This is what royal weddings looked like in the 1800s

Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on February 10, 1840, at the Chapel Royal of St. James’s Palace in London. The pair met at Kensington Palace and Queen Victoria proposed on their second meeting, as was customary back then. At the time of her 19th-century nuptials, wedding dresses were not strictly white, so Queen Victoria is credited with having started the long-lasting trend of brides wearing white on their wedding day.

Queen Victoria’s eldest son, King Edward VII, then the Prince of Wales, and Princess Alexandra of Denmark were introduced in 1861 by the Prince’s sister, after Queen Victoria insisted the family find a suitable bride for the future heir to the throne. The couple wed at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, on March 10, 1863, the very same venue where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle would marry more than 150 years later. Royal experts say their wedding venue was criticised for being too small – ironic today, considering the crowd of hundreds of thousands that turned out to watch the union of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

And for their wedding vows on July 6, 1893, King Edward VII’s son Prince George and Princess Mary of Teck (pictured above) returned to Queen Victoria’s chosen venue, Chapel Royal at St. James’s Palace in London. The couple enjoyed a successful marriage together, eventually becoming King and Queen and having six children, including George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II.

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in their wedding attire in 1840.

King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, photographed on their wedding day in 1863.

A portrait of King George V and Queen Mary taken on their wedding day in 1893.Click Here: Sports Water Bottle Accessories