It was the best wedding I have ever, ever seen. Diana was a gorgeous bride and for an entire generation, July 29, 1981 will remain the date of THE Royal Wedding of our lifetimes.
It is poignant to look at now, realising Diana has only sixteen years to live and counting how many of those years were unhappy... But I personally believe Lady Diana Spencer walked to the altar on her father's arm madly in love with the PoW and proud to have won his love and determined to get him to love her as passionately as she did him. I think at twenty years of age, many ladies believe they can change the man they are marrying.
It's so difficult to believe that was thirty years ago; I was a young child when they wed but I remember it all as if it were yesterday.
And it's important to remember that we have both Charles and Diana to thank for Princes William and Harry. Those two young men will shape the Monarchy during the years William is King, and thanks to both parents, they will do a good job.
I raised a toast to the memory of Diana last night; she will never be forgotten and neither will anyone ever forget the fairy tale images of that magical day.