Wedding etiquette is a minefield, and you never want to tread on the toes of the bride and groom.
However, it seems even the Royal Family and those in their circles aren't exempt from a fashion faux-pas, according to social media users.
The wedding of Princess Diana and Prince Charles was an occasion to remember for many, billed as a 'fairytale wedding', and they pulled out all the stops. It's believed a whopping 750 million people around the world watched their nuptials on July 29 1981, at St Paul's Cathedral.
Many people threw street parties, and there were celebrations around the world on behalf of the couple.
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It is well documented that their love story was not a happy one, and much was made about Charles and his affections for the now-Queen Consort, Camilla Parker Bowles.
In a series of interviews with Andrew Morton, Diana claimed that Charles had given Camilla a bracelet days before the wedding.
"Someone in his office told me that my husband has had a bracelet made for her. I walked into this man's office one day and I said, 'Ooh, what's in that parcel?' And he said, 'Oh, you shouldn't look at that’.’”
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“So I opened it and there was the bracelet," she added, before alleging it had the intials F and G on, taken from Charles and Camilla's nicknames for each other.
Princess Diana allegedly wanted to call off the wedding after the discovery, but was talked out of it. Camilla was also rumoured to have given Charles cufflinks with two Cs, and he supposedly wore them on his honeymoon with Diana.
Diana also recalled to Andrew Morton about walking down the aisle and spotting Camilla: ''So walking down the aisle, I spotted Camilla, pale grey, veiled pillbox hat."
However, many have mistaken Camilla's outfit for white as the years have gone by.
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One royal fan wrote: "I stumbled upon people talking about how Camilla wore white to this wedding... In Britain, wearing white to a wedding is a big no no. You just don’t do it. Guests will shy away from anything similar to white as well. White, ivory, cream is reserved for the bride only.
"So is the etiquette different for royal weddings or aristocratic weddings? Because this just puzzles me as I had thought royal weddings would be even more strict about etiquette than most weddings."
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According to Hitched editor and wedding expert Zoe Burke, it is still a faux pas at royal weddings, but she argued that Camilla's outfit was mostly grey, not white.
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"Whilst Camilla had some white in her attire, she did offset it in a sombre-toned suit with a matching hat (the famous pillbox hat derided by Diana in the most recent series of The Crown - I never realised 'pillbox' could be said in such a scathing manner!)", Burke explained.
"But some may also argue her dark clothing was too sober and funeral-like for a wedding. Going off the dress code and wearing colours that are traditionally frowned upon, such as white or black when not requested by the couple, is seen as a form of protest.
"But if the love of your life, who you were not permitted to marry, invited you to their wedding to someone else, you may well be tempted to stage a quiet rebellion."
Many royal fans later noticed that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II later opted to wear white to the wedding of Charles and Camilla, while Camilla wore pale blue.
Topics: Fashion, Princess Diana, Queen Camilla, Royal Family, The Crown, Wedding, Prince Charles
Jen Thomas