Prince Juan Carlos of Spain & Princess Sofia of Greece 1962

[newfan]

Originally Posted by rchainho

can you put the rest of the images here, please? British Pathe Limited

..thank you for the great link!!!!

[Zonk]

OMG...I didn't realize that Princess Alexandra of Kent was a bridesmaid! Who else was in the bridal party?

[adelaide]

Originally Posted by crisiñaki

Two HQ group pics:

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...marriageHQ.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...arriageHQ2.jpg

(Hachette)

Many, many thanks, this pics are really fantastic! Actually you are a collector " Hors Pair ". May be it's the first time, that we can see the details of the Sofia 's wedding gown with so much precision. thanks again!

[Marengo]

Originally Posted by Zonk

OMG...I didn't realize that Princess Alexandra of Kent was a bridesmaid! Who else was in the bridal party?

I believe Princess Irene of The Netherlands was part of it too. Quite interesting when one realises that she later married a rival claimant to the Spanish throne.

[VictoriaRomanov]

Here are two Pictures from Life Magazine
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...92/pics005.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...92/pics006.jpg

[sjgrace]

Does anyone know if the Dowager Queen was forbidden from attending the wedding? it would have been lovely to see Victoria Eugenie there.

[sjgrace]

Nevermind. I just saw the photo. It's breathtaking how so many of Queen Victoria's granddaughters retained there beauty and regal carriage to the end of their days.

[Maura724]

Originally Posted by Saturn

According to the book Françoise Laot wrote, on one hand, Sophia was deeply in love with CP Harald of Norway, and her mother Queen Frederika and King Olav were delighted with the couple. The greek parliament had even approved of a dowry for Sophia... but suddenly in Norway CP Harald had a car crash, but he wasn't alone in the car, he was accompanyed by the plebeian Sonja Haraldsen...
When Sophia knew Harald was once again with Sonja... she was completely disappointed and decided to broke off the engagement.

That sounds like something that would happen in a movie or a book! How did Sophia find out - was it in the newspapers or something? Were they injured in the accident?