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British Royal Wedding Traditions And you think your wedding is complicated? Try being a member of the British royal family. From the centuries-old rules and regulations to the pint-sized bridesmaids and post-wedding breakfast served at noon, we dissect the pomp and circumstance of a traditional royal wedding. The Proposal订婚须经女王批准、王室成员不准与天主教徒结婚 The Royal Marriages Act of 1772 requires all royal descendants to seek the sovereigns approval for marriage. But the requirements dont stop there—the 1701 Act of Settlement prohibits royals from marrying Catholics. To wed the Queens eldest grandchild Peter Phillips in 2008, Autumn Kelly converted from Roman Catholicism to Anglicanism so her husband would keep his place as 11th in line for the throne. Soon after Will and Kates engagement was announced, officials from Buckingham Palace said the Queen was absolutely delighted for the couple, which can only mean she approved of Wills choice. Stag and Hen Parties举办婚前单身派对 What began as a dinner party in Ancient Sparta has evolved into a party thrown in honor of a bachelors soon-to-be-lost single status. But in the UK, groomsmen have taken the tradition even farther, now celebrating over an entire weekends worth of festivities known as a stag weekend. While details are scarce, Wills office confirmed that the Princes party took place in late March (about a month before the wedding). Hosted by his brother, Prince Harry, at a country estate, the party included Wills close friends James Meade, Thomas van Straubenzee, and Guy Pelly. With the dawn of the sexual revolution in the 1960s, women claimed their own night of farewell-to-singlehood revelry. Kates hen night (we call it a bachelorette party around here) was even more hush-hush than Wills. Her sister Pippa reportedly booked four different hotel locations to throw off paparazzi. Location新人将在威斯敏斯特教堂举行英式婚礼 The most traditional site for a royal ceremony is the Chapel Royal at St. James Palace, which housed the weddings of Queen Anne (168