Royal WeddingsSweden

The royal bride who wore her sister's wedding dress

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8th March 2024
It was a royal wedding with a recycled gown worn by a woman who gave up her royal status for love. When Princess Desiree of Sweden got married, she left her HRH status at the altar to be with the man she loved. Royal Wedding Rewind heads back to June 1964 for the wedding of Desiree and Baron Niclas Silfvershiold.The princess was the second of the four sisters of Carl Gustaf of Sweden to marry…
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Monaco

Princess Charlene of Monaco – the royal bride who wore the trousers

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8th March 2024
It’s a very famous royal wedding outfit, a style statement worn as a much talked about bride became a princess. Charlene Wittstock arrived at her civil marriage to Prince Albert II of Monaco in a trouser suit she designed with the help of Karl Lagerfeld.Charlene and Albert’s civil wedding took place on July 1st 2011, at the Prince’s Palace in Monaco. For the event, the first part of what…
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British Royals

The historic first Maundy coins of King Charles III

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5th March 2024
They were real pieces of history, The first Maundy coins to bear the image of King Charles III were handed out at a special service at York Minster where His Majesty distributed them in a tradition that stretches back centuries.The King handed out the first Maundy money to bear his image to 74 men and 74 women in April 2023. The number of recipients reflected his age at the time of the…
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