The Royal Wedding of Princess Diana and Prince Charles

Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer were married at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London on July 29, 1981.

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Lady Diana Spencer and her father, Earl Spencer, smile to well-wishers while being driven to St. Paul’s Cathedral for her marriage to Prince Charles in London on July 29, 1981.

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Prince Charles walks out to take Lady Diana Spencer’s arm, as she arrives in St. Paul’s Cathedral in London with her father, Lord Spencer.

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Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer exchange rings during wedding ceremony at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. In foreground, the bride’s father, Earl Spencer.

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Prince Charles holds the wedding ring on the finger of Lady Diana Spencer at that moment before she officially becomes his bride and takes on the title of Princess of Wales.

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The former Lady Diana Spencer walks down the aisle with Prince Charles after their wedding at London's St. Paul's Cathedral.

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Prince Charles and his new bride, the Princess of Wales, turn to walk back through the congregation of St. Paul’s cathedral after their wedding ceremony.

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With a 25-foot sweeping train, the Princess of Wales, former Lady Diana Spencer, leaves St. Paul's Cathedral arm in arm with Prince Charles.

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Newlyweds Prince Charles and the Princess of Wales smile on the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral after their wedding ceremony.

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With a 25-foot sweeping train, the Princess of Wales, former Lady Diana Spencer, leaves St. Paul's Cathedral arm in arm with Prince Charles.

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Prince Charles motions to lend a hand to the former Lady Diana Spencer as they enter their carrriage outside St. Paul's Cathedral at the end of their wedding ceremony.

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The carriage with the Prince and Princess of Wales passes along Trafalgar Square on its way from St. Paul's Cathedral to Buckingham Palace after the royal wedding. Nearly 1 million onlookers jammed the two-mile wedding route.

The carriage carrying the Prince and Princess of Wales passes along Trafalgar Square on its way from St. Paul's Cathedral to Buckingham Palace after the royal wedding.

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Prince Charles and the Princess of Wales waiting for their wedding portrait in Buckingham Palace in London.

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The official royal wedding cake, five feet high and weighing 225 pounds, made by the Royal Navy’s Cookery School, HMS Pembroke, and delivered to Buckingham Palace.

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The formal wedding portrait of Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales, taken at Buckingham Palace on July 29, 1981, after their marriage at St. Paul's Cathedral.

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Prince Charles and his new bride Diana, Princess of Wales, pose for a family portrait with other members of the royal family, in the Throne Room of Buckingham Palace.

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Prince Charles and the Princess of Wales, right, waving to the crowds from the balcony outside Buckingham Palace after their wedding at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Left to right: Prince Andrew, the Queen Mother, Earl Spencer, the bride’s father, the Queen, the Princess of Wales and Prince Charles.

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Prince Charles and Princess Diana on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on their wedding day.

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Britain's Prince Charles kisses his bride, the former Diana Spencer, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London after their wedding. Prince Charles's first wedding drew royalty and heads of state to St. Paul's Cathedral, a million well-wishers in the streets of London and a global television audience of some 700 million.

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With the traditional sign of the newly married and heart-shaped balloons flying from their carriage, Prince Charles and his bride Diana, the Princess of Wales, leave Buckingham Palace in London, to begin their honeymoon at Broadlandsm, former home of the Prince’s Great-Uncle Earl Mountbatten of Burma.

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