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Craft expert who helped make the Duchess of Cambrige's wedding dress retires

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11th November 2021
A lace-maker who helped create one of the most famous wedding dresses in the world is now retiring. Ian Palfreyman, 72, from Sawley, Derbsyhire has worked as a twist hand for nearly 57 years. A twist hand is someone who operates machines that specialise in making lace. Palfreyman started his work in 1965 at Birkin’s in Long Eaton. At the time, the fresh out of school student was on a…
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Liechtenstein and Luxembourg celebrate SECOND royal wedding this month as Princess Marie Astrid ties the knot

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27th September 2021
Over the weekend, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg celebrated another royal wedding when Princess Marie Astrid wedded her boyfriend, Ralph Worthington.  On Saturday, the 25th of September 2021, the nuptials took place in the St Mary of Assumption Co-Cathedral in Orbetello, Tuscany, just 19 days after the bride’s sister also tied the knot in a Viennese religious ceremony.  The Rev. Canon…
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The Royal Bridesmaid who became a Queen

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4th August 2021
As 1922 got under way, newspapers began to run excited articles about a royal wedding. The only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary was about to say ‘I do’ and every moment of her marriage ceremony was up for scrutiny. Princess Mary’s wedding dress…
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Royal Wedding Rewind: the Duke and Duchess of Windsor

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3rd June 2021
It was the wedding that changed the Royal Family forever. The marriage of Edward, Duke of Windsor to Wallis Simpson on 3 June 1937 was the final act of a dramatic series of events that had reverberated around the world. For, of course, the groom had given up his throne to marry his bride and the crisis his Abdication had produced, less than six months earlier, had shaken the House of Windsor to…
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Royal Collection Trust host "Royal Wedding Dresses" talk

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11th February 2021
On 10 February in 1840, Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gothe at St James’s Chapel. The Royal Collection Trust (RCT) chose to mark the 181st anniversary of the wedding by looking back at several royal wedding dresses, from Queen Victoria’s dress to Princess Beatrice’s dress.  Throughout the entire talk, one continuous theme was the strong tradition of using…
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