@aftershocks, I'm not clear who Edward & Katherine are. Is that QEII's youngest son? And who was the young boy sitting with the Queen & Prince Phillip? Anyway, I love her wedding dress. That was fabulous.
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent is the oldest son of Prince
George, Duke of Kent (who died in a plane crash during WWII). Prince George was a younger brother of Prince Albert aka King George VI, so Prince Edward Duke of Kent is Queen Elizabeth's first cousin. He was the man in military uniform at 2018 TofC who supported QE II by sitting next to her during the trooping in the absence of the Duke of Edinburgh. The Duke of Kent also rode in the carriage with Harry & Meghan at TofC.
The Duke of Kent hands out the trophies at Wimbledon. His wife Katharine used to hand out the trophies for the women's championship.
As I mentioned earlier I've enjoyed reading about the British royals for quite awhile now since before Diana married Prince Charles. I've always admired Katharine Duchess of Kent, having seen pictures of her and watched her at Wimbledon over the years. I haven't had the occasion to see her speak, so it was nice to learn about her love of music and teaching. She's so modest, kind and understated about getting on with life and the tasks at hand. I knew that she'd given up Catholicism in order to marry Prince Edward. Fortunately, when the law was changed a few years ago, it enabled her to once again embrace the religion she'd grown up with and obviously missed. I believe one or two of her children also chose to worship in the Catholic faith.
A book published in 1979 first introduced me to the royal romances (to that date) of the House of Windsor, which included the love story and marriage between Prince Edward of Kent and Katharine Worsley.
Royal Romance: An Illustrated History of the Royal Love Affairs, by Lynn Picknett, 1979
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Oh, I see
@cygnus answered your questions. I thought everyone knew what Charles looked like as a little boy, a pre-teen and an adolescent young man.
He was rather cute, shy, sensitive and awkward, the anti-thesis of his sister Princess Anne, and not at all like his brash, confident and larger-than-life father Prince Philip. BTW, QEII's youngest son, Prince Edward of Wessex, was born in 1964 so he was not even a twinkle in his father's eye at this wedding. And Prince Andrew of York was around a year old, so he wasn't present. The Queen was only in the 9th year of her reign -- still very young.
There are lots of wonderful historical books on the House of Windsor (and on the 'grandmother of European royalty,' Queen Victoria). Some fascinating books:
Princes at War: The Bitter Battle Inside Britain's Royal Family in the Darkest Days of WWII, by Deborah Cadbury 2015
(provides a lot of detail about QEII's father and his brothers, the abdication crisis and behind-the-scenes emotional relationships between King George VI and his brothers that impacted some of the events of WWII) It's intriguing that both King George V and King George VI were second sons who ended up becoming king
Victoria's Daughters, by Jerrold M. Packard, 1999 (this book gives such fascinating insight on the lives and relationships between Queen Victoria, her daughters and their husbands -- offers pieces to the puzzle and the human stories behind many historical events of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the Russian Revolution and WWI)
The Reluctant King: The Life and Reign of King George VI, 1895-1952, by Sarah Bradford 1990
I mentioned handsome Prince William of Gloucester whom Prince Charles idolized -- the current Prince William was named after him. William of Gloucester's tragic love story and early death also provide pieces to the puzzle of the modern British royal family:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsUSWMvWPXw old Pathe clip as a baby with his parents Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkGxb6sGLv8 old Pathe clip as a child in the lead-up to Princess Elizabeth's wedding; and glimpses of his younger brother, the current Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SMX5kUDOas documentary:
The Other Prince William
The fun thing about looking back at some of the earlier royal weddings is seeing the unbroken tradition of royal followers flocking to the venue and sleeping on the sidewalks in the lead-up to the big day.
That's so good of Princess Eugenie for sharing her physical health challenges. Thanks for providing the link
@Garden Kitty. I'd never heard Eugenie had that problem. It reminds me of Prince Harry coming out last year to speak about his emotional struggles for which he'd sought mental health counseling. His revelations helped a lot of people. These are examples of the young generation of modern British royals in action, reaching out to change people's perceptions and to correct misperceptions, and in the process inspiring others. I'm hoping that Princess Eugenie's wedding might be televised in October. No announcement has been made yet regarding television access, but I believe there's more than enough interest. Royal weddings are a cause for celebration, even despite hers likely being a smaller and more intimate family celebration.
Most of the speedy books that went to print even before the engagement announcement about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, are obviously based on a similar mix of Internet chatter, opinion, speculation, info from a variety of articles that are in turn using info from Meghan's own written words, her former Instagram & Tig site, and her many interviews that are easily accessible on Youtube, as well as the documentaries that are also available about Meghan and Harry both together and separately. There's quite a lot of stuff out there. And since I've been following their love story closely from the very beginning, I even know where some of the book authors have made obvious mistakes or went with questionable details that are sketchy or the chronology is off-kilter, etc.
No matter what I said, I do take heed of what Prince Harry said in the initial 'back the heck off' press release of November 2016, which confirmed to the world that he was dating Meghan Markle and that it was serious. The very fact of that press release being written and released, is unprecedented in royal history.
Obviously it's partly my supposition based on factual reports and visual evidence of M&H's interaction with each other, that Harry is chuffed to be able to share the grander aspects of his life with Meghan. It has been reported how they enjoyed spending part of their courtship at Windsor Castle and at Frogmore House on the grounds of Windsor. It has been mentioned by KP media reps that M&H chose St. George's Chapel Windsor for their wedding venue because Windsor Castle and it's environs hold special meaning for them. We also know that M&H spent a lot of time together at her Toronto apartment and at Nott Cott just being a regular couple (review the engagement interview if you will). Once their relationship was outed, M&H often holed up at the home of her friends, Ben and Jessica Mulroney.
I never said that Harry "is/was bored with royal life." Nor did I say that I know what Harry and Meghan think. I qualified my interpretations, and most of my commentary is based on their own words. 
But par for the course when it comes to the side-eyed green-eyed views in some quarters toward Meghan Markle, now HRH Duchess of Sussex, Countess of Dumbarton, Lady Kilkeel, Princess Henry of Wales. 
