00:01Celebrating 15 years of marriage are King Philip and Queen Leticia of Spain.
00:07Let's take a look back at their spectacular wedding.
00:10The wedding of King Philip and Queen of Spain Leticia Ortiz was held on May 22nd of 2004 in Almudena
00:18Cathedral at Royal Palace of Madrid, Spain.
00:22The groom was the heir to the throne while the bride was a journalist.
00:26More than 1,200 guests attended the wedding including 36 royal houses and a score of heads of state.
00:34The A-list guests also included the elite of the political and high social class of Spain.
00:40Their relationship came as a surprise to many.
00:42The royal couple were introduced by a mutual friend and had been secretly dating for a year before making the
00:48engagement announcement.
00:49Leticia Ortiz was well known thanks to her on-air job as a news anchor but no exposure can compare
00:56to the one of being engaged to a royal.
00:59In November 2003, they revealed the news of their engagement in a news conference at the Sarsuela Palace.
01:06Six months later, on May 22nd 2004, then Prince Philip married Leticia in an enchanting ceremony held in Madrid's Almudena
01:16Cathedral, making her an official princess.
01:19Then, a decade later when Philip ascended the throne, she became a queen.
01:24The bride looked absolutely stunning walking down the aisle with her father Jesus, in a breathtaking off-white silk gown
01:32with a high standing collar giving her a very regal look.
01:37On her head, she wore a diamond tiara which happened to be the same one Queen Sophia, her mother-in
01:43-law, also wore on her wedding day.
01:45Smiles all around, the happy couple arrived after a procession to the royal palace where it would be the beginning
01:52of many years to come.
01:54Happy anniversary to the King and Queen of Spain! Cheers to many more!
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