Wedding bonbonniere, Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia (1962)

Wedding bonbonniere, Juan Carlos, Prince and Princess Sophia of 1962. 

The wedding of Juan Carlos, Prince of Asturias, and Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark took place on Monday, 14 May 1962.

The couple was married in three ceremonies: one according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church, the groom's faith, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite; one according to the rites of the Greek Orthodox Church, the bride's faith, at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens; and a third civil ceremony that was held upon their return to the Royal Palace. Don Juan Carlos was the eldest son of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, pretender to the Spanish throne, and Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, while Princess Sophia was the eldest daughter of King Paul of the Hellenes and Princess Friederike of Hanover. Juan Carlos and Sophia, who now goes by Sofía (the Spanish spelling of her name), reigned as King and Queen of Spain from 1975 until his abdication in 2014.

 

Greek Orthodox ceremony

The second ceremony, held at 12:00 PM at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, was conducted by Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece. King Paul, the bride's father, performed the ritual of the two crowns. Other crown bearers were Crown Prince Constantine of Greece, Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, the Duke of Aosta, the Prince of Naples,  the Duke of Noto, Prince Ludwig of Baden, Don Marco Alfonso Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi and Prince Christian Oscar of Hanover.