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NEWS THIS WEEK
1981 – A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul’s Cathedral in London. Diana did not promise to “obey” Charles as part of the traditional vows. That word was eliminated at the couple’s request, which caused a sensation at the time. Diana’s wedding dress was valued at £9000 (£30,809 as of 2015), The dress was made of ivory silk taffeta, decorated with lace, hand embroidery, sequins, and 10,000 pearls. It was designed by Elizabeth and David Emanuel and had a 25-foot train of ivory taffeta and antique lace. Charles wore his full dress naval commander uniform.
1981 – On Coronation Street, Ken Barlow marries Deirdre Langton, more than 24 million viewers watched the wedding (which generated higher ratings for ITV than the wedding of Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer)
1986 –Prince Andrew, Duke of York married Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey. Sarah made her way with her father Ronald from Clarence House in the Glass Coach, arriving at the church at 11.30. The 45-minute wedding ceremony was conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the bridesmaids and page boys included Princess Anne’s children Peter and Zara Phillips, and Prince Charles’s eldest son Prince William.
SONGS PLAYED
Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants To Rule the World
Level 42 – Something About You
Luther Vandross – Never Too Much
Duran Duran – Girls On Film
George Duke – Shine On
Kraftwerk – Model
Odyssey – Use it Up and Wear it Out
Prefab Sprout – The King of Rock ‘N’ Roll
Sting – Englishman In New York
Crowded House – Don’t Dream It’s Over
Bros – I Owe You Nothing
The Human League – Human
The Jam – Going Underground
Strawberry Switchblade – Since Yesterday
Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al
George Michael, Aretha Franklin -I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
Bananarama – Cruel Summer
Kenny Loggins – Danger Zone
Specials – Ghost Town
Madonna – Who’s That Girl
Chris Rea – Road to Hell (LIVE)
Simple Minds – Alive and Kicking
Toni Basil – Mickey
Kajagoogoo – Too Shy
Van Halen – Jump
Danny Wilson – Mary’s Prayer
Eurythmics – Who’s That Girl
Haircut 100 – Love Plus One
The Housemartins – Happy Hour
