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The princess whose wedding dress was still being sewn as the church bells rang out for her marriage

rincess Madeleine’s wedding dress is one of the most celebrated of recent royal weddings. The bride herself talked openly about how her wedding dress was designed. The Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani had asked her if he could create her dress. And the princess said the meetings with the designer were “rather funny”.Princess Madeleine’s lace covered dress…
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If ever a wedding dress summed up its wearer, it was the gown worn by Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh

If ever a royal wedding dress summed up its wearer, it was the gown chosen by Sophie Rhys-Jones for her marriage to Prince Edward on 19 June 1999 at St George’s Chapel, Windsor. Subtle, elegant and classic, this was the final Windsor bridal dress of the 20thcentury and it saw in a new era with style.Sophie and Edward’s big day might have been a modern marriage but it had an air of…
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King Charles and Queen Camilla had two ceremonies on their wedding day and that meant two hats for the bride

Queen Camilla had not one but two royal wedding outfits for her marriage to King Charles III on April 9th 2005, and that meant two hats.Twenty years on, those style picks remain as classic as they did on the royal wedding day. For the civil ceremony, at the Guildhall in Windsor, Queen Camilla wore a cream coloured wide brimmed hat designed by one of her go to milliners, Philip Treacy.You…
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The hidden message in Queen Camilla's wedding flowers that told her groom ''I can't live without you''

The wedding bouquet carried by Queen Camilla on her wedding day, April 9th 2005 were a riot of early blooms that matched her pale blue and gold dress to perfection. But the flowers were also filled with personal touches that had their own place in a royal romance that made her a queen. For not only were the flowers in the posy highly significant, they had been grown by the bride and groom…
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