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Prince Charles Marries Lady Diana Spencer

Leaving the Ceremony

Charles and Diana leave the wedding ceremony in a carriage.
Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles leave by carriage.

Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles leave by carriage after their wedding, July 29, 1981.

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There were about two million people lining the route to try to see the couple, in addition to the billion who watched or listened to the broadcast of the service and festivities.

In 2011, when Prince William, son of Charles and Diana, was married, he and his bride rode in the same carriage as William's parents used in their 1981 wedding: Wedding Carriage

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