-
(#4) Diana, Princess of Wales
- Dec. at 36 (1961-1997)
Diana Spencer faced major jitters on July 29, 1981, and nearly called off her wedding to Charles, Prince of Wales, just days before the ceremony.
"I can't marry him, I can't do this, this is absolutely unbelievable,” she reportedly told her sister. Diana suspected that Charles was still secretly seeing his mistress, Camilla Parker Bowles (and she was probably right).
To make matters worse, she spilled some of her perfume on her wedding dress, and it left a noticeable stain. Her makeup artist suggested she hold the stained spot as she walked, making it look like she was simply holding up her dress instead of hiding something.
Diana wasn't the only one with doubts, either. In 1994, Charles revealed in a candid authorized biography that he was forced into the wedding by his domineering father, Prince Philip.
After agreeing to go through with the marriage, Diana still mixed up the prince's name, calling him Philip rather than Charles. In 1996, the pair divorced.
-
(#10) Harthacnut
- Dec. at 24 (1018-1042)
King Harthacnut, ruler of Denmark and England, became the most memorable guest at a wedding in 1042. The king abruptly dropped dead in the middle of a toast: "As he stood drinking... he fell suddenly to the earth with a tremendous struggle."
Harthacnut was the last Scandinavian ruler of England, replaced by Edward the Conqueror.
-
(#9) Edward II of England
- Dec. at 43 (1284-1327)
In 1308, King Edward II of England married a young French princess named Isabella. At the time, Isabella was only 12 years old, and she likely wasn't happy when her new husband kissed someone else at the wedding. And even more shocking, the king kissed another man instead of his bride.
Edward II had a reputation for same-sex affairs, and he didn't try to hide his relationship with a knight named Piers Gaveston, the man he kissed at his wedding. But Isabella got her revenge eventually – she deposed Edward and seized the throne for herself.
-
(#3) Henry VIII of England
- Dec. at 56 (1491-1547)
Pretty much every one of King Henry VIII of England's weddings ended in disaster. His first wedding, to his dead brother's widow, ended with Henry breaking a thousand-year alliance with the Catholic Church and triggering the English Reformation. His second wedding, to a pregnant Anne Boleyn, ended badly when she couldn't bear him a son. She was convicted of treason and beheaded. His third bride, Jane Seymour, died nine days after giving birth.
Henry's fourth bride, Anne of Cleves, lucked out. He found her repulsive and divorced her only six months after the wedding. The fifth bride wasn't so lucky. Catherine Howard was Anne Boleyn's cousin, and she was also beheaded for allegedly cheating on the king. Henry's sixth wife, Catherine Parr, managed to outlive her royal husband.
-
(#12) Alfred the Great
- Dec. at 50 (849-899)
Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, was 19 when he married in 868, and he was already afflicted with hemorrhoids. The night before his wedding, Alfred prayed for God to replace his hemorrhoids with a less painful disease.
Instead, Alfred woke up with a much worse problem: a flare up of an intestinal issue that made the hemorrhoids look mild. Today, historians suspect it was likely Crohn's disease. At the discovery, Alfred supposedly burst out, “If only I’d stuck with the hemorrhoids!"
-
(#14) Elizabeth II
- 92
On November 20, 1947, Princess Elizabeth planned to wear the famous Fringe Tiara at her wedding. The elaborate tiara, made of diamonds, gold, and silver in 1919, had a long history in the royal family. But on the morning of her wedding, disaster struck.
According to the royal jeweler, "the Fringe was given to Queen Elizabeth on her wedding day, and the hairdresser broke it." Thinking quickly, the tiara was sent to the House of Garrard workshop – the same designers who originally made the tiara – with a police escort:
We fixed the tiara that morning, had it sent back to Queen Elizabeth, and then she got married in it. You don't expect the royals to have those sorts of mix-ups, but they do!
They say rain is unlucky on a wedding day, but apparently a broken tiara is good luck: Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip have been married more than 70 years.
New Random Displays Display All By Ranking
About This Tool
Every European royal family seems to have a close and complicated relationship, and the members of these royal families are now lived in various countries in Europe. Royal weddings can be said to be the most important moments that have attracted the attention of the world. However, some royal weddings in history were worse than people think, such as forgotten vows, inappropriate rings, or unruly weddings, weddings are not immune to flaws.
No matter how hard people work, they still have many weddings that are disastrous, and these weddings were recorded in history. This random tool lists 14 of the most disastrous royal weddings in history, one of the most famous weddings is Diana's.
Our data comes from Ranker, If you want to participate in the ranking of items displayed on this page, please click here.