Breaking:12 fairytale royal wedding kisses: from Prince William and Princess Kate to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

When watching a royal wedding, the crowds always wait in anticipation of the sweet moment when the newly married couple share their first kiss.

Royal wedding kisses go down in history, often being splashed on the front of magazine covers to celebrate the happy day.

The family’s respective palace balcony usually provides the classic backdrop for the celebrated moment but some couples haven’t waited for this posed moment and have instead shared a kiss following their religious ceremony.

Prince William and Kate tied the knot in 2011 at Westminster Abbey. They shared their first kiss as a married couple on the balcony of Buckingham Palace surrounded by senior royals including the late Queen.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex had a public kiss on the steps of St George’s Chapel in Windsor following their nuptials where the former actress wore a bespoke Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy gown.

Princess Anne’s daughter Zara married her rugby player beau Mike Tindall in 2011. They left the church at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, sharing a sweet first kiss as a married couple in front of well-wishers.

Sarah Ferguson’s daughter married Jack Brooksbank in 2018 and shared a kiss in front of the public on the steps of St George’s Chapel unlike her sister Princess Beatrice who had a private wedding in 2020 due to the Covid-19 social distancing rules.

When Prince Charles married the late Princess Diana they shared a kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace as his son did 30 years later.