--- description: By now, Prince George is a pro at being a royal wedding page boy. His dad Prince William once caused a scene in the same role. title: George, Charlotte Join History of Royals in Weddings—Photos image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92c9e927009af7b2/698930de97cdff07656b5465/gettyimages-960060006.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [History](/section/history/) ## History Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [royal wedding](/tag/royal-wedding/) ## royal wedding Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Brief Photo History of Little Royal Kids in Big British Weddings by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/) and [Liz Ronk](/author/liz-ronk/) Updated: Jan 24, 2024 12:00 PM CUTPublished: May 19, 2017 4:00 PM CUT  Prince George and Princess Charlotte stole the show at the 2018 royal wedding. (Photo by DJane Barlow - WPA Pool/Getty Images) Prince George and Princess Charlotte stole the show at the 2018 royal wedding. (Photo by DJane Barlow - WPA Pool/Getty Images)WPA Pool/Getty Images by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/) and [Liz Ronk](/author/liz-ronk/) Updated: Jan 24, 2024 12:00 PM CUTPublished: May 19, 2017 4:00 PM CUT Usually the bride is the center of attention at a wedding. But sometimes she has to share the spotlight. When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle wed on Saturday, some of the most [prominent attention-grabbers](http://time.com/5260394/royal-wedding-prince-george-princess-charlotte/ "undefined") in the ceremony were the [bridesmaids and page boys](http://time.com/5283734/royal-wedding-page-boy/ "undefined"), particularly Prince Harry’s niece and nephew Princess Charlotte and Prince George. Likewise, when [Pippa Middleton](http://time.com/4412519/kate-middleton-pippa-middleton-james-matthew/ "undefined"), the sister of the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton, married millionaire hedge fund manager [James Matthews](http://time.com/4412395/pippa-middleton-engaged-james-matthews/ "undefined") last year, it was perhaps even more the case she wasn’t the only star of the show. Then as now, [Princess Charlotte ](http://time.com/4761142/princess-charlotte-photo-second-birthday/ "undefined")and [Prince George ](http://time.com/4170963/prince-george-navy-jacket-nursery-pre-school-first-day/ "undefined")were [members of the wedding party](http://time.com/4733694/prince-george-princess-charlotte-pippa-wedding/ "undefined"). The two young royals are in good historical company, as these photos show. The children of the U.K. royal family have been a hit at society weddings for decades. In fact, one image shows George’s father William, the Duke of Cambridge, as a page boy in the ceremony for his uncle Prince Andrew’s marriage to Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson at Westminster Abbey in 1986\. As TIME [reported](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,961910,00.html "undefined") in the Aug. 4, 1986 issue: ” --- > “” ---  Bridal attendants Jennifer Bevan, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Ingrid of Sweden at Lady May Cambridge and Captain Henry Abel Smith's wedding on Oct. 24, 1931. AP Photo  Princess Elizabeth, age 9, after the wedding of the Duke of Gloucester and Lady Alice Scott on Nov. 6, 1935. AP Photo  Queen consort Elizabeth holding Princess Margaret's hand as Princess Elizabeth follows, attending the Elphinstone wedding, 1936. Central Press/Hulton Archive—Getty Images  Prince Charles (2L) and Elizabeth II at Princess Margaret's wedding. 1960. Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Princess Margaret's children, Viscount David Linley and his sister, Sarah Armstrong-Jones, among the pageboys and bridesmaids at a society wedding. 1975. Hulton Archive—Getty Images  Peter Phillips dressed as a pageboy for his Aunt Sarah Phillips' wedding. Tim Graham—Getty Images  Prince William with his cousin Laura Fellowes at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of York, July 23, 1986 Ron Bell—PA Wire/Press Association via AP Photo  Four-year-old page Prince William of Wales exchanges glances with bridesmaid Laura Fellowes, 6, during the marriage of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey in London, July 23, 1986. AP Photo—London Daily Mirror  Prince William, pageboy at the society wedding of Miss Camilla Dunne to The Honourable Rupert Soames at Hereford Cathedral. 1988. Tim Graham—Getty Images  Prince Harry as a pageboy at his Uncle's wedding with his cousins Eleanor and Alexander Fellowes. 1989. Tim Graham—Getty Images  Prince Harry as an Edwardian style pageboy at the wedding of his Uncle, Viscount Althorp. 1989. Tim Graham—Getty Images  Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie as bridesmaids at Alison Wardley wedding. 1993. Tim Graham—Getty Images  Princess Catherine and Prince William—with attendants—on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London, Britain, April 29, 2011, after their marriage ceremony. Peter Kneffel/picture-alliance/dpa—AP Photo  Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, bridesmaid, and Prince George of Cambridge attend the wedding Of Pippa Middleton and James Matthews at St Mark's Church on May 20, 2017 in Englefield Green, England. Pool/Samir Hussein—WireImage/Getty Images  Princess Charlotte on the steps of St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle after the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in Windsor, Britain, May 19, 2018. Jane Barlow—Pool/Reuters  Prince George and Princess Charlotte stole the show at the 2018 royal wedding. 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