Celebrity Wedding
Royal bride: Kate Middleton and Prince William (II)
On her father’s arm, Kate walked up the aisle as a commoner to the sounds of the coronation anthem, Parry’s ‘I Was Glad’.
When they arrived at the altar Prince William apparently cracked a joke to his father-in-law, according to a lip-reader, saying: ‘We’re supposed to have just a small family affair.’
Moments earlier, William’s best man Prince Harry apparently told his brother: ‘Right she is here now.’
As her groom waited, Kate moved along the red carpet, around the south side of the poppy-lined Grave of the Unknown Warrior – the only gravestone in the abbey over which it is not permitted to walk.
[sources: zimbio and daily mail]
Royal wedding: Guests at William and Catherine’s Wedding
Parliament Square turned into a fashion parade this morning as the Royal wedding guests arrived at Westminster Abbey.
Dozens of colourfully dressed invitees joined the queue at the North door of the Abbey clutching their much-coveted tickets.
Bright colours and top-to-toe shades were the order of the day, as Westminster Abbey was lit up with vibrant tones of teal, coral, cobalt and pink.
Royal bride: Kate Middleton and Prince William
The veil – made of layers of soft, ivory silk tulle with a trim of hand-embroidered flowers – fell to her waist, framing her naturally beautiful face.
The dress was made with Individual flowers hand-cut from lace and hand-engineered onto ivory silk tulle to create a unique and organic design – incorporating the rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock.
The matching wedding shoes were also hand-made by the team at Alexander McQueen and are made of ivory duchesse satin with lace hand-embroidered.
[photos source: zimbio]
Congratulation to the beautiful couple!
More to come 🙂
Royal bride: British retrospective
Kate Middleton has a vast archive of bridal elegance to consider when choosing a look for her own special day. Here are some of her inspiration sources.
Queen Elizabeth married Prince Phillip of Greece and Denmark on November 20, 1947 in a gown was made using rationing coupons to pay for the material since the country had not yet rebounded from WWII.
British designer Maureen Baker made the white silk princess-style gown with a dramatic high collar, pearl-edged Elizabethan trumpet sleeves and simple, pin-tucked bodice worn by Princess Anne. The gown was adorned with flowers outlined with pearls and silver thread, and was finished off with a long, pure-silk train.
Princess Diana wore a David and Elizabeth Emanuel dress when she married Prince Charles in July 1981. The twenty-five foot long train is the longest one in royal wedding history.
Camilla wore an oyster-coloured gown with a full length embroidered jacket by Robinson Valentine and completed the look with a stunning Philip Treacy headpiece.
Royal bride: Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling
Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland (Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée; born 14 July 1977) is the heiress-apparent to the Swedish throne. If she ascends to the throne as expected, she will be Sweden’s fourth queen regnant (after Margaret, Christina, and Ulrika Eleonora).
The wedding took place on 19 June 2010. More than 1200 guests including royalty and statesmen from various countries were invited to the wedding ceremony which took place at Stockholm Cathedral.
After the wedding the newlyweds were driven through Stockholm in a coach and then rowed in the antique royal barge Vasaorden to the royal castle where the wedding banquet was held. On the evening before the wedding, there was a gala concert dedicated to the couple in the Stockholm Concert Hall (where the Nobel Prizes are handed out).
Royal bride: Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling
Sweden hosted the biggest European royal wedding since that of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, when Crown Princess Victoria married commoner Daniel Westling.
The marriage, a love match that has weathered the disapproval of the bride’s father, King Carl XVI Gustaf, who was initially horrified that his heir was marrying her former fitness trainer, took place in Stockholm’s Storkyrkan Cathedral late on Saturday afternoon.
The beaming bride wore a gown of duchess silk satin by Swedish designer Par Engsheden. As the princess walked past family and friends, a lace veil worn by her mother on her wedding day clung to the cameo tiara, which was originally a gift from Napoleon to his wife Josephine.
The diadem– which features a depiction of Cupid and his soul mate Psyche– had also rested on the head of Queen Silvia on the day she said “I do” to King Carl Gustaf XVI. [more to come]
Royal Bride: Sandra Angerer
Count Bjorn Bernadotte of Wisborg married Sandra Angerer on th 7-th of May, at his family’s island estate in a lake in Germany’s Bodensee region.
Count Bjorn is linked to the Swedish royal family through his great grandfather.
Radiant in a classic, floor-length round-necked white gown, the 31-year-old bride was attended by four flower girls in white and pastel pink wearing blossoms in their hair.
Royal Bride: Philomena of Tornos and Steinhart
After tying the knot in a civil affair in Paris on March 19, French pretender to the throne Prince Jean d’Orleans and his new Spanish wife Philomena of Tornos and Steinhart celebrated their union with a religious ceremony.
The couple walked down the aisle at the 12th-century cathedral of Notre-Dame de Senlis in the picturesque medieval village of the same name on May 2. Philomena’s gown was signed by Christian Lacroix, and she’s teamed it with a 200-year-old veil which will be held in place by a family tiara.
Princess Alexandra and Joachim of Denmark
Princess Alexandra of Denmark , the Countess of Frederiksborg stepped into the world on 30 June, 1964. She is a former member of Danish Royal House. She married Denmark’s Prince Joachim on 18 November 1995 at the Chapel of Frederiksborg Castle. The wedding festivities were organized at the Fredensborg Palace.
Prince Joachim remaried last year. See pics here.
Alexandra remaried in 2007. See pics here.
Princess Alexandra of Denmark and Martin Jorgensen
HH Princess Alexandra of Denmark, Countess of Frederiksborg married Martin Jorgensen, 15 years her junior. This was her second walk down the aisle, her first being to Prince Joachim of Denmark.
Alexandra married Prince Joachim of Denmark (Frederik’s brother) in 1995 and the couple have two sons, Prince Nikolai 7, and Prince Felix 4. Alexandra and Joachim separated shortly after Mary and Frederik’s wedding in 2004 and divorced the following year.
Alexandra and Martin had about 100 guests at their wedding yesterday. Alexandra was walked down the aisle by her two sons.