Thirty-nine years after the wedding of the century, take a trip down memory lane to the very '80s fairytale nuptials of Charles and Diana.

Today, July 29th, marks&nbsp;the 39th <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/alternative-wedding-dresses-millennial-rewear-sustainable-bridal-trend" target="_blank">wedding</a> anniversary of Prince Charles of Wales, heir to the British throne, to 20-year-old&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/princess-diana-style" target="_blank">Lady Diana Spencer</a>&nbsp;at&nbsp;St Paul&rsquo;s Cathedral in London. Not only were the nuptials a monumental day in British history, but&nbsp;one of the most-watched&nbsp;weddings of all time.

Billed the &ldquo;fairytale wedding,&rdquo;&nbsp;excitement around the occasion spilled&nbsp;into the streets of London, as 600,000 citizens lined&nbsp;up hoping to get a glimpse of the bride and groom on their way from Clarence House to the Cathedral. The spectacle didn&rsquo;t end there, as over 750 million people from 74 countries also tuned in from their TV sets.&nbsp;

SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/princess-diana-style">Princess Diana&#39;s&nbsp;Most Iconic Looks of All Time</a>

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The congregation was made up of 3,500 guests, including Nancy Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, the crowned heads of Europe, the Spencer family, important members of the British aristocracy, and many more.&nbsp;Without a doubt, this was the wedding of the century.&nbsp;

Diana was joined by&nbsp;bridesmaids and flower girls&nbsp;India Hicks, Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, Catherine Cameron, Sarah-Jane Gaselee and 5-year-old Clementine Hambro (who is the great-grandaughter of Winston Churchill and one of Diana&#39;s kindergarten students,&nbsp;pictured below being carried through Buckingham Palace), who were&nbsp;dressed in almost as much taffeta and ruffles as the bride herself.

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Diana&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/valentino-couture-fall-2021-wedding-dresses" target="_blank">wedding dress</a> matched the spectacle of the day, as it was so big it could barely fit in the horse-drawn carriage. As one of the best-kept secrets in fashion, with even her own brother&nbsp;seeing the dress for the first time on the wedding day, the awaiting crowds fawned over the larger-than-life gown and the 25-foot train (the longest in royal history) trailing behind it.

Designed by David and Elizabeth Emanuel&mdash;who also happened to make the dress Diana wore to her first public engagement&mdash;the gown was adorned with 542 sequins and 132 pearls, and was paired with a&nbsp;153-yard veil and 19th-century tiara.

The Spencer Tiara, a family&nbsp;heirloom gifted to Diana&#39;s grandmother, Cynthia Hamilton, on her wedding day in 1919, was also worn by Diana&#39;s sister, Lady Sarah, as well as Victoria Lockwood (who married Charles Spencer in 1989). The tiara&nbsp;represents the deep heritage of one of England&#39;s oldest aristocratic families, and&nbsp;helps cement&nbsp;the identity Diana embodied throughout her life, and legacy, as the people&rsquo;s princess.

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After the ceremony, where Charles and Diana shocked the world by&nbsp;leaving the word &quot;obey&quot; out of Diana&#39;s vows and deviating from traditional royal wedding protocol, the newly married Prince and Princess of Wales&nbsp;enjoyed&nbsp;a celebratory luncheon with 120 guests at Buckingham Palace before appearing on the balcony at 13:10 BST, delighting the crowd with a kiss (the kiss to begin all royal post-wedding balcony kisses).

Following this now-famous smooch, the wedding party ate cake (in fact, a total of 27 cakes were made for&nbsp;the occassion, with the official cake having been created by the Naval Armed Forces) before the royal couple rode away in their fairytale carriage to begin their eleven-day honeymoon cruise of the Mediterranean.&nbsp;

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A Look Back at Princess Diana's Fairytale Wedding

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