Since
the arrival of television, Royal weddings have attracted enormous public
attention, with millions of people all over the world watching in addition to
the invited guests. Various venues have been used for Royal weddings over the
last century. Since 1904, most members of the Royal Family have chosen to be
married in London. The Chapel Royal in St. James's Palace was a popular setting
for marriage during the reign of Queen Victoria. She married her husband,
Prince Albert, in the Chapel Royal on 10 February 1840.* Their eldest daughter, Victoria, was also married
there in 1858.*
Westminster Abbey became a popular venue for
Royal weddings when Princess
Patricia of Connaught chose it for her marriage to the Honourable Alexander
Ramsay in 1919.** It was the first time for 650 years that the Abbey had been used for a
Royal wedding. Westminster Abbey was also chosen for the marriage of King
George V's daughter (Mary, Princess Royal) to Viscount Lascelles (later Earl of
Harewood) in February 1922. It was later the setting for the weddings of two of
the King's sons: Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI) to Lady
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother) in April 1923,
and Prince George, Duke of Kent, to Princess Marina of Greece in November 1934. Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, was
due to marry Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott in Westminster Abbey. Because of
the sudden death of the bride's father, the Duke of Buccleuch, they were married instead in the private
chapel at Buckingham Palace in November 1935.***
Westminster
Abbey was also the scene of the weddings of The Queen (as Princess Elizabeth)
and The Duke of Edinburgh on 20 November 1947; Princess Margaret and Mr. Antony
Armstrong-Jones (later Earl of Snowdon) on 6 May 1960; Princess Alexandra and
the Hon. Angus Ogilvy (later Sir Angus) on 24 April 1963; Princess Anne (now
The Princess Royal) and Captain Mark Phillips on 14 November 1973; and Prince
Andrew (now The Duke of York) and Miss Sarah Ferguson on 23 July 1986. On 29 April
2011 Prince William married Miss Catherine Middleton in Westminster Abbey. The
Prince of Wales, by contrast, married Lady Diana Spencer in St. Paul's
Cathedral on 29 July 1981.
During
the nineteenth century, St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, was a popular
venue for Royal weddings. Probably the grandest wedding to take place in the
chapel was in 1863, when The Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) and Princess
Alexandra of Denmark (later Queen Alexandra) were married there. The ceremony
was witnessed by Queen Victoria from the Catherine of Aragon closet, as she was
in mourning for her husband, Prince Albert. Many of Queen Victoria's other
children also married in St. George's Chapel, including Princess Helena,
Princess Louise, Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold. More recently, Prince Edward
(now The Earl of Wessex) married Miss Sophie Rhys-Jones in St. George's Chapel
on 19 June 1999 in a traditional service attended by 560 guests. The marriage
of The Prince of Wales to Mrs. Camilla Parker Bowles was dedicated in St.
George's Chapel following a civil ceremony in Windsor's Guildhall on 9 April
2005.
Expalanation :
* => Using Preposition
of Time. ( in and on )
©
Preposition in is
used for :
·
years ( in 1858 , in 1863 )
·
months ( in January , in February )
·
parts of the day ( in the morning , in the afternoon)
·
seasons ( in spring , in summer )
©
Preposition on is
used for :
·
days of the week ( on Thursday , on Friday )
·
dates ( on 10 February 1840 , on 9 April )
·
parts of the day ( on Monday morning , on Friday night )
** => Using Complex Sentence
A complex sentence has an
independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence
always has a subordinator such as because, since, after, although, or when or a
relative pronoun such as that, who, or which. In this complex sentence,
subjects are in blue, verbs are in green, and the subordinators are in pink.
·
Westminster Abbey became a popular venue
for Royal weddings when Princess
Patricia of Connaught chose it for her marriage
to the Honourable Alexander Ramsay in 1919.
*** => Using Passive Voice
. . . they were
married instead in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace in November 1935.
Passive voice verbs are used when the subject is being acted upon in a
sentence. Form of the passive voice: Subject + the appropriate form of to be +
Past Participle
(V3)
The
appropriate form of to be = to be is put in the tense of the
active voice main verb.
When
rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:
ü
The object of the active sentence becomes the
subject of the passive sentence.
ü
The form of the verb is the appropriate form of to
be (the tense of the active voice main verb) + the past participle.
ü
The subject of the active sentence becomes the
object of the passive sentence (or is dropped.)
