“Here Comes the Wedding March”

Queen Victoria’s daughter sets the soundtrack for all weddings to follow

Kathy Copeland Padden
Short History
Published in
3 min readMay 23, 2021

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Princess Victoria’s wedding Photo by the Royal Collection

“The Wedding March” is such an integral part of wedding ceremonies we assume it’s always been there, like rings, cake, and bridal party hook-ups. But it wasn’t until a British Princess Royal married a Prussian Crown Prince that Mendelssohn’s recessional became the go-to jam for all wedding…

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