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Marriages Collection (page 10)

Background imageMarriages Collection: Royal Wedding 1947 - Using periscopes

Royal Wedding 1947 - Using periscopes
A vast crowd use periscopes as their only means of seeing the procession during the royal wedding of 1947 between Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Prince Philip

Background imageMarriages Collection: Royal Wedding 1947 - appearance on balcony

Royal Wedding 1947 - appearance on balcony
Crowds waiting outside Buckingham Palace on 20 November 1947 are rewarded by an appearance by the newlyweds and other members of the royal family on the balcony. 1947

Background imageMarriages Collection: Royal Wedding 1947 - police hold back crowds

Royal Wedding 1947 - police hold back crowds
A row of jovial police officers link arms to prevent the crowd surging forward during the royal wedding of 1947. Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) married Prince Philip

Background imageMarriages Collection: Fleet Marriages

Fleet Marriages
A minister takes money from a couple in the Liberty of the Fleet (the area around the Fleet Prison) - a notorious venue for clandestine marriages

Background imageMarriages Collection: Royal Wedding 1947 - Glass Coach comes down the Mall

Royal Wedding 1947 - Glass Coach comes down the Mall
The procession for the royal wedding of 1947 between Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten showing the Glass Coach carrying the Princess and her father travelling along the Mall. 1947

Background imageMarriages Collection: Crowds at the Royal Wedding 1947

Crowds at the Royal Wedding 1947
Mounted police pictured in the middle of vast crowds of spectators, many of them holding periscopes in order to be able to see something

Background imageMarriages Collection: Royal Wedding 1947 - group photograph

Royal Wedding 1947 - group photograph
Group photograph following the wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten on 20 November 1947. 1947

Background imageMarriages Collection: Royal Wedding 1947 - an excellent vantage point

Royal Wedding 1947 - an excellent vantage point
Four ladies whose appearance belies their athletic ability in scaling the plinth they re sitting on, secure an excellent vantage point from which to view the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth

Background imageMarriages Collection: Trying to view the royal wedding, 1947

Trying to view the royal wedding, 1947
Enterprising spectators using makeshift periscopes of mirrors on sticks in an attempt to actually see something along the processional route at the royal wedding between Princess Elizabeth

Background imageMarriages Collection: Royal Wedding 1947 - Glass Coach turns into Mall

Royal Wedding 1947 - Glass Coach turns into Mall
Birds eye view of the procession returning from Westminster Abbey following the marriage of Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Mountbatten on 20 November 1947

Background imageMarriages Collection: Royal Wedding 1947 - procession arrives back at Palace

Royal Wedding 1947 - procession arrives back at Palace
Scene outside Buckingham Palace by the Victoria Memorial showing coaches returning back from Westminster Abbey following the wedding of Princess Elizabeth

Background imageMarriages Collection: Listening to royal wedding ceremony broadcast, 1947

Listening to royal wedding ceremony broadcast, 1947
Crowds lining the processional route for the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on 20 November 1947

Background imageMarriages Collection: Royal Wedding 1947 - all night vigil

Royal Wedding 1947 - all night vigil
Enthusiastic spectators wrapped up warm against the cold as they spend the night sleeping on the London streets in the hope of bagging a top spot along the processional route for the royal wedding of

Background imageMarriages Collection: Come Down - Royal Wedding 1947

Come Down - Royal Wedding 1947
An overly enthusiastic spectator at the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on 20 November 1947

Background imageMarriages Collection: Duke and Duchess of Connaught, c. 1879

Duke and Duchess of Connaught, c. 1879
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850 - 1942), third son of Queen Victoria, with his wife, Princess Luise Margarete of Prussia (Louise Margaret). The couple married at St

Background imageMarriages Collection: Mountbatten wedding 1922

Mountbatten wedding 1922
Front cover of The Illustrated London News depicting Lord Louis Mountbatten escorting his new bride Lady Edwina Ashley after their marriage at St. Margarets, Westminster on 18 July 1922

Background imageMarriages Collection: Royal Wedding 1874 - distribution of bridal cake

Royal Wedding 1874 - distribution of bridal cake
Distribution of wedding cake in Edinburgh after the marriage of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (second son of Queen Victoria) to Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia in January 1874

Background imageMarriages Collection: Royal Wedding 1896 -- Princess Maud and Prince Carl

Royal Wedding 1896 -- Princess Maud and Prince Carl
Heart shaped portraits of Princess Maud of Wales (1869-1938), youngest daughter of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, and Prince Charles (or Carl) of Denmark, later King Haakon VII, King of Norway

Background imageMarriages Collection: Royal marriages dissolved

Royal marriages dissolved
King Faruk of Egypt(1920-1965) pictured here with his wife Queen Farida(1921-1988), and the Shah of Iran and his wife Empress Fawzia(eldest sister of King Faruk)

Background imageMarriages Collection: The Belgian-Swedish royal wedding

The Belgian-Swedish royal wedding
The civil marriage of the Crown Prince Leopold of Belgium, Duke of Brabant, and Princess Astrid, daughter of Prince Carl of Sweden, and niece of the King of Sweden

Background imageMarriages Collection: The Royal Marriage

The Royal Marriage
Formal group portrait taken on the occasion of the marriage of Princess Margaret of Connaught to Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden in June 1905

Background imageMarriages Collection: Runaway couple get married at Gretna Green

Runaway couple get married at Gretna Green
A runaway couple get married at Gretna Green, literally striking the iron while it is hot. Gretnas runaway marriages began in 1753, following a change in the English law that did not apply in Scotland



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