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antiques appraiser on History Channel’s No. Lori Verderame is the award-winning Ph.D. Several decades after that glorious day, the royal couple enjoyed 73 years of marriage and the adoration of many the world over.ĭr. Her shoes were high-heeled sandals of ivory Duchesse satin trimmed with silver and seed pearl buckles made by Edward Rayne.Īfter the wedding, as royal tradition dictates, the royal couple waved to adoring crowds from the balcony of Buckingham Palace. The dress featured satin applique produced at Lullingstone Castle in Kent, 10,000 seed pearls imported from the United States and hand-sewn crystals. During her appearances at more than 150 home improvement shows every year, Verderame, the antiques appraiser known as Dr. The dress had a 15-foot-long silk tulle train, which trailed behind her with enough fabric to keep her eight bridesmaids busy. Oh, the treasures Lori Verderame has seen. The gown featured a skirt of floor-length panels. The wedding dress had a fitted bodice, heart-shaped neckline and a low v-point waist. The dressmakers using Duchesse satin from Scotland had only three months to construct the dress before the November nuptials. At the time, the designer cited Allesandro Botticelli's famous painting Primavera, from the Uffizi collection in Florence, Italy, which symbolizes the coming of spring, as his inspiration for the dress design. Princess Elizabeth II's wedding dress was designed by Sir Norman Hartnell, who won the design competition. Dolgellau is a town in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, lying on the River Wnion, a tributary of the River Mawddach. David's mine, near Dolgellau in northwest Wales. The wedding ring was made from a nugget of Welsh gold. The platinum and diamond engagement ring was made by the Philip Antrobus jewelers and the jewelry design employed diamonds from a tiara that belonged to Prince Philip's mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg. When it comes to any wedding, people like to know the facts about the bridal gown, the flowers, the symbolism of the jewelry, so here’s how it was on Queen Elizabeth II’s wedding day:
Princess Elizabeth arrived at Westminster Abbey in the Irish State Coach alongside her father, King George VI, and she was attended by eight bridesmaids. 20, 1947, at Westminster Abbey in London, England. While Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip first met in 1934 at the wedding of Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark to Prince George, Duke of Kent, the couple announced their engagement on July 9, 1947, and were married at 10.30 a.m. As the queen celebrated her 95th birthday in April, some interesting facts about the queen and her prince seemed quite timely for this year's wedding season. And recently, the death of HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and his funeral made me consider the collectibles that relate to their long union, one that started in the 1930s and has continued through several decades. In 2015, she surpassed Queen Victoria and became the longest-reigning monarch in British history. Over the years I have appraised more than my fair share of collectibles, art and antiques that have a close relationship to HRH Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.