Wedding Dress Queen Elizabeth
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Wedding dress queen elizabeth. What it was like to help make queen elizabeth s 1947 wedding dress princess elizabeth and the prince philip duke of edinburgh at buckingham palace after their. On nov 20 1947 just two years after the end of the second world war the future queen of england elizabeth alexandra mary. The dress was designed by norman hartnell. Allegedly queen elizabeth saved up her coupons in order to afford the dress of her dreams.
Queen elizabeth was not too pleased about the colour of meghan markle s gown the entire world tuned in to watch prince harry and meghan markle tie the knot in a fairy tale wedding ceremony two. Two years after the end of the second world war the then princess elizabeth purchased the material for her wedding dress ration coupons and had to return donations from women around the uk. Luckily the government made an exception for the wedding and granted elizabeth with 200 extra clothing coupons in addition to the ones she saved to purchase the material she needed for the gown. The true story of queen elizabeth s wedding dress.