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Were Princess Margarita of Baden, her brothers Max and Ludwig & their wives Valeria and Anna Maria the only German relatives who attended? I could imagine that some others wre there too, like Princess Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langeburg or some of the Hannovers/Hesse-Kassels (Phillip was close to his youngest sister, the late Princess Sophie of Hannover and formerly of Hesse-Kassel). Did any other Mountbattens attend apart from Lady Pamela Hicks & family and the Countess Mountbatten of Burma (whoi looked rather frail) & family?
Nice to see King Constantine, Queen Anne-Marie and their daughter Theodora there too. Were the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester only there with their youngest daughter or did the rest attend as well? Strange that the Duchess of Kent didn´t attend, I know that she doesn´t like occassions like this but still, a diamond wedding is a very special occasion. Likewise I don´t think I saw pictures of her two sons & wives.
The Queen looked absolutely splendid, I liked it that she wore a white suit, to mark the occassion. The service was nice too but I really liked the comments before the service started. A seemstress of HM´s wedding gown confessed that she thought Philip to be rather ´dishy´.
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On another note, the BBC said that it was Phillip´s idea to spend their actual wedding day on Malta, where they spent some years in the beginning of their marriage, now who would have thought the old duke is such a romantic?
Nice to see King Constantine, Queen Anne-Marie and their daughter Theodora there too. Were the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester only there with their youngest daughter or did the rest attend as well? Strange that the Duchess of Kent didn´t attend, I know that she doesn´t like occassions like this but still, a diamond wedding is a very special occasion. Likewise I don´t think I saw pictures of her two sons & wives.
The Queen looked absolutely splendid, I liked it that she wore a white suit, to mark the occassion. The service was nice too but I really liked the comments before the service started. A seemstress of HM´s wedding gown confessed that she thought Philip to be rather ´dishy´.
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On another note, the BBC said that it was Phillip´s idea to spend their actual wedding day on Malta, where they spent some years in the beginning of their marriage, now who would have thought the old duke is such a romantic?
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