Prince Charles Wedding Mug

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c. 1981

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Overview

A cream china mug with transferware celebrating the wedding of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer on July 29th 1981. There is a central sepia image of Prince Charles and Lady Diana bordered on the left and right English roses, Scottish thistles and Irish shamrocks. Above the image is the heraldic badge of the Prince of Wales which consists of three white ostrich feathers encircled by a gold coronet.

Historical information

King Charles III, the firstborn child of Queen Elizabeth II, was born Charles Philip Arthur George on 14th November 1948. He became the King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms on the death of Elizabeth II on 8th September 2022. Charles was 73 years old when he was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 6th May 2023 and became the oldest person to ascend to the British throne and the longest serving Prince of Wales and heir apparent in British history.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2024.80

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Material

Width

8 cm

Depth

8 cm

Inscriptions and markings

Over the heraldic badge of the Prince of Wales is the wording

TO COMMEMORATE THE WEDDING OF
JULY 29th 1981

Below the heraldic badge of the Prince of Wales is a ribbon containing the german motto of the Prince of Wales meaning "I serve"

ICH DIEN

Below the central image is the wording
H.R.H PRINCE CHARLES TO LADY DIANA SPENCER

Contextual Information

Charles married Lady Diana Spencer in a fairytale wedding in 1981 and they had two sons, William and Harry. The marriage did not last and Charles and Diana divorced in 1996 and Diana died in a car crash the following year. In 2005, Charles married his long-term partner, Camilla Parker Bowles.

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Social or spiritual significance

Busselton Historical Society

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