Royal Wedding Poses on the Famous Buckingham Palace Balcony

The third child and only daughter of King George V, Princess Mary, married Viscount Lascelles, the elder son of the then Earl of Harewood, and Lady Florence Bridgeman in 1922. After their wedding at Westminster Abby, they traveled back to the palace to pose for commoners. 

Members of London's City Guild walk away from Buckingham Palace after offering wedding gifts to Princess Mary on her wedding day in 1922. 

Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, wave to the crowd from the Buckingham Palace balcony shortly after their 1947 wedding at Westminster Abbey.

Five years later, she became Queen Elizabeth II after the death of her father, King George VI, and has remained on the throne ever since.

Members of the Royal Family pose on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the November 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten.

The dignitaries photographed (from left to right) include: The Duke of Kent, the Duchess of Kent, Princess Alice of Battenberg (Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark), the Duke of Gloucester holding Prince Richard, the Duchess of Gloucester, Queen Elizabeth, Prince William of Gloucester, Prince Michael of Kent, Princess Elizabeth and Queen Mary.

Queen Elizabeth II's sister Princess Margaret poses with her husband, Tony Armstrong-Jones, on their wedding day in 1960 on the palace balcony. 

After the nuptials, Tony Armstrong-Jones was given the title 1st Earl of Snowdon. Following their wedding, members of the immediate and extended monarchy pose with the newlyweds on the balcony.

Princess Anne, the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, married Mark Phillips in November 1973. On their special day, they posed on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.

Princess Anne and Mark Philips waved to the crowd on their wedding day. 

Princess Anne and her husband were married until their divorce in 1992. Later that year, she married Royal Naval officer Timothy Laurence.

Prince Charles & Princess Diana stand on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after their wedding ceremony at St. Paul's Cathedral in July 1981. 

Prince Charles and Princess Diana share a kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following their wedding at St. Paul's Cathedral.

The couple divorced in 1996. 

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's third child, Prince Andrew, and his bride, Sarah Ferguson, wave to the crowd from Buckingham Palace on the day of their 1986 wedding.

The couple divorced in 1996.

While there were some royal weddings between 1986 and 2011, no brides or grooms posed on the Buckingham Palace balcony.

In 2011, Prince William and Kate Middleton were the first royal couple in more than 20 years to greet well-wishers from the balcony at Buckingham Palace. 

After Prince William kissed his bride on the balcony, the crowd let him know that the smooch was not good enough. A bashful William obliged and kissed Kate again. The intimate moment was witnessed around the world. 

The marriage of the second in line to the British throne was led by the Archbishop of Canterbury and attended by 1900 guests, including foreign royal family members and heads of state. Thousands of well-wishers from around the world have also flocked to London to witness the spectacle and pageantry of the royal wedding.

The event even included a fly-over from the Royal Air Force, which Prince William was apart of. 

The thousands of revelers lining the area around Buckingham Palace watch in awe as the Royal Air Force performed a fly-over as the royal family posed on the balcony on the day of the royal wedding. 

Even the royal family was in awe of the Royal Air Force fly-over as they celebrated the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton. 

The parents of the newlyweds posed on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.

Michael Middleton, Carole Middleton, Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales — holding bridesmaid Eliza Lopes — and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, beamed as they celebrated Prince William and Kate Middleton's 2011 wedding. 

The May 2018 wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will take place at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.

The couple will not return to London after the nuptials to pose at Buckingham Palace for the photo op. Instead they will parade in a carriage around the city of Windsor.