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There really is no wedding quite like a royal wedding, is there? Little girls around the world have for generations dreamed about having a fairytale princess wedding with all the glitz and glamor and publicity that comes with it. And when we think about royal weddings in the US, we usually associate them with the UK\u2019s Windsor Family. With its shared language and fairly similar culture, it\u2019s only natural that Americans would think of the United Kingdom first.<\/p>\n

And while there is no doubt that the Windsors have had some of the most beautiful and awe-inspiring royal weddings, they certainly don\u2019t have the term \u201croyal wedding\u201d trademarked. There are wonderfully opulent royal weddings in countries all around the world, and with a little bit more than half of 2016 now behind us, it\u2019s time to take a few moments to look back on the biggest and best so far this year. So expand your horizon a bit and take in some royal wedding culture from these five amazing royal families \u2013 and don\u2019t worry, we still snuck one UK royal wedding in here.<\/p>\n

Prince Maximilian of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Franziska Balzer<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"maximilian\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Laasphe, in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district of Germany, served as the backdrop for Prince Maximilian of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg wedding with Franziska Balzer. There were 150 guests in attendance for the nuptials of the son of Prince Otto Ludwig Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (phew, kind of a mouthful) and Franziska, whose wedding gown was kept under wraps until the last moment. She ultimately wore a gown that exquisitely mixed a classic look with a contemporary one: she sported a silk jacket over top of a dress adorned with transparent floral lace bodice and an A-line skirt paired with a tiara and trailing veil.<\/p>\n

Princess Alex de Ligne and Count Guillaume de Dampierre<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Alex\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Princess Alex de Ligne of Belgium and Count Earl Guillaume de Dampierre of France married in June, which was around six years after they first met at a Parisian party in 2010. Approximately 800 guests were in attendance for their marriage at the bride\u2019s family chateau \u2013 what, your family doesn\u2019t have a chateau? \u2013 which is also known as the Versailles of Belgium. Alex decided on a fringed gown made by Belgian designer G\u00e9rald Wathelet with a veil from 1810, which most certainly qualifies it as her \u201csomething old.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lady Charlotte Wellesley and Alejandro Santo Domingo<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Charlotte\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As promised, here\u2019s the tying of the knot between the daughter of Duke Wellington Charles Wellesley of the United Kingdom and financier and philanthropist Alejandro Santo Domingo. The couple were wed in Illora, Spain this past May, with Charlotte walking down the aisle in a flowing white wedding gown that \u2013 naturally \u2013 had all guests\u2019 eyes on her. The gown was an Emilia Wickstead number with an off-the-shoulder style and featured long sleeves, a full skirt and a flowing cathedral veil in a Swiss dot pattern. The couple exchanged their vows in front of 200 guests during a Catholic ceremony held at the Duke of Wellington\u2019s Spanish estate.<\/p>\n

Prince Franz Albrecht zu Oettingen-Spielberg and Cleopatra von Adelsheim von Ernest<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Franz\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Hats off to anyone who can pronounce this couple\u2019s names 10 times fast. Let\u2019s go first names only from here on out, shall we? Cleopatra is a one-of-a-kind triple threat: actress\/model\/baroness. But she met Franz, Bavaria\u2019s hereditary prince, ordinarily enough at a mutual friend\u2019s 30th<\/sup> birthday party back in 2011. The couple married on July 9 with a civil ceremony at Cleo\u2019s (as her friends call her) father\u2019s estate in Adelsheim, Germany followed by a reception at Oettingen, Bavaria, where the couple calls home. Luisa Beccaria custom-designed the gown, which Beccaria says \u201chad flowers embroidered in light rose and beige and a seven-meter summer cape that she took off for the reception.\u201d Cleo paired it with the Oettingen House diamond tiara.<\/p>\n

Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar and Trishika Kumari Singh<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Yaduveer\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Yep, these names are not getting any easier. In any case, we wrap things up with the maharaja of Mysore, India and his marriage to childhood friend Trishika, herself the daughter of the maharaja of Dungarpur. The two were wed in a ceremony attended by very nearly 1,000 guests at the Mysore Palace this past June. The evening reception was even more packed, with 2,500 (!) guests in attendance. The wedding was a traditional one, honoring centuries-old practices including a religious ceremony called \u201cPooja\u201d for the bride before the ceremony officially began.<\/p>\n

Cubic Zirconia Jewelry<\/strong><\/p>\n

We can\u2019t all have a royal wedding, but we can all certainly dream. One thing we don\u2019t have to dream about, however, is having the beautiful engagement ring we\u2019ve always wanted. Thanks to Russian Formula cubic zirconia jewelry<\/a>, your engagement ring can be big enough to impress even a princess and look unmistakably like the real thing to the naked eye. Best of all, it\u2019ll only cost a fraction of the price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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