As the first Royal wedding to be televised live from Westminster Abbey, it gripped the attention of the British nation. The groom was the first commoner to marry into senior royalty for centuries.
When 23-year-old Anne Coke married the Scottish aristocrat Colin Tennant at St Withburga s Parish Church in Norfolk on 21 April 1956, it must have seemed like a fairytale match.
He arrived on the golden sands of St Lucia in 1987, the self-styled King of the Caribbean . Riding his pet elephant, Bupa, in a white linen suit and straw hat, Lord Glenconner was sure to make an entrance.