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The first wedding of Mary, Queen of Scots
‘All I can tell you is that I account myself one of the happiest women in the world‘ – Mary, Queen of Scots to her mother on the morning of her wedding.The ill fated wedding of Mary Stuart, Queen of...
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The wedding of Nicholas II and his Alix of Hesse.
‘The day of my wedding! Everyone had coffee together, and then went off to dress: I put on the Hussar uniform and at 11.30 drove with Misha to the Winter Palace. The whole Nevsky was lined with troops...
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A Stuart royal wedding, 2nd May 1641
Princess Mary Stuart and Prince William of Orange, Van Dyck. Photo: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.I’ll admit it, writing historical fiction CAN be a bit of a slog at times no matter how much you love the past...
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Marie Antoinette’s wedding day, 16th May 1770
My novel about Marie Antoinette, The Secret Diary of a Princess seems to have attracted a really nice faction of fans (hello!) and I get emails and comments pretty much every day asking if there will...
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Queen Victoria’s wedding dress
Queen Victoria in her wedding outfit, Winterhalter, 1847. Photo: Royal Collection.Queen Victoria married her handsome first cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on the 10th of February 1840 in...
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The first wedding of Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots, Clouet, 1558. Photo: Royal Collection.‘All I can tell you is that I account myself one of the happiest women in the world‘ – Mary, Queen of Scots to her mother on the morning of...
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This week’s dress – Wallis Simpson’s wedding dress
Wallis Simpson’s wedding ensemble, 1937. Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. As today marks the anniversary of Wallis Simpson’s wedding to Edward Formerly VIII on the 3rd of June 1937, I could...
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The Other Royal Wedding of the 1980s
I actually remember the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of York on the 23rd of July 1986 far more clearly than that of Charles and Diana in July 1981. It was a lovely day from what I recall – either...
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Dress of the Week – Princess Diana’s wedding dress
Seeing as today is the anniversary of THE Royal Wedding on the 29th July 1981, what could be a more fitting dress of the week than the fabulous gown worn by Lady Diana Spencer for her wedding with...
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Elizabeth and Philip: a Royal Wedding, 1947
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Baron Studios, 1947. Photo: Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2014.When Princess Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of George VI announced her...
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