Lady Diana Wedding Announcement. Prince charles and lady diana spencer married at st paul’s cathedral in london on wednesday, july 29, 1981. Lady diana herself selected the largest and most expensive ring from a tray of engagement rings.

For many years, frances shand kydd’s diamond earrings were a part of the traveling diana exhibition. The ceremony was one of the decade’s biggest events—and for good reason. When buckingham palace announced that the relatively unknown couple from london’s mayfair district had been asked to design the dress that lady diana spencer would wear to marry prince charles, the announcement was met with widespread surprise.

In what was hailed as the wedding of the century, lady diana spencer and prince charles married on 29 july 1981 at st paul’s cathedral in front of 2,600 guests and a global television audience of 750 million.

It was watched by an estimated global tv audience of 750 million. Lady diana spencer and prince charles announced their engagement on february 24, 1981—with a now infamous interview following the announcement where prince charles responded whatever 'love. The dean of st paul's cathedral, alan webster, presided at the service, and the. Mother of the heir second in line to the british throne, prince william, duke of cambridge (born 1982);