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On This Day

Posted by Karen on October 26, 2024, 8:02 am

1946 - Lady Patricia Mountbatten married John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne. It was at this wedding that people began to notice the interest between Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. He acted as an Usher and she was a bridesmaid.

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Posted by Carolyn on October 27, 2024, 11:31 am, in reply to "On This Day"

Who is the young man standing by Lord Mountbatten? I don't believe he had a son, only the two daughters.

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Posted by Hollie24 on October 27, 2024, 12:16 pm, in reply to "Re: On This Day"

That would be the groom, John Knatchbull, later Baron Brabourne.

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Posted by Carolyn on October 27, 2024, 1:26 pm, in reply to "Re: On This Day"

Oh, dear. Obviously it was the groom. I was having a senior moment. I didn't look around to see where he was. He looked so young.

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Posted by Hollie24 on October 27, 2024, 1:57 pm, in reply to "Re: On This Day"

Well, to be truthful, he does look very young and he's not sitting next to his bride!

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Posted by karenl on October 27, 2024, 7:15 pm, in reply to "Re: On This Day"

Yes, it is confusing. The groom is not sitting next to his bride nor is he standing directly behind her as she sits in the chair.

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Posted by Carolyn on October 28, 2024, 9:31 am, in reply to "On This Day"

No one looks very happy except Princess Elizabeth in the first photo. You'd think they'd all be smiling.

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Posted by Karen on October 28, 2024, 9:47 am, in reply to "Re: On This Day"

The bride has a nervious smile. Edwina and Dickie have closed lipped polite smiles as do the Grooms parents. The other bridesmaid have, what I call, half smiles. The Groom I can compare to photos I've seen of my parents wedding where my Dad, bless him, looks like he's about to faint. Mum said that all through the ceremony and photos he was trembling with nerves and she had to support him by holding his arm tightly.

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Posted by Hollie24 on October 28, 2024, 11:45 am, in reply to "Re: On This Day"

I read somewhere that Dickie wanted his daughters to marry royalty. Given there was a paucity of eligible,non-German Princes at the time,his ambitions could not be realized. He had to wait until granddaughters Joanna and Amanda came long to try his hand at matchmaking again,and even then both of them declined to make Royal matches.

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Posted by Carolyn on October 28, 2024, 11:53 am, in reply to "Re: On This Day"

I think it would be tough for anyone to have Mountbatten for a father-in-law. The groom must have been very nervous. I don't know anything about the couple, but assume they were happy.

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Posted by Susan T on October 28, 2024, 12:27 pm, in reply to "Re: On This Day"

John Brabourne was a film producer. Among the films he produced were Romeo and Juliet (1968), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), death on the Nile (1978), and A Passage to India (1984).

Link: John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne

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Posted by karenl on October 28, 2024, 7:39 pm, in reply to "Re: On This Day"

The video is a little weird. There is a short video and then a much longer one following. The wedding photo Karen posted may have shown all the participants a bit somber, but the videos show that before the photos were taken, there was a lot of fun and laughter.

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Posted by Hollie24 on October 29, 2024, 4:14 am, in reply to "Re: On This Day"

Wow, Andrew bears a strong resemblance to Patricia.

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