April 29, 2011: The one we all know about
Will and Kate stole the show, but there were plenty of other stylish, spectacular and dramatic royal weddings this year. (John Stillwell/AP Photo)
July 2, 2011: The reluctant bride
Even before the July wedding of Charlene Wittstock to Monaco’s Prince Albert II, the couple was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons: he faced a third paternity suit while she allegedly ran away several times only to be dragged back with financial inducements. On her big day, Charlene could barely crack a smile. (Venturelli/WireImage)
Aug. 27, 2011: Prince who?
Prince Georg Friedrich Ferdinand of Prussia might be the great-great-grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II, but the scion of the defunct royal house is so unknown in Germany that only a few hundred onlookers turned out when he married Princess Sophie of Isenburg in August. (James Coldrey/WireImage)
July 30, 2011: A simple affair
Eager to avoid the elaborate ceremony of her cousin William, Zara Phillips and rugby star Mike Tindall had a low-key ceremony with friends and family in a small Edinburgh church. Still, there’s an advantage to granny being the Queen: the reception was at Holyroodhouse, the monarch's official residence in Scotland. (Martin Rickett/AP Photo)
June 18, 2011: The oops moment
Princess Nathalie, niece of Denmark’s queen, was about to marry Alexander Johannsmann in June when she realized she’d forgotten the bouquet. So she waited outside the church, laughing, for 15 minutes while an aide ran home to get it. (Sascha Schuermann/AP Photo/dapd)
Oct. 15, 2011: National Celebration
When Bhutan’s bachelor sovereign, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, married commoner Jetsun Pema in October, no foreign dignitaries were invited. Thousands of subjects were invited to the reception, however, which the king called a family affair. (Kevin Frayer/AP Photo)
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