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…
In the end, it wasn’t the fairytale
marriage the world had hoped for, but on 29 July 1981, Prince
Charles, the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer married in a
glittering ceremony that could best be described as a fairytale,
watched by an estimated one billion people.
Royal weddings bring all kinds of
expectations and among them is one filled with sparkle and glitter.
For we all assume a royal bride will arrive for her marriage
wearing a tiara. When the wedding will result in them becoming a
consort or consort in waiting, the expectation…
Royal Wedding Rewind: Prince Michael of Kent and Marie Christine von Reibnitz
30th June 2021
On 30 June 1978, Prince Michael of Kent,
the younger brother the Duke of Kent, wed Baroness Marie Christine
von Reibnitz. Michael is the paternal first cousin of Queen
Elizabeth II, and Marie Christine is of German, Austrian and
Hungarian noble descent. She is the only daughter of Silesian
nobleman Baron Gunther von Reibnitz and his Austro-Hungarian wife,
Countess Maria Szapáryde…
On Thursday, Princess Charlène of Monaco
posted a video on Instagram in anticipation of her and Prince
Albert’s 10th wedding anniversary. Their Serene Highnesses
met at the 200 Mare Nostrum swim meeting in Monaco, with then-Ms
Wittstock being a swimmer representing…
It was a quiet country affair, far
removed from the pomp and ceremony we’ve come to expect from royal
weddings. The setting was an English parish church, the regal guest
list only filled a couple of pews, and the bride walked in several
minutes late carrying her own train…
When the news broke that Prince Carl
Philip of Sweden was dating former reality show participant and
model Sofia Hellqvist, a flood of criticism followed. Many doubted
that this most unlikely romance would be sealed by marriage. Today,
Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia celebrate six years of
marriage. In the summer of 2009, Prince Carl Philip met Sofia
Hellqvist through mutual friends at a…
On 4 October 1966, the Danish Royal Court
announced that Crown Princess Margrethe was to marry Henri de
Laborde de Montpezat. The engagement was a surprise to most as they
had kept their relationship a secret.Henri was a French diplomat in
London, and he and Margrethe…
After a broken engagement a few years
earlier, Princess Madeleine of Sweden finally found the love of her
life after fleeing to New York City to heal her broken heart.
There, through mutual friends, she met American-British financier
Christopher “Chris”…
In recent years, it’s become something of
a go to wedding reception venue for a whole new generation of
royals. Frogmore House, settled in the rolling green of the Windsor
Castle estate, has seen celebrations following the marriages of
several of the Queen’s grandchildren including Peter Philips and
the Duke and Duchess of Sussex while Lady Gabriella Windsor also
held her wedding party…
