Picture No | 10731032 |
Date | 6 July 1893 |
Description | Duke and Duchess of York's wedding day |
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The marriage of the Duke of York and Princess Victoria May of Teck, (later King George V and Queen Mary consort), on 6 July 1893, in the Chapel Royal of St. James's Palace, London, before a distinquished gathering of British and foreign Royalty. The bridegroom was in Naval uniform and the bride wore a white and silver brocade dress with a design of clustered roses, thristles and shamrocks, adorned with a trails of orange blossom flowers. All England was made holiday, while later thousands of people thronged to the Imperial Institute, where the wedding presents, over 3,500 in number, were on view.
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Source | Photograph in 'The Illustrated London News Memoriam Number', 4 April 1953, page 506 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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