For Viridian's theme of birth, marriage, death and other life changes I have selected three royal couples to show. Two of the marriages were not to last.
Great Britain Princess Anne & Captain Mark Phillips Prince Andrew & Sarah Ferguson
And in the week when a royal birth was expected, I have to include, from a first day cover -
HRH The Princess Beatrice was the fifth daughter and
youngest child of Queen Victoria who edited the journals and diaries of Queen Victoria after her death.
From her marriage in 1885 until 1917 she was known as Princess Henry of
Battenberg.
Princess Beatrice in her wedding dress 1885
(coloured bookplate)
There is no link to Victoria or the Royal Family in my next picture, it's from just over a hundred years after the wedding of Victoria and Albert.
Cutting the cake - 1958
It reminds me that it is our wedding anniversary next week. I wonder what happened to that hair!
Princess Beatrice's full name was Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore. The present Princess Beatrice of York is Beatrice Elizabeth Mary and she is not married yet,
Princess Beatrice of York - 2005
(At an equestrian event)
In Sweden in 2010 a Crown Princess was married.
Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling
(Cortège at Slottsbaken 19 June 2010 - Author Holger Motzkau 2010; cc-by-sa 3.0)
Before you go to check our other wedding related posts at SS-140 you might like to walk down the aisle with our last Royal bride.
Incidentally Princess Beatrice of York wore an infamous hat at this wedding, not at all like that held by the groom on
