How Prince Charles And Princess Diana’s Wedding Saved The Royal Family’s Reputation

Princess Charles and Princess Diana’s wedding couldn’t have came at a better time for the royal family. Prior to the couple’s ceremony, England was in a recession and was quickly turning against the monarchy.

Charles and Diana married in 1981, during “dark times” when the economy was failing and people were beginning to resent the lavished lives the Royals led.

In the Amazon Prime documentary “Princess Diana: Behind the Headlines,” Jess Cagle, editor at People reflected on the tension rising among citizens.

“The economy was terrible, the Royal Family was just considered by most people in England as this artefact that really resented having to support.”

However, when Charles and Diana’s wedding date began to approach, England turned its attention to the happy couple.

“And then suddenly this engagement and what people considered to be a great love story, and this fairy tale wedding happened and everybody just suddenly was like, we love the Royals,” People’s associate editor, Kim Hubbard explained.

The excitement from the upcoming ceremony reportedly brought the nation together. “There was garden parties. There was street parties. There was a village fate, everyone was waving flags, it was really exciting,” Hubbard added.

Unfortunately, Prince Charles and Princess Diana later divorced in 1996, the Princess of Wales died a year later in a car crash.