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Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
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Hozier, Clementine
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Jerome, Jennie
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Kinnock, Glenys
Kinnock, Neil
Lennon, John Winston
Lloyd George, David
Louise
Lulu
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Margaret
Maud
May of Teck
Nelson, Horatio
Nisbet, Frances
Osbourne, John Michael "Ozzy"
Osbourne, Sharon
Parker Bowles, Camilla
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Phillips, Mark
Powell, Cynthia
Prescott, John
Skerret, Maria
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1682
George I
21st Nov Celle Marries Sophia Dorothea, daughter of George William, Duke of Brunswick
1682
Sophia Dorothea of Zell
21st Nov Celle Marries George I
1694
George I
28th Dec George I's marriage to Sophea Dorothea is anulled
1700
Walpole, Robert
Walpole marries Catherine Shorter
1705
Caroline of Ansbach
George II marries Caroline of Ansbach
1705
George I
25th Aug London Marries Caroline of Anspach
1705
George II
George II marries Caroline of Ansbach
22nd Aug Herrenhausen Marries Caroline, daughter of John Ferederick Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
1705
Wilhelmina Charlotte
22nd Aug Herrenhause Marries George II
1737
Skerret, Maria
Walpole marries his mistress Maria Skerret but she dies a few months later
1737
Skerret, Robert
Walpole marries his mistress Maria Skerret but she dies a few months later
1737
Walpole, Robert
London Walpole marries his mistress Maria Skerret but she dies a few months later
Walpole marries his mistress, Maria Skerritt, who dies shortly thereafter during childbirth
1761
George III
8th Sep London Marries Charlotte, daughter of Charles Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
1784
William IV
Hanover Allegedly enters into a secret marriage to Caroline von Linsingen
1787
Nelson, Horatio
Marries Frances Nisbet
1787
Nisbet, Frances
Marries Horatio Nelson
1787
William IV
Gives away the bride at Nelson's wedding
1795
George IV
8th April London Marries Caroline of Brunswick at the Chapel Royal, St James
1806
Wellesley, Arthur
10th London Moves to Harley St, Marylebone, London
10th April Dublin Marries Kitty Pakenham, St Georges Church, Dublin, Ireland
1818
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
11th July Kew Palace William IV marries Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
1818
William IV
11th July Kew Palace William IV marries Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
1836
Victoria
London Meets Prince Albert through his father, brother of Victoria's uncle Leopold
1839
Victoria
London On their 2nd meeting Victoria asks Prince Albert to marry her
1840
Albert
10th Feb London Albert is voted œ30,000 pa, they only have a 2 day honeymoon
10th Feb St James Pal Marries Victoria, his 1st cousin, at St Jame's Palace
1840
Victoria
10th Feb St James Palace Marries Albert of Saxe-Coburg, Albert is voted œ30,000 pa, they have a 2 day honeymoon
1857
Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot
July Marries Georgina Alderson
1863
Edward VII
10th Mar London Marries Alexandra, eldest daughter of King Chris tian IX of Denmark
1864
Snowden, Philip
Snowden marries Ethel Annakin, a campaigner for women's suffrage
1874
Alfred
London Marries Marie Alexandrovna
1874
Churchill, Randolph
Randolph Churchill marries Jennie Jerome
1874
Jerome, Jennie
Randolph Churchill marries Jennie Jerome
1879
Arthur of Brittany
London Marries Princess Louis a of Prussia
1889
Louise
27th July Fife Marries the 1st Duke of Fife
1893
George V
6th July George V marries Mary of Teck
1893
May of Teck
6th July George V marries May of Teck
1894
Asquith, Henry Herbert
Marries Margot (Tennant) Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith
1896
Maud
London Marries Haakon VII, King of Norway
1908
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
8th Aug Churchill gets engaged to Clementine Hozier
12th Sep Marries Clementine Hozier
1908
Hozier, Clementine
Sep Marries Winston Churchill
1908
Lloyd George, David
12th Sep London Signs the registar for Churchill's marriage to Clementine Hozier
1912
Baden-Powell, Robert
Marries Olave St Claire Soames
1922
George VI
Belgrade Attends the wedding of King Alexander of Yugoslavia as his "sponsor"
1923
Bowes-Lyon
London Elizabeth Bowes -Lyon marries George VI
1923
George VI
26th April London Marries Elizabeth Bowes -Lyon, youngest daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore
1937
Edward VIII
3rd June Touraine Marries Wallis Simpson, at Chateau de Cande, Touraine
1939
Elizabeth II
Dartmouth Elizabeth II first meets Prince Philip
1939
Philip
Dartmouth Philip first meets Elizabeth II
1947
David of Milford Haven
20th Nov Acts as Prince Philip's best man
1947
Elizabeth II
9th July London George VI makes public his consent for Elizabrth to marry Prince Philip
10th July London Philip's engagement to Princess Elizabeth is announced from Buckingham Palace
20th Nov London Marries Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, formerly Prince of Greece & Denmark
1947
George VI
July Give consent under the Royal Marriages Act for Elizabet to marry the Duke of Edinburgh
20th Nov Gives Elizabeth away to the Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey
1947
Philip
10th July Philip's engagement to Princess Elizabeth is announced from Buckingham Palace
20th Nov London Marries Elizabeth II
21st Nov Philip is to be known as HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
1955
Margaret
31st Oct Decides not to marry Peter Townsend
1961
Prescott, John
John Prescott marries Pauline
1962
Lennon, John Winston
