You are cordially invited to a short recap of the Royal Wedding. A fairy tale wedding indeed it was, and what I loved the most was the genuine love the couple was showing. I must admit, I wasn’t up at 4 am watching the full coverage, but what I noticed from the start, was that Kate was so truly happy and enjoying every moment that special day, at the same time keeping her composure.
The wedding had it all, the romance, the smiles, the horse-drawn carriages, the handmade lace, the crowds marching so happily and in order to witness THE KISS. In addition, the British had fun all day.
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| ..and he said "You look Beautiful"..OH |
Prince William and Catherine, the Duke and Duches of Cambridge.
This exquisite wedding gown, put together by hand by Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen, it is a perfect intermingling of tradition and modernity, with a bodice of ivory satin made of hand-cut English lace and French chantilly lace, over ivory and white satin gazar {a sheer, lightweight silk organza with a glaze-like sheen and moderate stiffness}; individual flowers were hand cut from lace and hand-engineered onto the ivory silk tulle to create the design, which features the national flowers of England, Ireland, Scotland, and wales; 58 gazar & organza covered buttons ran up the back.
The veil was made of layers of ivory silk tulle and trimmed with hand-embroidered flowers.
The eight-tiered royal wedding cake was decorated with 900 delicate sugar-paste flowers, including 17 different blooms and foliage for their meaning and symbolism, known as the language of flowers.
That is one of my favorite pictures, and it shows the intricacy of her bridal bouquet. It included myrtle, lily-of-the-valley, hyacinth and stephanothis blooms. According to tradition, the bouquet a bride will be left on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Westminster Abbey. The late queen mother began the tradition by leaving her wedding bouquet at the grave in 1923 in memory of her brother who was killed in the First World War.
Isn’t she happy here and the tiara ... Kate’s ‘something borrowed' was the Cartier halo tiara, made in 1936. The new princess Catherine matched the tiara with earrings by Robinson Pelham, a gift from her parents. For the wedding reception, Catherine changed into a second Alexander McQueen gown, and her sister Pippa changed out of her stunning McQueen into Temperley London gown.
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A real fairy tale wedding! There will be a long time until the wedding of that caliber. One more thing, they both seemed to be enjoying and being sure in love.
