| Elizabeth & Philip: 60 Diamond Wedding Anniversary Facts |
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| Written by Joanne Leyland | |
| Sunday, 18 November 2007 | |
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11) Guests
attending the wedding included the The King and Queen of Denmark, the
King and Queen of Yugoslavia, the Kings of Norway, Romania and the Shah
of Iran. 12) The Queen's wedding dress was designed by Sir Norman Hartnell. Norman Hartnell submitted designs for the dress in August 1947. 13) The fabric for the dress was woven at Winterthur Silks Limited, Dunfermline, in the Canmore factory, using silk that had come from Chinese silkworms at Lullingstone Castle. 14) The Queen's bridal veil was made of tulle and held by a tiara of diamonds. This tiara was made for Queen Mary in 1919. It was made from re-used diamonds taken from a necklace/tiara purchased by Queen Victoria from Collingwood and Co and a wedding present for Queen Mary in 1893. In August 1936, Queen Mary gave the tiara to Queen Elizabeth from whom it was borrowed by Princess Elizabeth for her wedding in 1947. 15) After the wedding, the dress was exhibited at St James's Palace and was then shown in the capital towns of the British Isles and in Glasgow, Liverpool, Bristol, Preston, Leicester, Nottingham, Manchester, Bradford, Leeds and Huddersfield. 
16) The bride's wedding
bouquet was supplied by the Worshipful Company of Gardeners and made by
the Florist Mr Martin Longman.It was of white orchids with a sprig of myrtle from the bush grown from the original myrtle in Queen Victoria's wedding bouquet. An identical copy of the bouquet was made and presented to The Queen on her Golden Wedding in 1997. 
18) The bridesmaids wore
wreaths in their hair of minitaure white sheaves, Lilies and London
Pride, modelled in white satin and silver lame. They were made by Jac
Ltd of London. The pages wore Royal Stewart tartan kilts.19) The bridesmaids' bouquets, prepared by Moyses Stevens, were of white orchids, Lilies of the Valley, Gardinias, White Bouvardia, White Roses and White Nerine. 20) The bells of St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, hailed the arrival of the carriage procession. The Queen arrived at the Abbey with her father, George VI, in the Irish State Coach. |
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