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| Picture No | 10499767 |
| Date | 24th October 1931 |
| Description | Cambridge-Abel Smith Balcombe wedding,1931 |
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The Duke and Duchess of York with Princess Elizabeth at the Cambridge-Abel Smith wedding in Balcombe village church, West Sussex. The celebration of such an exalted wedding in a village church was quite unusual, with three of the bridesmaids being of royal blood. Just five years later, the Duke of York would become George VI, catapulted into the throne following the abdication of his elder brother, Edward VIII.
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| Source | Unattributed photograph in The Sphere 31st October 1931, page 175. |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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