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New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): The royal wedding of Prince Harry of England and American actress Meghan Markle is making many statements in the world.
Now another has been added to the list - the duo will become the sixteenth royal couple to get married at Windsor Castle since 1863 - according to the Kensington Palace.
The palace shared a listicle documenting the royal marriages at Windsor in over 150 years.
The first wedding which the Castle saw in last 150 years was of The Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863.
According to the Kensington Palace, "Prince Albert, the future Edward VII, known to his family as 'Bertie', met Danish Princess Alexandra in 1861 at the Cathedral in Speyer, Germany. He proposed on the 9 September 1862. The wedding took place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, and was witnessed by his mother, Queen Victoria who was seated in the Catherine of Aragon closet. Born on 9 November 1841 as Prince Albert Victor, Bertie was the oldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and was baptised at St George's Chapel on 25 January 1842."
The second wedding came three years later in 1866 of Princess Helena and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein.
"Following their engagement on 5 December 1865, Princess Helena, who was the fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, married Prince Christian in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle. The Princess was given away by her mother, Queen Victoria, who added a white mourning cap to her black mourning dress. Louise was also accompanied up the aisle by The Prince of Wales and her eight bridesmaids", the description read.
Princess Louise and The Marquess of Lorne became the third couple to marry at Windsor Castle in 1871.
Their description read, "Princess Louise, the sixth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, married John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, heir to the Dukedom of Argyll, at St George's Chapel after becoming engaged on 3 October 1870. On the wedding day, Louise wore a wedding veil...