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(#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.
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(#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 Thinking quickly, the tiara was sent to the House of Garrard workshop – the same designers who originally made the tiara – with a police escort: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.
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(#13) Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
- Dec. at 78 (1894-1972)
In 1936, King Edward VIII ruled over the powerful British Empire, but he gave it all up and abdicated his throne to marry an American named Wallis Simpson. The scandal created a crisis in the British monarchy because Simpson was divorced. When Edward stepped away from his royal position, he declared, "I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as king as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love."
Simpson's divorce became final the month before she married Edward, scandalizing the British nobility. Even though Edward gave up the throne for marriage, he didn't completely lose his titles. The pair were known as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and they remained married until Edward's death in 1972.
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(#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.
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(#2) George IV of the United Kingdom
- Dec. at 68 (1762-1830)
In 1795, George, Prince of Wales – the future King George IV – married his cousin, Princess Caroline of Brunswick. It wasn't a union of love, much like many royal marriages in the period. George needed help paying off some debts (£630,000, to be exact), and Caroline had money.
When George saw his bride for the first time, he exclaimed, “I am not well. Get me a glass of brandy!” It went downhill from there. On their wedding day, George was so drunk that he couldn't stand on his own, and two dukes had to hold him up at the altar. He even wept openly during the ceremony.
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(#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.
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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.
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