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I doubt Gabriella and Frederik will have large weddings. I don't think their parents did.
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No, but from what I remember, it wasn't for want of trying. I thought they were planning some big event in the cathedral in Vienna but her previous marriage meant that she couldn't, and at the last minute that part of the wedding was called off.
She has such a high profile in comparison with the Duchess of Gloucester (who apparently gets misidentified as a lady in waiting fairly often) - there's hardly an issue of Majesty magazine without photos of her, and we're forever hearing about what her children and husband are up to and how she feels about this, that, and the other - that the chance to strut her stuff at a big society wedding of one or other of her children will be quite appealing. Whether the children can overrule her if that's not what they want is another matter, of course. She said just the other day that she was under her husband's thumb, so maybe she's really this meek character and we're all misunderstanding her. Lady Helen Windsor had a much more highly publicised wedding, in St George's Chapel with several members of the royal family invited, than either of the Gloucester siblings. I'm sure Princess Michael would be wanting something at least as prominent as that.