A royal wedding, with all of its pomp and ceremony, was just the shot in the arm the Brits needed following a long and bitter war. Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, the Duke of Edinburgh, calendared the date of November 20, 1947 for the royal nuptials - setting the stage for the largest and most memorable public celebration to take place in Great Britain following WWII.
Sixty years later, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip will celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary – a release from Buckingham Palace acknowledges that Queen Elizabeth will be the first reigning Sovereign to reach this significant anniversary. To mark the occasion, a special exhibition titled “A Royal Wedding: November 20, 1947,” has opened to the public this summer in Buckingham Palace.
The exhibit recreates the wedding day with a dazzling array of outfits and uniforms worn by members of the Royal family along with the Norman Hartnell designed wedding dress worn by Princess Elizabeth.
Also included are some of the most spectacular items from the Queen’s personal jewelry collection (including the diamond bracelet given to Her Majesty by Prince Philip as a wedding gift) as well as several of the 2,500 gifts received from guests and well-wishers around the world.
Included in the display of gifts is a SINGER 201K2 sewing machine presented to the Royal couple by the Provost and Council of Clydebank, Scotland. The beautifully appointed traditional blackSINGER machine was manufactured at Singer’s Clydebank facility where the 201 model was produced from 1935–1960.
Sixty years later, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip will celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary – a release from Buckingham Palace acknowledges that Queen Elizabeth will be the first reigning Sovereign to reach this significant anniversary. To mark the occasion, a special exhibition titled “A Royal Wedding: November 20, 1947,” has opened to the public this summer in Buckingham Palace.
The exhibit recreates the wedding day with a dazzling array of outfits and uniforms worn by members of the Royal family along with the Norman Hartnell designed wedding dress worn by Princess Elizabeth.
Also included are some of the most spectacular items from the Queen’s personal jewelry collection (including the diamond bracelet given to Her Majesty by Prince Philip as a wedding gift) as well as several of the 2,500 gifts received from guests and well-wishers around the world.
Included in the display of gifts is a SINGER 201K2 sewing machine presented to the Royal couple by the Provost and Council of Clydebank, Scotland. The beautifully appointed traditional blackSINGER machine was manufactured at Singer’s Clydebank facility where the 201 model was produced from 1935–1960.
