Other Royal and Noble Weddings
 

I thought I'd start a thread where we can post photos & information on noble weddings in Europe. Most of these weddings aren't covered hugely, but they do involve castles, tiaras (family heirlooms), beautiful dresses and veils, crazy hats worn by the guests and often royalty can be found among the guests, since nobles have very close ties with royal families.

Feel free to comment the style of the wedding & fashion!

Hannelore.

4 July 1973: The wedding of Andrew Parker-Bowles and Camilla Shand at the Guard's Chapel, London, with members of the Horseguards present.

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3 July 1978: Prince Michael Of Kent and Baroness Marie Christine von Reibniz in Vienna after their civil marriage ceremony in Vienna's Town Hall.

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24 April 1963: A wedding photograph of Princess Alexandra (1936 - ) daughter of George, Duke of Kent, to Hon. Angus James Bruce Ogilvy (1928 - ) at Westminster Abbey in London.

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17 January 1956: Lieutenant Ronald Ivor Ferguson (1931 - 2003) of the Life Guards marries Susan Mary Wright at St Margaret's Church, in London's Westminster. The Life Guards form a guard of honour as the bride and groom leave the church.

I don't really know who these people are, but they were obviously famous enough to warrant a listing at Hulton. Anyhow, I thought her dress was lovely.
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Lieutenant Ronald Ivor Ferguson and Susan Mary Wright are Sarah Ferguson's parents.

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Thanks again Alexandria. You posts are always much appreciated. The Ogilvy wedding picture has her looking real worried about something. Are they still married?

Thank you for clearing that up Jenna1186. I thought the names sounded familiar but the Susan Wright part threw me off. I thought Fergie's mother's last name was Barrantes. It was late and I was tired but there were so many great pictures I had to keep posting. Only this morning did I realize that Barrantes was probably the last name of Fergie's step-father. :blink: :doh:

Prince Richard (later duke of gloucester) and Brigitte Van Duers on their wedding day.

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The marriage at Westminster Abbey of Earl Spencer, Viscount Althorp, to Frances Roche, 1954. Their daughter Lady Diana Spencer became Princess of Wales.

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Lady Pamela Mountbatten and a very young Princess Anne pose for a wedding portrait.

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Lord Romsey & Penelope Eastwood 1979
 

Norton Knatchbull (known as Lord Romsey) married Penelope Eastwood in October 1979, at Romsey Abbey (Hampshire). The groom is a grandson of Lord Louis Mountbatten.

From Star and Corbis:

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It is a nice dress. I remember, at the time of the Prince of Wales's wedding, thinking that Lady Romsey's dress was much nicer than Diana's. Unfortunately, Diana's great meringue of a dress influenced wedding-dress designers for years.

Countess Astrid Ullens de Schooten & Lionel Jadot 1996
 

Countess Astrid Ullens de Schooten-Whettnall (*1971) married Lionel Jadot (*1969) on September 8th 1996, at the Église Saint-Pierre (Brussels). The bride is the daughter of Madeleine Ingerborg Ella Astra Elsa Bernadotte, Countess von Rosen, and of Charles Albert Ullens, Count de Schooten-Whetnall.


The the wedding gown was designed by the house of Jacques Fath.

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Countess Astrid Ullens de Schooten & Lionel Jadot 1996
 

Photos by Corbis:

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Countess Astrid Ullens de Schooten & Lionel Jadot 1996
 

Thanks Elsa! Here are more wedding pictures from Australian Picture Library.

#2 Princess Märtha Louise of Norway & Prince Laurent of Belgium.

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Thanks for the wonderful pictures, Elsa and Mandy:)

I just love the bride's dress, suits her figure perfectly. I, especially love the neckline.

Btw, how is the bride related to the Bernadottes?? Any pictures of them attending the wedding??

Remind of Princess Laurentien's bridal dress.

Wonderful gown! It looks like mine! :)

Well, IMHO it reminds more of Princess Maxima's gown (I mean, the neckline).

Do they have any kids?

Her mother, Countess Madeleine Bernadotte, is the daughter of Prince Carl Gustaf Oscar and Countess Elsa von Rosen:

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Here's a photo of their daughter, taken in 2000 (from Polfoto)
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