Forty years on from the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, follow our bio link for coverage or see gettyarchive for all the numbers from the highly-anticipated event.⁠ ⁠ The Princess of Wales is pictured comforting young bridesmaid Miss Clementine Hambro, great-granddaughter of Winston Churchill - the serving Prime Minister when the Queen ascended the throne. The monarch looks on here, while bridesmaids Miss India Hicks and Miss Sarah-Jane Gaselee are also in the frame, captured at Buckingham Palace.⁠ ⁠ 📷: Lichfield Archive via Getty Images I #GettyImages #PreservingThePast #GettyArchive⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #charlesanddiana #diana #royalwedding #princecharles #princessdiana #thecrown #queenelizabethii #queenelizabeth #thewindsors #royalfamily #britishroyals #royalphotography #archivephoto #photoarchive #historyphotographed #royalhistory #1980s #onthisday #OTD #nostalgia #lichfield #patricklichfield #patricklichfieldphotography