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The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have been blessed to stay lengthy sufficient to witness the weddings of six of their eight grandchildren—all glittering royal affairs with attractive wedding ceremony tiaras.
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As you would possibly count on, the highest-profile wedding ceremony of one of many Queen’s grandchildren was that of Prince William (now the Prince of Wales) on April 29, 2011. As a result of he’s sooner or later anticipated to inherit the throne, his wedding ceremony to Catherine “Kate” Middleton was a glittering affair held at Westminster Abbey in London.
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For the marriage day, the Queen loaned Kate a particular jewel: the Cartier Halo Tiara. The ’30s tiara had initially been a present from the Queen’s father, King George VI, to her mom, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mom.
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The Queen additionally wore a particular diamond brooch along with her pearls: Queen Mary’s Lover’s Knot Brooch, which she inherited from her grandmother in 1953.
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The Queen’s different grandchildren had smaller, extra intimate household weddings exterior of the nation’s capital metropolis. On Could 17, 2008, the household gathered at Windsor for the marriage of Peter Phillips (Princess Anne’s son) to Autumn Kelly. Anne loaned her Diamond Festoon Tiara to the bride for the ceremony, which came about at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor.
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As a result of the Phillips wedding ceremony was a late afternoon/night affair, the Queen didn’t put on a brooch. As a substitute, she accessorized with a few of her extra important pearl items: the Girls of Devonshire Earrings and a double-stranded pearl necklace (I feel the Queen Anne and Queen Caroline Pearls).
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On July 30, 2011, Princess Anne’s daughter, Zara Phillips, married Mike Tindall at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh. Zara borrowed one other of her mom’s tiaras, Princess Andrew’s Meander Bandeau, for the ceremony.
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The Queen wore her regular daytime pearls and the Courtauld Thomson Scallop-Shell Brooch for Zara’s large day.
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The Duke of Sussex married his Duchess, Meghan Markle, at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor on Could 19, 2018. The Queen loaned an heirloom jewel, Queen Mary’s Diamond Bandeau, to Meghan for the marriage day.
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For the marriage, the Queen wore pearls with one other of Queen Mary’s jewels, the Richmond Brooch, worn with out its pendant.
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St. George’s Chapel, Windsor was additionally the situation for the marriage of Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank on October 12, 2018. The Queen loaned one other particular jewel, the Greville Emerald Kokoshnik Tiara, to Eugenie for her bridal tiara.
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The Queen wore one in every of her most romantic royal jewels, the Cullinan V Brooch, for Eugenie’s wedding ceremony. (She additionally wore the brooch to have a good time her personal golden wedding ceremony anniversary.)
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Of their closing years, the Queen and the Duke have been capable of attend the marriage of Princess Beatrice of York and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi on July 17, 2020. The marriage was held on the Royal Chapel of All Saints on the grounds of Royal Lodge in Windsor Nice Park. The placement allowed Beatrice’s royal grandparents, who have been dwelling at Windsor Citadel in the course of the pandemic, to be among the many small variety of company on the ceremony.
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The Queen loaned Princess Beatrice each a really particular tiara and a really particular wedding ceremony gown. Beatrice wore Queen Mary’s Fringe Tiara, which had been worn by the Queen for her personal wedding ceremony in 1947. She additionally wore a Norman Hartnell robe from the Queen’s archive. The gown was altered barely to suit Beatrice and make it wedding-appropriate.
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For the marriage ceremony (and the investiture that preceded it), the Queen wore the Rose of England Brooch. The gold brooch is ready with white and pink diamonds. It was a Diamond Jubilee present from the Sultan of Oman in 2012.
