The brightest shots of British royal weddings

On July 29, 1981, the wedding of the heir to the English throne, Prince Charles and Diana Spencer took place in London. In honor of this anniversary, we have collected the brightest shots of royal weddings of past years, consecrated by photographers since the beginning of the 20th century.

British royal weddings take place once in a generation and are celebrated with the chic and luxury inherent in the royal tradition. Royal family lovers gather early in the morning, filling the square in front of Westminster Abbey or St. Paul's Cathedral in the morning to get a glimpse of the royals in their finest dresses and suits.

(Total 29 photos)

1. Lady Diana Spencer, the future Princess of Wales, shows off her wedding dress for the first time on her way to St. Paul's Cathedral for her wedding to Prince Charles in London on July 29, 1981. (Reuters/Mal Langsdon)

2. London, February 1922: the police are trying to hold back the crowd who want to see the wedding of Princess Mary and Henry Charles George. (© Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS)

3. Workers carry huge crowns to the wedding of Princess Mary and Henry Charles George at Westminster Abbey in 1922. (© Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS)

4. The Duchess of York leaves her home on her way to her wedding in April 1923. (© Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS)

5. The Duke of York and his bride drive past crowds of people to Buckingham Palace after their wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey on April 26, 1923. (AP Photo)

6. Royal wedding photograph with the Duke of York and his bride in the center in May 1923. To the left are Lady Maria Cambridge, Lady Maria Thynn, Diamond Hardinge and Elizabeth Elphinstone. To the right are Lady Maria Cambridge, Lady Catherine Hamilton, Miss Betty Cator and Cecilia Bowes-Lyon. (© Bettmann/CORBIS)

7. From left to right: Lady Maria Abel Smith, Princess Mary Louise, Princess Beatrice, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone; in the foreground, Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen, Princess Patricia, Alexander Cambridge, the Earl of Athlone and Master Alex Ramsey. Everyone gathered for the arrival of Prince Harry, Duke of Gloucester and his wife Princess Alice, Duchess of York, former Lady Alice on November 6, 1935. (AP Photo/Staff/Putnam)

8. Londoners try to reach for rose petals falling from all sides on the royal newlyweds Prince Harry, Duke of Gloucester, and his wife Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, November 6, 1935 in the courtyard of Buckingham Palace. (AP Photo/Staff/Putnam)

9. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester wave to the crowd from the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London after their wedding ceremony on November 6, 1935. (AP Photo)

10. Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten in September 1947, two months before the wedding. (AP Photo)

11. Louise Sorrell, who worked for Warner and Sons, Ltd. aged 17, begins the second stage of preparing the silk for Princess Elizabeth's wedding veil on October 10, 1947. In this photo, Sorrell is removing loose threads where necessary. (AP Photo)

12. These people came early to take seats outside Westminster Abbey on November 20, 1947, to see the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. (AP Photo)

13. Photo from Buckingham Palace, in which thousands of Londoners gathered at the Victory Memorial at the entrance to the palace to greet the newlyweds Princess Elizabeth and Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the royal family on November 21, 1947. (© Bettmann/CORBIS)

14. Crowds of people in London November 20, 1947. People try to see the wedding procession of Princess Elizabeth. (AP Photo)

15. The procession of the bride of Princess Elizabeth and her father King George VI turns into Whitehall in London on November 20, 1947, accompanied by the Royal Qualeria. (AP Photo)

16. The girl is handed over to the police in Trafalgar Square so that she is not crushed in a crowd of people who want to watch the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten. (AP Photo)

17. The bride's motorcade, accompanied by the Royal Horse Guards, leaves Buckingham Palace in London on November 20, 1947. (AP Photo)

18. Queen Elizabeth II and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh wave to the crowd from the balcony of Buckingham Palace November 20, 1947. From left to right: King George VI, Princess Margaret, Lady Mary Cambridge, bride and groom, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary. (AP Photo)

19. Princess Anne with her father Prince Philip at her wedding to Captain Mark Philips at Westminster Abbey in London on November 14, 1973. (AP Photo)

20. Wedding of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Philips at Westminster Abbey. (AP Photo)

21. Princess Anne and Captain Mark Philips on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. (© Bettmann/CORBIS)

22. People sleep outside St Paul's Cathedral in London July 19, 1981 to take a good look at the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. (AP Photo)

23. A woman admires a window with an exhibition of photographs of the royal wedding on Fifth Avenue in New York on July 27, 1981. The display window displayed photographs of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer and toy soldiers. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)

24. Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer on their wedding day at St. Paul's Cathedral in London on July 29, 1981. (AP Photo)

25. In a dress with a 7.6-meter veil, former Lady Diana Spencer, and now the Princess of Wales, leaves St. Paul's Cathedral with Prince Charles after their wedding ceremony in London on July 29, 1981. (AP Photo)

26. Prince Charles with his bride Lady Diana in a carriage on Fleet Street. (AFP/Getty Images)

27. Fans of royal weddings with flags, including skinheads, at one of the fountains in Trafalgar Square after the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Dee. (AP Photo)

28. Fireworks in the sky over Hyde Park July 28, 1981 in honor of the royal wedding. (AP Photo)

29. Newlyweds Princess Diana and Prince Charles on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London July 29, 1981. (AP Photo)

30. Perhaps the most famous photograph of the April 29, 2011 wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. (Leon Neal/AFP-Getty Images)