten Playboy, nur wegen seines Geldes, musste es auch noch eine Jungfrau sein.😂😂

[@timetravel099]

That tiara is so sparkly. Must be very high quality diamonds

[@Great-Documentaries]

The best that the British taxpayers can buy for this degenerate and untalented family headed by THE welfare queen.

[@gnostic268]

​@@Great-DocumentariesThe tiara belonged to the Spencer family not the Royal family.

[@reeson1968]

One by one, many years later, after how the RF treated Diana, karma came back & bit them in the tush

[@grahamd5418]

The days before Ant and Dec. Oh how wonderful life was before them!

[@omaribrahim6141]

What did they do?

[@olimpiasteko9740]

​@@omaribrahim6141han matado a Lady Diana!

[@omaribrahim6141]

@@olimpiasteko9740 why would they do that?

[@olimpiasteko9740]

​@@omaribrahim6141pentru ca era foarte bine vazuta si apreciata de tot Globul Pamantesc L Diana!

[@omaribrahim6141]

@@olimpiasteko9740 I know Diana was loved around the world. But I don't see what that has to do with Ant and Dec

[@JustinaDatta]

Second impression: Diana was absolutely beautiful in her wedding dress...

[@gmar7836]

Age 12, I woke up at 5am to watch this on TV from the states

[@neriperez536]

Siempre Diana la mas linda princesa

[@honeylynforte1943]

I wish i can marry in this magical fairytale way .. still lucky princess diana

[@nicolelawless9942]

I can remember my stepdad and Mummy’s, Princess of Wales wedding 9 years ago. Little did my stepdad know that Mummy would become Princess of Wales 10 years on. Their wedding was so close to Diana’s

[@glen7318]

@@nicolelawless9942 what are you on?

[@wilsonroblox5175]

Wow

[@adamworldxy5066]

Please what's the name of the music from1:20:24 to 1:23:33

[@Sheila02181]

The same tune as at 1:06:00 "Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite," inserted here, I suspect, to shorten the procession back to the palace more easily. It also hides the "this didn't age well" comment by the narrator about a couple called Parker Bowles being friends of the couple.

[@melgrant7404]

She was so badly let down so sad.

[@TeruhitoMatsuda]

🖤 THE Chauffeur 🖤🖤

[@user-fd8ex5qu1r]

Вы не плачьте , а Диана живее всех живых...❤❤❤

[@florykoke1043]

Beautiful Bride been cheated on. The world Love you Lady Diana. 💖💖💖😢😢😢

[@annabellelee4535]

Meh, she cheated too, so it's fine.

[@xatuna4371]

❤.

[@patriziadileo9958]

Povera Diana non sapeva chi stava per sposare,una vita di sofferenze

[@endangpujirahayu2449]

Sy orng indonesia,Beliau menikah thn 1981saya klas 3 SMA,,sampai skrg saya tak bosan bosan melihat ulang vidio pernikahan dan semua tentang Kerajaan Inggris terutama Klg Pangeran Charles putri Diana dan putra putranya,😍

[@alejandrasuiza8572]

Eu também

[@CeciliaLanchimba-ds2mi]

Que linda la Boda delos princesas

[@ddivar8149]

And she was puking the night before-because of camilla-charles looks bored

[@glen7318]

evidence?

[@manicmaggie]

I agree. He looks completely bored, scratches his nose when promising to be faithful. He was already cheating.

[@manicmaggie]

It was during the days of apartheid and because of sanctions we were not allowed to listen to the music. The whole office was gathered around the TV and no work was done that day.

[@KimBerly-yj4bt]

At 3:43 the smile of King Charles when he sees Diana. 😍

[@goodnightmyprince6734]

Lol

[@aimeek1236]

Who is the little blonde girl holding Dianas hand on the balcony?

[@lparky4409]

The little blonde is Clementine Hambro, 5 at the time, related to Winstone Churchill.

[@kayjenkins731]

The royal family in their hay day, we'll never see the likes of again.

[@Great-Documentaries]

Hopefully not. There are a bunch of talentless degenerates that live of the taxpayer for no good reason.

[@kayjenkins731]

@@Great-Documentaries I must say their need to be relevant in todays society makes them more irrelevant, its hard to see an institution like that being supported forever, I dont support the concept either.

[@creynolds094]

Wednesday 29th July 1981

[@user-fd8ex5qu1r]

Успокойтесь она жива и вы все знаете в каком образе она сейчас .Будь счастлива и здорова Королева ...❤❤❤❤

[@neriperez536]

Tan bonita

[@cynthiadavid5282]

It was a fairy tail.wedding but it ended in divorce sad

[@heddingite]

1:34:18 Same music he used after God save the King in his coronation.

[@nabi8836]

1:29:40 KISS

[@nahlaelsayed3685]

أقوى فستان

[@yagozzzz]

Why charles look nervous?

[@robertmusgrave9236]

Because Camilla was there and Charles knew Diana was going to see her there.

[@julianneremley4430]

Why didn't he just marry camilla in the first place

[@Great-Documentaries]

Because he is a member of the degenerate welfare queen's family.

[@anissastrong2480]

she had married someone else so dear charlie had to move on ....

[@megankumamoto3645]

6:29 15:30 16:11 19:29 20:00 30:02 31:38 33:44 34:14 34:33 35:27 36:42 40:44 1:13:38 1:17:31 1:25:14 1:26:42 1:29:41 Best Parts

[@HIREDOY_KAZI]

i love Queen daina ❤❤❤ or king Charles

[@flageducation415]

1:02:22 Sing National Anthem

[@user-qu6jz8hx3y]

นี่มือถือ(สมาร์ทโฟนของใคร)ผม"ศรีอานนท์เก็บได้ข้างถนน

[@ilovebeinagirl]

Starting at 32:10, it's kind of hard to watch because in retrospect, I think he's thinking about Camilla. He looks very sad and he's crying. 🤔

[@Great-Documentaries]

Awwww! The poor rich welfare-recipient going through with what he knows to be a sham wedding paid for by the non-wealthy British taxpayers. How can we not also shed a tear for the untalented degenerate?

[@ilovebeinagirl]

@@Great-Documentaries I meant hard to watch knowing Diana, who deserved so much more, is standing next to this man crying for his side piece and about to ruin her life at that very moment. I don't know what's the best way--stand there and cry and ruin everybody's life for "duty" or run away and throw the hot potato to someone else to get burned by when you leave your duty for your mistress. 🤷🏾‍♀

[@manicmaggie]

​​Why did you even upload this video when you hate them so much? She was so shy on this wedding day and one of a handful of women wearing a veil on their wedding day who actually is a virgin.

[@dianneperry2903]

After Diana bows to the queen, you can see her looking to the right looking and possibly spotting Camilla.

[@marcoscarneiro4310]

30:40

[@JuliaApor-fy7um]

People who see the queen mother and princess Margaret

[@brendareyes6078]

Thanks Andrew for telling Charles to kiss Diana

[@Great-Documentaries]

No doubt Andrew had when she was underage.

[@gnostic268]

​@@Great-DocumentariesThey're 6 months apart in age and played together as children. Lol The creepy thing was Charles at 32 dating a 19 year old teenager. Practically a groomer. Howwas everyone fine with that?