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…
For the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s
2011 wedding, 1,900 guests were invited to Westminster Abbey to
watch the couple take their vows. The bride and groom got to choose
a number of family and friends to attend. But because it was a
royal wedding, the congregation…
The Alexander McQueen brand is renowned
for pushing the limits of fashion, but when Kate Middleton stepped
out of the Rolls Royce Phantom VI in front of Westminster Abbey on
the morning of her wedding on 29 April 2011, the Alexander McQueen
dress she wore was classic and…
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…
Amidst the uncertainty of the ongoing
pandemic, Bhutan had a reason to celebrate on Thursday as the
King’s younger sister married the younger brother of the Queen at
Dechencholing Palace in Thimphu in a traditional Buddhist ceremony.
Princess Eeuphelma Choden…
Months after a private wedding in July,
Princess Beatrice and Edoardo “Edo” Mapelli Mozzi are sending
handwritten thank you cards to well-wishers. In a post on the royal
fan Instagram account, the Duchess of Wonderlnd, the royal couple
sent a handwritten note…
It’s the one outfit everyone wanted to
see in Season Four of hit TV show, The Crown. The wedding dress
worn by Lady Diana Spencer for her marriage to the Prince of Wales
has been brought to life and we’ve now got our first glimpse of it
on actress, Emma Corrin, who takes on the part of the late
princess. And while it’s a pretty spectacular sight, I’ll admit
that for me, it slightly misses…
On This Day in 2011: Prince William married Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey
29th April 2020
Friday, 29 April, 2011, about two billion
people are said to have watched from around the world as Prince
William wed Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London. The
Metropolitan Police said that about a million people lined the
route of the royal procession on…
Clare Waight Keller, Duchess of Sussex's wedding dress designer, leaves Givenchy
11th April 2020
Clare Waight Keller, who designed The
Duchess of Sussex’s wedding dress, has left Givenchy. She
previously worked at Pringle of Scotland and Chloe before becoming
the first female leader of the French fashion in 2017. In a
statement, Clare Waight Keller said: “As…
It has been over sixty years since
fifties Hollywood Princess, Grace Kelly, wed Prince Rainer in a
small civil ceremony making her a real-life Princess of Monaco. On
the 18th of April, 1956, Grace looked stylish and elegant as she
exchanged vows and became Her Serene Highness Princess Grace
Patricia of Monaco in a beige lace and dusty rose silk suit
designed by Helen Rose. It was the religious…
