Three facts you may not know about Lady Diana's wedding
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 30 July 2021
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer were married forty years ago yesterday. In The Daily Article for July 30, 2021, Dr. Jim Denison describes three facts he did not know that day, examines Cuban healthcare as an example of misinformation in the media, and points to three practical ways we can use our influence to shape the culture today.
The Daily Article is written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Nichter.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians. |
| 0:07.8 | To receive the Daily article directly to your email inbox each weekday morning, visit thedailyarticle.com. |
| 0:14.7 | Now here's today's news, discerned differently. |
| 0:19.5 | My wife and I were two of the estimated 750 million people who watched Prince Charles |
| 0:25.5 | Mary Lady Diana Spencer 40 years ago yesterday. |
| 0:29.6 | Here's what we didn't know. |
| 0:31.4 | Diana accidentally spilled some perfume on her wedding dress prior to the ceremony. |
| 0:36.9 | Her makeup artist then told her to hold the spot |
| 0:39.8 | on her dress as she was walking, to make it seem that she was lifting the front of her dress, |
| 0:45.3 | so she wouldn't step on it. Diana also had two wedding bouquets. This was because Queen Elizabeth |
| 0:51.6 | lost the flowers during her own wedding, |
| 1:00.7 | so she started the tradition of having two identical bouquets created to prevent a similar mishap. |
| 1:03.0 | Here's something else we didn't know. |
| 1:07.2 | The Queen Mother gave part of the wedding cake to one of her employees. |
| 1:09.3 | There was plenty to spare. The three-tiered cake stood five feet tall and weighed |
| 1:13.1 | 225 pounds. The 28-ounce slice of cake is now going up for auction on August 11th and is |
| 1:20.8 | expected to bring nearly $700. We seldom know all there is to know about anything we see in the news. |
| 1:30.9 | For example, many of us are watching the unfolding protests and responses in Cuba. |
| 1:36.6 | Cuban Americans gathered on the front lawn of the capital this week |
| 1:40.1 | to support those in the island in their fight for freedom from communism. |
| 1:46.0 | Mass trials of those who marched in protest are already underway, with reports that nearly 700 have been detained. Swift |
| 1:53.0 | convictions are already being handed down. We commonly hear in Western press that the Cuban |
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