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Princess Margaret's poignant nod to her father on her wedding day

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6th May 2022
The gowns worn by royal bridesmaids can often be overlooked but the creations made for the attendants at Princess Margaret’s wedding in May 1960 had a very special meaning. For they were a link between the bride and her beloved father, who had died almost a decade before her marriage.Margaret had turned to Norman Hartnell for her wedding ensemble and entrusted him with creating perfect…
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Why Charles and Camilla couldn't get married at Windsor Castle

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9th April 2022
Whenthe Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwallannounced 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 followed by a service of blessing at St. George’s Chapel later the same day. Yet just a week later, they had to move…
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The royal bride who refused to wear white for her wedding

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6th November 2021
It was a low key royal wedding, set against a backdrop of family illness and impending drama. But the marriage of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott, on November 6th 1935, began a royal partnership that would become a bedrock for the House of Windsor as it faced some of its most challenging times.Prince Henry, third son of King George V and Queen Mary, had…
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Forty years on: The Wedding Dress of Diana, Princess of Wales

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29th July 2021
It is perhaps the most famous royal wedding dress of them all. The gown worn by Lady Diana Spencer for her marriage to the Prince of Wales on July 29th 1981 at St Paul’s Cathedral has a special place in royal history. Designed by David and Elizabeth Emanual, it came to symbolise the fairytale wedding that hundreds of millions of people around the world tuned in to watch. The ending was far…
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