Lady Diana’s wedding was the fairytale episode everyone wanted. Ask anyone who was alive on 29th July, 1981 and I bet they have all vivid memories of the day. Watched by one billion spectators the world over, Charles and Diana’s “I dos” were nothing short of spectacular.
Their marriage was widely billed as the ‘wedding of the century’. It was declared a national holiday in the UK, so that citizens could be a part of the celebration. An estimated 750 million people watched the televised ceremony worldwide. The Times described it as a ‘carnival atmosphere,’ as throngs of over 600,000 people sang, danced and wished the couple well along the procession route. 
From Princess Diana’s sapphire engagement ring to over-the-top wedding dress, her glittering tiara and the 27 wedding cakes, every detail of this royal wedding has been pored over and over for almost four decades now. The dress at the heart of it was veritably the most closely guarded secret in the fashion history. The 20-year-old chose the duo, husband-and-wife designers, David and Elizabeth Emanuel and, to keep it a secret, they code-named their client Deborah. Diana’s Emanuel dress was an extravagant and much-anticipated sight to see. Covered in 10,000 pearls and complete with a 25-foot train, David and Diana consciously wanted to set a record for the longest train in royal wedding history. The trend-defining silk-taffeta creation reportedly cost $115,000. 
In the seven months leading up the wedding, Diana had dropped from having a 29-inch waist to a tiny 23.5-inch one. Emanuels created five different bodices to accommodate Diana’s dwindling silhouette, and sewed a blue bow into her waistline for a bit of good luck.
Princess Diana’s wedding gown was right out of a fairy tale with the exception of the perfume she spilled on her gown moments before she was to walk down the aisle. And she smelt sweet!
A secret romantic gesture was hidden beneath Diana’s handcrafted wedding shoes. The top of the shoe had an elaborate heart and ‘C’ and ‘D’, initials were hand-painted on the arches.
Diana broke with tradition by excluding the promise to ‘obey’ her husband in her vows, instead promising to ‘love him, comfort him, honour and keep him in sickness and health.’
Hardly without hitches, had the nuptial a few small bumps along the way. Wedding day jitters can happen to anyone, right? In a little flub, the nervous bride accidentally got her groom’s name wrong, calling him ‘Philip Charles’ instead of ‘Charles Philip’. Charles had his own blip, instead of offering his bride ‘my worldly goods,’ he offered her ‘thy goods.’
Never has there been a royal love story like Prince Charles’ and Princess Diana’s. The couple met when Diana was a teenager and Charles was dating her older sister. And in a perfectly Cinderella twist, Diana previously worked as her sister’s cleaning woman. Her stepmother was equally determined to be the wicked step mother. Even the timeline of the romance seemed to be fast-tracked for a film. Diana had seen Charles 13 times between the beginning of their courtship and their wedding. With Diana, Charles found his real-life Disney princess.
Though the wedding was swathed in a fairy-tale narrative, it wasn’t the fairytale marriage the world had hoped for. “Well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded,” Diana was once quoted.
The couple divorced in 1992, only five short years before Diana’s untimely death in 1997.
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Name the sister of Diana, Princess of Wales, who was earlier dating Prince Charles.
Lady Sarah McCorquodale


Which famous movement was started by Sir Robert Baden Powell with an event on 29th July, 1907 at Brownsea Island in Southern England?
Boys Scout


One of the most influential artist of all time, he lost his right ear in a fight with fellow artist Paul Gauguin. He sold only one painting while he was alive. ‘Starry Night’, arguably his most famous work, was painted in an asylum. Identify this Post-Impressionist Dutch painter who, at the young age of 37, shot himself in his chest to die 2 days later.
Vincent Van Gogh


In the field of publishing, what does the abbreviation ISBN stands for?
International Standard Book Number.
 
The first known official use of this technique as a means of identification was made in July 1858 by Sir William James Herschel of the Indian Civil Service, while posted in the Hooghly District of India. Which technique was it?
Fingerprinting


On the afternoon of July 28, 1917, nearly 10,000 African-Americans walked in silence down Fifth Avenue to protest against lynching and other acts of anti-black violence in the country. It was a watershed moment in the history of the civil rights movement. What was it called?
Silent Protest Parade


‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’ is a 1957 British-American epic war film directed by David Lean. The film was widely praised, winning seven Academy Awards at the 30th Academy Awards. Where is the real bridge over the River Kwai?
Kanchanaburi, Thailand.


When this country became independent from Yugoslavia, its Internet domain name went from being .yu to .me. Name this country.
Montenegro


The name of which African city comes from the Spanish for ‘white house’? As per the legend, during World War II, the Germans passed up a chance to kill Franklin D. Roosevelt because they mistranslated the name of the city as “White House.”
Casablanca


The lady below became the world’s first female head of government when she became Prime Minister of her country in July 1960. Name her.


(Answer next week. Answer to last week’s photoquiz: Nelson Mandela)