It is held in the Royal Collection in London and as of July 2024[update] hangs in the Principal Corridor at Buckingham Palace.

[1] The painting depicts the marriage between the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII, and his Danish bride Princess Alexandra on 10 March 1863.

[2] Other figures in the painting include Charles Longley, the Archbishop of Canterbury who performed the ceremony, and the Princess Royal.

[citation needed] Frith was known for his paintings of crowd scenes, notably The Derby Day and The Railway Station.

He was commissioned by Queen Victoria to paint the event and attended the ceremony to sketch the scene, also working from photographs taken on the day (which he described as a "most unsatisfactory process"), sittings with some participants and copying clothes and jewels that had been worn.