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Wedding Anniversary On This Day

Posted by Karen on November 20, 2024, 12:35 pm

1947 - Today would have been Her Majesty and The Duke of Edinburgh's 77th Anniversary. They are still both greatly missed.

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Posted by Hollie24 on November 20, 2024, 1:48 pm, in reply to "Wedding Anniversary On This Day"

My family on both sides stayed up all night to listen to the ceremony live over the radio. The hotels in Colorado Springs hosted special "listening parties," which included food and champagne for a fee. My grandparents had a radio with a strong enough signal so all the neighbors came over.

In Clinton, Iowa, the other part of my family likewise hosted family, friends, and neighbors. Mom brought some friends home from college and they all wanted descriptions of the clothes. Later, when the film of the wedding played theaters, all the women wanted Elizabeth's hairstyle and her shade of lipstick.

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Posted by karenl on November 20, 2024, 7:27 pm, in reply to "Re: Wedding Anniversary On This Day"

Elizabeth was so beautiful, her wedding dress and veil are still my all time favorite. She was just over the moon that day and it showed on her face. Philip was a very happy groom.

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Posted by Hollie24 on November 20, 2024, 8:03 pm, in reply to "Re: Wedding Anniversary On This Day"

She was so beautiful. My mom told me that Marshall Fields had a special booklet created featuring skirts, dresses, and coats from the "Princess Elizabeth Trousseau" line and Mom, her sister, and their mother had many of them recreated by Miss Ernster, their family's seamstress. Hecht's in Washington also carried the line.

This wedding day did wonders for many economies in addition to being a once in a lifetime event.

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Posted by Nellie on November 20, 2024, 8:14 pm, in reply to "Re: Wedding Anniversary On This Day"

This shows more detail of the veil.

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Posted by karenl on November 20, 2024, 8:40 pm, in reply to "Re: Wedding Anniversary On This Day"

Thanks Nellie. The whole bridal ensemble still just takes my breath away.

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Posted by Carolyn on November 21, 2024, 6:56 am, in reply to "Wedding Anniversary On This Day"

I have read that in the confusion after the wedding when they were lining the folks up for the official photograph Elizabeth's bouquet was mislaid. You will notice that she did not have a bouquet in the photo. It was later found in a cupboard.

Elizabeth and Philip were asked to return the next day dressed in their wedding finery so another photo could be taken. This is the one Karen posted.

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Posted by Hollie24 on November 21, 2024, 7:15 am, in reply to "Re: Wedding Anniversary On This Day"

I've read the bouquet was mislaid in a cooling cupboard before the service, and Elizabeth laid it on the Tomb of the Unknowns at the Abbey after the service and it had to be fetched back the same day for photos.

THe receipt for the bouquet was one of Philip'smost treasured possessions.

Yet another version of the missing bouquet story

Posted by Hollie24 on November 21, 2024, 7:19 am, in reply to "Re: Wedding Anniversary On This Day"

In this one, the bouquet is never found and the florist mada replica.

https://www.interflora.co.uk/blog/the-queens-missing-wedding-bouquet

Re: Yet another version of the missing bouquet story

Posted by Nellie on November 21, 2024, 5:53 pm, in reply to "Yet another version of the missing bouquet story"

Whatever the truth about the bouquet, the indoor wedding photos on the day are without a bridal bouquet.
The indoor ones with a bouquet were taken some days later, is what I understand. I think they are of only the bridal couple, but need to check that.

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