Imperial Royal Wedding Facts

Royal Wedding "To celebrate the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, LocateTV has married together facts of many royal weddings. Grand gifts Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh received approximately 2,500 wedding presents including two pairs of bed socks and a tea cosy. Colossal cakes- The wedding cake of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh was 9 ft tall. That's the same height as nine Welsh corgis. Queen Victoria's wedding cake weighed a whop- ping 300 pounds. That's the same weight of the vegetation an Elephant eats every day. Dazzling dresses Queen Victoria began the west- ern world's white wedding dress trend. Prior to this brides wore their best dress of any color. The train of Princess Diana's wedding dress was 25 ft (7.62 m). This sounds long but the record held for the longest wedding dress train is 8,164.8622 ft. Royal Weddings on the small screen The wedding of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh was the first time television cameras entered West- minster Abbey. An estimate of 750 million people watched Prince Charles and Diana marry. It is estimated that 1 billion people will tune in to watch Prince William and Kate Middleton tie the knot. Whopping wedding bills- The world record of the most expensive wedding is that of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to Princess Salama. It cost approximately $44 million ($100 million in today's dollars). The Royal tree 'Imperial pairs' THE EN Queen Elizabeth II, 21 & Prince Philip, 26 Married in November 1947, have 4 children Princess Diana Spencer, 20 & Prince Charles, 32 Married in July 1981, have 2 children Camilla Parker Bowles, 57 & Prince Charles, 56 Married in 2005 O Sarah Ferguson, 27 & Prince Andrew, 26 Married in July 1986, have 2 children Princess Anne, 23 & Mark Philips 25 Married in November 1973, have 2 children Princess Anne, 42 & Timothy Laurence, 37 Married in December 1992 Sophie Rhys-Jones, 34 & Prince Edward, 35 Married in June 1999, have2 children Prince Harry, Single and.. You, maybe? Kate Middleton, 29 & Prince William, 28 Due to marry in April 2011 Potential Future Queen and King Excited about the British royal wedding? Find out what channel and time the wedding is airing here. Good luck William and Kate! LocateTV Your personal TV guide