Bride Groom Gallery

Royal Wedding 1934 - pronouncing the benediction

Illustration depicting the pronouncement of the Benediction during the wedding ceremony of Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece, showing the Archbishiop of Canterbury with hand upraised above the heads of the bride and bridegroom. The Royal couple are kneeling on two beautifully embroidered cushions and the four and a half yard train of the new Duchess of Kent's wedding dress is held by Princess Elizabeth of York (the future Queen Elizabeth II) and Lady Mary Cambridge. On the extreme right and third from right are the Archbishop of York and the Dean of Westminster, both clad in copes of elaborate design. Date: 1934

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

The professional bridegroom

The professional bridegroom. Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as the groom, the Best Man, both Ushers, the Bride's Pa, the Maid of Honor, both bridesmaids, and the priest at a wedding ceremony where he is marrying Miss Democracy. Date 1907 May 29. The professional bridegroom. Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as the groom, the Best Man, both Ushers, the Bride's Pa, the Maid of Honor, both bridesmaids, and the priest at a wedding ceremony where he is marrying Miss Democracy. Date 1907 May 29

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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. Date: 1933

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans