Royal Weddings on Film

It could be a scene from a Hollywood film... the English Prince marrying the stunning American actress... but it's for real and on May 19, 2018, Harry will wed Meghan at Windsor Castle the ancient seat of the British Royal Family. More than two billion people around the world will be watching, captivated by this modern romance. Less than 100 years ago, royal weddings in Britain were celebrated behind closed doors, but that all changed in 1923, when over a million people lined the streets to cheer the wedding of a shy Prince called Bertie, later King George VI, and his wife Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. This was the first royal wedding to be filmed and watched by an adoring public. This program celebrates the extraordinary splendour of royal wedding days over the last 100 years. Featuring unique, never-before-seen archive film, we reveal the unions that have enchanted the world, and even changed the course of history.