Wedding of Margaret Whigham and Charles Sweeny
The society wedding of the year in 1933; that of society beauty and media darling, Miss Margaret Whigham, later Duchess of Argyll, to Mr Charles Sweeny, Oxford University golfer, at Brompton Oratory in February 1933. The bride's dress with exquisite pearl star embroidery was designed by Norman Hartnell and its fifty foot train stopped the traffic in Knightsbridge where thousands of people turned out to catch a glimpse of the wedding
Picture No
10504412
Media ID
46039238
Size
4800px x 4036px
(3.7MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in The Sketch, 1st March 1933
Date
1933
