Description
Artist: Vienna Ensemble
Album: My Royal Wedding
TRACK LIST:
1. Lohengrin, “Treulich Geführt”
2. An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314
3. Wiener Blut
4. Cagliostro Walzer, Op. 370
5. Kuss Walzer, Op. 400
6. Freut euch des Lebens Walzer, Op. 340
7. Frühlingsstimmen Walzer, Op. 410
8. Donauweibchen Walzer, Op. 427
9. Du und du Walzer, Op. 367
10.Kaiser Walzer, Op. 437
11.Leichtes Blut Walzer, Op. 319
12.Tausend und eine Nacht Walzer, Op. 346
One of the most populare wedding took place at St Paul’s Cathedral in 1981 and made her Princess of Wales, a role in which she was enthusiastically received by the public. The couple had two sons, the princes William and Harry, who were then second and third in the line of succession to the British throne. Diana’s marriage to Charles, however, suffered due to their incompatibility and extramarital affairs. They separated in 1992, soon after the breakdown of their relationship became public knowledge. The details of their marital difficulties became increasingly publicised, and the marriage ended in divorce in 1996.
As Princess of Wales, Diana undertook royal duties on behalf of the Queen and represented her at functions across the Commonwealth realms. She was celebrated in the media for her unconventional approach to charity work. Her patronages initially centred on children and youth but she later became known for her involvement with AIDS patients and campaign for the removal of landmines. She also raised awareness and advocated ways to help people affected with cancer and mental illness. As princess, Diana was initially noted for her shyness, but her charisma and friendliness endeared her to the public and helped her reputation survive the acrimonious collapse of her marriage. Considered to be very photogenic, she was a leader of fashion in the 1980s and 1990s. Media attention and public mourning were extensive after her death in a car crash in a Paris tunnel in 1997 and subsequent televised funeral. Her legacy has had a deep impact on the royal family and British society.
The couple had residences at Kensington Palace and Highgrove House, near Tetbury. On 5 November 1981, Diana’s pregnancy was announced.In January 1982—12 weeks into the pregnancy—Diana fell down a staircase at Sandringham, and the royal gynaecologist Sir George Pinker was summoned from London. He found that although she had suffered severe bruising, the foetus was uninjured. Diana later confessed that she had intentionally thrown herself down the stairs because she was feeling “so inadequate”. In February 1982, pictures of a pregnant Diana in bikini while holidaying was published in the media. The Queen subsequently released a statement and called it “the blackest day in the history of British journalism.” On 21 June 1982, Diana gave birth to the couple’s first son, Prince William. She subsequently suffered from postpartum depression after her first pregnancy. Amidst some media criticism, she decided to take William—who was still a baby—on her first major tours of Australia and New Zealand, and the decision was popularly applauded. By her own admission, Diana had not initially intended to take William until Malcolm Fraser, the Australian prime minister, made the suggestion.
A second son, Prince Harry, was born on 15 September 1984. The Princess said she and Charles were closest during her pregnancy with Harry. She was aware their second child was a boy, but did not share the knowledge with anyone else, including Charles.Diana gave her sons wider experiences than was usual for royal children. She rarely deferred to Charles or to the royal family, and was often intransigent when it came to the children. She chose their first given names, dismissed a royal family nanny (and engaged one of her own choosing), selected their schools and clothing, planned their outings, and took them to school herself as often as her schedule permitted. She also organised her public duties around their timetables.
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex,Henry Charles Albert David; born 15 September 1984 is a member of the British royal family. As the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales, he is sixth in the line of succession to the British throne.
Born in St Mary’s Hospital, London, Harry was educated at Wetherby School, Ludgrove School, and Eton College. He spent parts of his gap year in Australia and Lesotho, then underwent officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was commissioned as a cornet into the Blues and Royals, serving temporarily with his brother Prince William and completed training as a troop leader. In 2007–2008, Harry served for over ten weeks in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. He returned to Afghanistan for a 20-week deployment in 2012–2013 with the Army Air Corps. In June 2015, he resigned from the army.
Harry launched the Invictus Games in 2014 and remains the patron of its foundation. He also gives patronage to several other organisations, including the HALO Trust and Walking With The Wounded. To encourage people to open up about their mental health issues, Harry, alongside the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, initiated the mental health awareness campaign “Heads Together” in April 2016.
In 2018, he was made Duke of Sussex prior to his wedding to American actress Meghan Markle. The couple have a son, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor. In 2020, the couple stepped down as senior members of the royal family and moved to the Duchess’s native Southern California. In October of that year, they launched Archewell Inc., an American public organization that focuses on non-profit activities and creative media ventures.
In June 2016, Prince Harry began a relationship with American actress Meghan Markle. In November, the prince directed his communications secretary to release a statement on his behalf to express personal concern about pejorative and false ts&wnjer6& made about his girlfriend by mainstream media and Internet trolls.In September 2017, Prince Harry and Markle first appeared together in public at the Invictus Games in Toronto. Their engagement was announced on 27 November 2017 by Harry’s father Charles, Prince of Wales.The announcement prompted generally positive comments about having a mixed-race person as a member of the royal family,especially in regard to Commonwealth countries with populations of blended or native ancestry.On 19 May 2018, the couple married at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.
The Duke and Duchess initially lived at Nottingham Cottage in London, on the grounds of Kensington Palace.They then moved to Frogmore Cottage in the Home Park of Windsor Castle. The Crown Estate refurbished the cottage at a cost of, paid out of the Sovereign Grant, with the Duke later reimbursing expenses beyond restoration and ordinary maintenance. On 6 May 2019, the Duke and Duchess’s son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor was born.Their office was moved to Buckingham Palace and officially closed on 31 March 2020 when the Sussexes ceased “undertaking official engagements in support of the Queen”. After some months in Canada and the United States, the couple bought a house in June 2020 on the former estate of Riven Rock in Montecito, California. The next month, the Duchess suffered a miscarriage.On 14 February 2021, it was reported that the Duchess was “pregnant again”.
Harry is godfather to “five or six” children, including the daughters of Major Nicholas van Cutsem, the son of Hugh van Cutsem, and Jake Warren, his mother’s godson, whose father is the Queen’s horse racing manager. He became godfather to Charlie van Straubenzee’s firstborn daughter in May 2020.