23rd Aug John Lennon marries Cynthia Powell
1962
Powell, Cynthia
23rd Aug John Lennon marries Cynthia Powell
1963
Lennon, John Winston
23rd Aug Liverpool John Lennon marries Cynthia Lennon at Mount Pleasant
1964
Harrison, George
3rd Mar George Harris on meets Patti Boyd for the first time on the set of "A Hard Day's Night"
1966
Harrison, George
21st Jan Epsom George Harris on marries Patty Boyd at Epsom Register Office
22nd Jan George Harris on organises a press conference to announce his marriage to Patty Boyd
1967
Kinnock, Glenys
Marries Neil Kinnock
1967
Kinnock, Neil
Marries Glenys Kinnock
1969
Lennon, John Winston
John Lennon marries Yoko Ono
1969
Lulu
18th Feb Gerrards Cross Lulu marries Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees
1970
Lennon, John Winston
Nov Amsterdam Yoko Ono and John Lennon celebrate their honeymoon by staging a "bed-in" for peace in Amsterdam
1970
Major, John Roy
3rd Oct Marries Norma Johnson
1971
Jagger, Mick
12th May Cannes Mick Jagger marries Bianca Perez Morena de Macias, cannot remember her whole name so she becomes known as Bianca Jagger
1973
Anne
14th Nov Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips
1973
Lennon, John Winston
Sep John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin an 18-month separation, during which Lennon embarks on his infamous "lost weekend" in Los Angeles
1973
Phillips, Mark
14th Nov Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips
1974
Burton, Richard
26th June Liz Taylor's 5th divorce (Richard Burton)
1974
Taylor, Elizabeth
26th June Liz Taylor's 5th divorce (Richard Burton)
1975
Lennon, John Winston
2nd Jan John and Yoko are reunited
1980
Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton
29th Mar Oxford Tony & Cherie Blair marry at St John's College Chapel
1980
Blair, Cherie
29th Mar Oxford Tony & Cherie Blair marry at St John's College Chapel
1981
Dianna
1st July Dianna's engagement to Charles becomes official
29th July London Dianna & Charles mrry at St Paul's Cathedral, watched by a global audience of almost one billion
1982
Osbourne, John Michael "Ozzy"
Marries Sharon Arden, daughter of Black Sabbath's manager
1982
Osbourne, Sharon
Marries Sharon Arden, daughter of Black Sabbath's manager
1991
Jagger, Mick
Mick Jagger marries Jerry Hall
1992
Anne
12th Dec Marriage of Princess Anne to Timothy Laurence
1992
Bowie, David
6th June David Bowie & model Iman marry in Switzerland
1992
Dianna
9th Dec London The Prince and Princess of Wales are separated
1994
Charles Philip Arthur
During a 1994 television interview, Charles admits that he had committed adultery "once it was clear the marriage had broken down"
1996
Dianna
28th Aug Dianna is no longer married to the Prince of Wales, and so has ceased to be a Royal by-marriage, Diana loses the style Her Royal Highness and instead was styled, as Diana, Princess of Wales
28th Aug Their divorce is finalised, Diana receives a lump sum settlement of around œ17,000,000 along with a legal order preventing her from discussing the details
28th Aug Under Elizabeth II's Letters Patent, a divorced wife of a Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland "shall not be entitled to hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of Royal Highness."
1996
Elizabeth II
21st Aug Under Elizabeth II's Letters Patent, a divorced wife of a Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland "shall not be entitled to hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of Royal Highness."
1997
Cook, Robin Finlayson
3rd Aug Announces he is leaving his wife
1997
Gallagher, Liam
7th April Liam Gallagher marries Patsy Kensit
1997
Kensit, Patsy
7th April Liam Gallagher marries Patsy Kensit
1999
Charles Philip Arthur
After a party celebrating the 50th birthday of Camilla's sister Annabel Elliott, Charles and Camilla are photographed in public together, many see this as a sign that their relationship is now regarded as "official"
1999
Jagger, Mick
Mick Jagger & Jerry Hall split after Jagger confesses he had fathered a child Luciana Morad
2000
Brown, Gordon
3rd Aug Fife Marries Sarah Macaulay at his home in North Queensferry, Fife
2000
Charles Philip Arthur
June In an effort to gain acceptance of the relationship Camilla meets the Queen
2000
Gallagher, Liam
Sep Liam Gallagher and Patsy Kensit divorce
2000
Zeta-Jones, Catherine
18th Nov New York Michael Douglas & Catherine Zeta-Jones marry at the New York Plaza Hotel
2003
Philip
Camilla moves into Charles 's homes at Highgrove and Clarence House
2005
Charles
10th Feb London Clarence House announces Charles will marry Camilla Parker Bowles 8th Feb
8th April Windsor Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles
2005
Parker Bowles, Camilla
8th April Windsor Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles
2005
Philip
10th Feb It is announced by Clarence House that the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles will marry on 8 April in a civil ceremony at Windsor Castle, with a subsequent religious blessing at the castle's St George's Chapel
4th April As the wife of the Prince of Wales, Mrs Parker Bowles will be styled Her Royal Highness Duchess of Cornwall and that upon the Prince's accession to the throne, she would not be known as Queen Camilla but as Her Royal Highness The Princess Consort
4th April It is was announced that the wedding will be delayed for one day to 9 April to allow the Prince of Wales and some of the invited dignitaries to attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II
2006
Philip
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall spend their first wedding anniversary in Scotland, In Scotland they are styled the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay

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