It was a royal wedding that mixed
traditional and modern and the bride’s bouquet fitted right in.
Autumn Patricia Kelly was the debut bride of a new generation when
she married the Queen’s eldest grandson, Peter Phillips, at St.
George’s Chapel, Windsor on May 17th 2008. The bride chose flowers
that featured many elements seen through the years at royal
marriages and added her own twist to…
The second big royal wedding of the 1980s
was, at the time, seen as a something of a turning point for the
Windsors. When Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson in the summer
of 1986, the bride was billed as a more relaxed royal who would
bring a new outlook to the dynasty…
Windsor’s first royal wedding took place
in the twelfth century. What do we know about this wedding and why
exactly did it take place at Windsor Castle? It was the second
marriage of the third Norman King, Henry I (r. 1100-35). His
thirty-five-year reign was one without…
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 so as the
countdown to the first Royal Wedding of 2018 hits its stride, Royal
Central will be looking back at the bouquets borne by the brides of
the House of Windsor. We start with the flowers carried by
Catherine Middleton on April 29th 2011 as she…
When the Prince of Wales and the Duchess
of Cornwall announced their engagement in February 2005 they wasted
no time in setting a date or venue for their marriage. They
immediately told the world they would marry in April that year in a
civil ceremony at Windsor Castle…
