Royal Romance An Illustrated History of the Royal Love Affairs

The pomp and pageantry of a royal wedding makes it easy to forget the two personalities at the center of all the carefully staged ceremonial. ROYAL ROMANCE takes us behind the scenes to show how the couples came to be standing at the altar, nervous and shy or smiling radiantly, amid the time-honored splendor of Westminster Abbey or York Minster Cathedral. Over a hundred beautiful photographs, nearly half of them in full color, capture some of the private moments of upbringing and courtship as well as the formality of state occasions.