11 Standout Royal Wedding Smooches That Still Have Us Blushing

It was the kiss that sealed a fairy tale and began a royal wedding tradition. No one was expecting Prince Charles and his bride, Lady Diana Spencer, to actually lock lips on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after their wedding on July 29, 1981, but they took everyone by surprise by agreeing to the crowd's calls for a kiss. That one smooch started a trend and became an iconic image that still has an air of romance — even though we know there was no happy ending for this pair.

After Charles and Diana's balcony kiss, there was every expectation that Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson would follow suit after their wedding on July 23, 1986, at Westminster Abbey — they didn't disappoint. Once out on the palace balcony, the new Duke and Duchess of York teased the crowds calling for a kiss by pretending not to hear before locking lips in one of the most passionate royal wedding smooches ever.

William and Kate kissed not once but twice on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on their wedding day, April 29, 2011. And just to make it even more romantic, lip-readers promise us that just before swooping in for smooch number two, Will told Kate he loved her. Sigh.

It might have been freezing cold in Amsterdam on Feb. 2, 2002, when Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands wed Argentinian Máxima Zorreguieta, but the newlyweds sent temperatures soaring with a very passionate pucker up on the balcony after their wedding. It was relaxed and romantic in equal measure, just like the couple themselves.

When Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark married Australian Mary Donaldson in Copenhagen on May 14, 2004, the pair couldn't stop smooching. From kisses in the church to lip locks on their carriage ride home, this pair of royal lovebirds had no intention of waiting for the balcony. When they did appear at the royal palace, there was a shower of kisses including this very tender moment that sent the crowds wild.

Another royal couple who didn't skimp on the wedding day kisses: Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden, who smooched all the way through their wedding day in Stockholm on June 19, 2010. It was billed as the biggest royal marriage since Charles and Diana's almost three decades earlier, and Victoria and Daniel made sure it was just as famous for its kiss factor, topping off the day with this smooch on the royal palace balcony in the Summer sunshine.

They're one of Europe's most romantic royal couples, and when Prince Carl Philip of Sweden married Sofia Hellqvist in Stockholm on June 13, 2015, they gave us one of the dreamiest wedding kisses to seal their love story. After a more staid smooch on the steps of the church, Carl Philip and Sofia got pretty passionate on the balcony of Stockholm's royal palace and melted plenty of hearts while they were at it.

Who needs a balcony to produce the perfect royal wedding kiss? Princess Madeleine of Sweden and her new husband, Chris O'Neill, took to a mini flower-strewn stage instead for their big wedding day smooch on June 8, 2013. And pretty picture perfect it was, too.

Albert and Charlene had already done the balcony wedding kiss the previous day after their civil marriage, but that didn't stop them from smooching their way through their religious wedding on July 2, 2011. This sweet kiss came just after Charlene had placed her flowers at the Church of St. Devote in Monaco.