The royal family of Sweden do like a
royal wedding in June. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia
married in the month as did all three of their children while three
of the king’s four sisters were June brides, too. And all of them
had something else in common, too. For every Swedish royal bride
since 1935 has had a very sentimental and poignant addition to
their bouquets. All of them have…
The flowers chosen by Diana, Princess of
Wales for her wedding day are among the most memorable of royal
bouquets. The tumbling, trailing mix of cream, green and yellow
blooms that the bride carried into St. Paul’s Cathedral on July
29th 1981 for her marriage to the Prince…
When Sophie Rhys Jones married Prince
Edward on June 19th 1999 at St. George’s Chapel, she carried a
bouquet with more than a hint of the past about it. The couple who
starred in the last big Windsor wedding of the 20th century had
gone for something of a medieval…
June is royal wedding month in Sweden and
one particular date is filled with regal marriage memories. King
Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia wed on June 19th 1976 and their
eldest child and heir to the throne, Crown Princess Victoria, chose
the same date for her marriage to Daniel Westling in 2010. Mother
and daughter wore the same tiara for their marriages and selected
cream and green blooms for…
Soft, striking and above all, symbolic.
The wedding bouquet carried by the future Queen of Spain, Letizia
Ortiz, at her royal wedding on May 22nd 2004 was filled with
significance. From personal touches to nods to one of the oldest
ruling dynasties in Europe, Letizia filled…
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 but they are usually filled
with special meanings that add a personal as well as regal element
to the whole day. Here, we look…
The only daughter of the Queen and the
Duke of Edinburgh is known for her down to earth, no-nonsense
approach to life and in many ways, the flowers chosen by Princess
Anne for her wedding in 1973 to Captain Mark Phillips were that
attitude in petal form. As she became the first royal bride of her
generation, the Princess chose a simple selection of flowers that
fit perfectly with her classic…
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…
The wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah
Ferguson, on July 23rd 1986, was really rather floral indeed. We
expect all brides to carry a bouquet but Sarah, unlike many women
in recent royal history, chose to wear flowers in her hair, too. As
she made her way into Westminster…
It was a secret wedding that was all over
before we even knew it was on. Princess Beatrice and Edoardo
Mapelli Mozzi took us all by surprise by marrying discreetly at
Windsor on July 17th 2020. The bride and groom emerged from their
ceremony beneath a huge arch of bloom, mirroring the shades in
Beatrice’s bouquet. And the flowers carried by the princess for her
marriage at the Royal Chapel…
