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May 5th
"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 5/19/2018 7:30 PM, Cheri wrote:
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sat, 19 May 2018 12:14:44 -0700, "Cheri" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Janet" > wrote in message
>>>> t...
>>>>> In article >, says...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Janet wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > In article >, says...
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > > The wedding sounds almost like a royal scandal to me. The bride
>>>>>> > > has questionable family
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > and not so proper as England royalty
>>>>>> > > might prefer.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > You must know very little about royal marriages. Marrying >
>>>>>> foreigners
>>>>>> > recurs throughout their history. It is not unusual for royals to
>>>>>> > marry
>>>>>> > non royal, non-aristocratic commoners (all four of the Queens >
>>>>>> children
>>>>>> > did) or divorced people. Her sister Margaret, no stranger to
>>>>>> > scandal
>>>>>> > and
>>>>>> > indiscretion, married two commoners,divorced one and remarried.
>>>>>> > Charles,
>>>>>> > future King, divorced and re-married to a divorced commoner.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > "Questionable families" are nothing new or exceptional either,
>>>>>> look
>>>>>> > no
>>>>>> > further than the family history of Harry's grandfather, foreign
>>>>>> > immigrant Prince Philip. His mother had schizophrenia and spent >
>>>>>> Philips
>>>>>> > childhood and most of her life, in a psychiatric institute. His
>>>>>> > estranged father pretty much dumped the boy Philip to be brought
>>>>>> up > by
>>>>>> > others in another country. Three of Philips sisters married German
>>>>>> > Nazis
>>>>>> > and the fourth was a friend of Hitler.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > None of which made Philip a bad choice as royal consort; he's
>>>>>> given
>>>>>> > most of his adult life to public service to this country in the
>>>>>> Royal
>>>>>> > Navy (before during and after the war) and supporting the Queen.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > I'll watch the wedding to see the dress, and laugh at Eugenie and
>>>>>> > Beatrices sure-to-be-awful outfits and hats. That's about the
>>>>>> limit > of
>>>>>> > my interest in it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you for all that, Janet.
>>>>>> I see they have a nice day for all this.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's a perfect sunny blue-sky day and the wedding service was lovely
>>>>> especially the gospel choir singing "Stand by me" and the American
>>>>> bishop's address :-). Bride's dress was perfect, elegantly simple with
>>>>> long long veil; she did you proud.
>>>>>
>>>>> What an entrance she made. I'm betting she starts a fashion for brides
>>>>> walking themselves down the aisle.
>>>>>
>>>>> Janet UK
>>>>
>>>> I had recorded it and watched it in spurts. I absolutely loved the
>>>> choir
>>>> singing Stand By Me and I thought she looked very pretty and Harry was
>>>> handsome. Loved the dress and the tiara.
>>>>
>>>> Cheri
>>>>
>>> The Queen lent her the tiara, it was one of Queen Mary's, she often
>>> wore it.
>>
>>
>> Yes, I know. I watched something yesterday on PBS where they showed
>> dresses, tiaras etc. from past queens at their weddings. I loved seeing
>> those dresses, shoes, etc.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> Yes, lots of good historical info. And the gowns. (Was not a fan of
> Diana's "froofy" gown with huge poofy... well, everything. Oh good lord.
> The 1980's.)
>
> I love the show you're talking about on PBS. Interesting to me was Queen
> Elizabeth II had to have the tiara she chose to wear repaired on her
> wedding day. It broke in half when they were placing it on her head. It
> was immediately raced off under police escort to the royal jeweler.
> Basically welded back together. They pointed out if you look closely you
> can see a space in the middle where the crown had split. In much later
> pics the crown has undergone much more repair the space isn't there
> anymore.
>
> I love the history. Victoria seems to be be the one who set the trend for
> white or ivory gowns. Before that, no one much really cared or designed a
> wardrobe around what brides wore.
>
> Jill
Yes, and I loved seeing the embroidery work they were doing and also the
making of the epaulets. All that stuff is very interesting to me.
Cheri
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