She was the first of The Queen and the
Duke of Edinburgh’s children to marry and her big day set the
template for the royal celebrations that would follow in its wake.
Princess Anne’s wedding to Mark Phillips, on 14 November 1973, was
a huge state occasion with a massive television audience that
captured imaginations around the world. The bride might be famously
down to earth but her first…
So now we know. After months of
speculation and as many expected, Meghan Markle will incorporate
her favourite flower into her bridal decorations. Kensington Palace
has been sharing details of the floral arrangements being created
for St. George’s Chapel and St.
It’s perhaps the most famous and talked
about royal wedding bouquet of all. The flowers carried by the
Queen Mother, then Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, at her marriage in
April 1923 have entered regal folklore after the bride used them to
begin a royal wedding tradition known…
It was a royal wedding that mixed
traditional and modern and the bride’s bouquet fitted right in.
Autumn Patricia Kelly was the debut bride of a new generation when
she married the Queen’s eldest grandson, Peter Phillips, at St.
George’s Chapel, Windsor on May 17th 2008. The bride chose flowers
that featured many elements seen through the years at royal
marriages and added her own twist to…
The second big royal wedding of the 1980s
was, at the time, seen as a something of a turning point for the
Windsors. When Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson in the summer
of 1986, the bride was billed as a more relaxed royal who would
bring a new outlook to the dynasty…
Professor Stephen Hawking, who has died
at the age of 76, was one of Britain’s greatest ever scientists but
despite being given many honours, he declined a knighthood.
However, that didn’t stop him developing an apparently relaxed
relationship with the Queen. As…
This is one royal wedding bouquet you’re
not going to miss. When the Princess Royal’s only daughter, Zara,
married Mike Tindall in Edinburgh on July 30th 2011, her flowers
made a striking impression. For, unusually among royal brides, Zara
included a splash of colour among the blooms she carried. This
wasn’t just any old burst of brightness. The bride’s bouquet
included thistles, a really…
All brides need a bouquet and a royal
bride is no different. Flowers are as much a part of a wedding as
the dress, the cake and the first kiss so as the countdown to the
first Royal Wedding of 2018 hits its stride, Royal Central will be
looking back at the bouquets…
When the Prince of Wales and the Duchess
of Cornwall announced their engagement in February 2005 they wasted
no time in setting a date or venue for their marriage. They
immediately told the world they would marry in April that year in a
civil ceremony at Windsor Castle…
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been
sharing more details of their marriage with just over two months to
go until they say ‘I do’. The couple are promising a ‘moment of fun
and joy’ so to get in that celebratory spirit, Royal Central
rounds up everything we know, so far, about the first Royal Wedding
of 2018. The Big Day Prince Harry and Meghan Markle get married on
May 19th 2018 at…
