Chapter 224 Prince’s Wedding

Westminster Abbey is located on the north bank of the Thames River in London. It was originally a Benedictine monastery. It was built in 960 AD. It was expanded in 1045, completed in 1065, and rebuilt from 1220 to 1517. Westminster Abbey was a church that was one of the Catholic Benedictine monasteries, namely Catholic monasteries, before the Anglican Church broke with the Roman Catholic Church in 1540. After 1540, it has been a national-level Anglican church in London.

Westminster Abbey is the place where kings of all dynasties were crowned and held wedding celebrations, and is also the location of the British royal tombs. It can be said that Westminster Temple is a stone history book of the British royal family.

Speaking of the biggest scandals in the modern British royal family, it is nothing more than the grudges and grudges of Prince William's father, Prince Charles, and his mother, Princess Diana. After decades of entanglement, they finally parted ways, which made people sigh.

The super luxurious, grand, romantic and fairy-tale wedding of the golden boy and lustful girl back then was held in Westminster Abbey. At that time, royal nobles from all over the European countries came to congratulate. Britain was even more jubilant.

At this time, Westminster Abbey will become a witness again, because Prince William's wedding will be held here.

The church is located in Parliament Square in Westminster-upon-Thames, London, adjacent to Parliament House and Prime Minister's Residence No. 10 Downing Street. Several well-known buildings are relatively concentrated.

The church's twin towers are towering, and the whole building is both magnificent and quiet and solemn. It is considered to be a masterpiece in British Gothic architecture.

The front of the church has a high spire and huge rose windows. It feels like the church is very tall, and the exterior walls of the church are a bit mottled. I don’t know if it was the erosion of hundreds of years of wind and rain, or the people who built him back then specially created it in order to pursue this sense of vicissitudes.

Westminster Abbey is also a well-known royal church. The ministers and their regulations must be decided by the royal family, and the royal coronation ceremonies are often held in Westminster Abbey.

Kings of all dynasties in Britain, including the current Queen Elizabeth, basically took up the throne here. And they were also buried here a hundred years later. As the royal cemetery, the last one to hold a funeral here was Princess Diana, who died in Paris due to a car accident. She is the mother of the protagonist who will hold a wedding here today.

Westminster Abbey in London welcomed its first group of guests around 8:30 in the morning, and Zeng Lingfeng and Mariam were among them.

Originally, Zeng Lingfeng and the others had no need to come so early, because according to convention, big men had the power to come late. The reason why they came so early was that they wanted to take a good look at this world-renowned ancient church.

When he arrived at Princess Diana's tomb, Mariam said, "I should send some flowers to her tomb."

Zeng Lingfeng smiled and gestured behind him. A female bodyguard came up with a bouquet of flowers.

Mariam was very satisfied with Zeng Lingfeng's consideration. However, she still sent the bouquet of flowers to Diana's grave with a serious look on her face.

Zeng Lingfeng shrugged his shoulders and said nothing. Perhaps many girls are superstitious about the fairy tales of princes and princesses, and Mariam is no exception, but in fact, some things do not look so beautiful. On the contrary, there are too many tragedies in it, but people habitually forget them and only remember those beautiful legends.

There are many people coming to attend the prince's wedding, but they are mainly British aristocratic class, religious leaders, officials from the Commonwealth member states, British political and military personnel, and members of the royal family of European countries.

Of course, there are some Prince William's personal friends, charities, sports and performing arts and culture.

Together, there are about 2,000 people from all sides, which is considered to be huge. Of course, compared with Zeng Lingfeng's wedding half a year ago, it is still much inferior. At least, in terms of the influence of the attendees, the two sides are much worse.

At Zeng Lingfeng's wedding, the heads of major powers in the world today were present, and almost all the business giants attended. Prince William did not have such treatment.

The reason why so many people participated in Prince William's wedding was because of the widespread intermarriage between the British royal family and European countries.

Not to mention anything else, we can see some of the inheritance rights of the British throne.

Decided based on the inheritance of the eldest son, the throne should be inherited by the eldest son of the current monarch first, and then it is the other sons in sequence, and finally the daughter's turn.

However, according to the law, the inheritance of the British throne is not automatic. The "Succession Act" passed in 1701 stipulates that the throne should be passed on to the blood-related descendants of Sophia, the wife of the electoral of Hanover, and the successor must not be a Catholic or a Catholic.

Some believe that the provision conflicts with other British laws that prohibit religious discrimination. However, in fact, the vast majority of people who are eligible to inherit the throne are Christian Protestants, and most of them claim to be members of the Anglican Church in public. In addition, the bill also stipulates that the succession of the throne is determined by the parliament, not the monarch himself.

Due to the intermarriage of royal families in various European countries, the monarchs and royal families in many European countries also have the right to inherit the British throne, and more than 900 people are qualified to inherit the throne. King Haral V of Norway is the 60th order heir to the British throne, King Carl XVI of Sweden is 184th, Queen Margaret II of Denmark is 213th, and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is 810th. As a descendant of the Greek-Denmark royal family and the fifth-generation grandson of Queen Victoria, Prince Philip of Edinburgh is 468th.

It is no wonder that there is such a complicated network of relatives and friends, Prince William's wedding and so many people attending it.

At 10:45 a.m., the royal family members entered the venue from the west gate in front of the church. Following the royal family members were Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip.

The wedding ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton was conducted by Dr. John Hall, the head of Westminster Abbey. The preacher of London, Bishop of London, who presided over Princess Diana's funeral, presided over the preaching of Richard Charters.

Afterwards, Zeng Lingfeng and Mariam left the church with Rosa and did not watch other wedding projects. However, they will attend a reception held by Prince William at Buckingham Palace at 7 p.m.

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