Royal wedding dresses: a history

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What can history teach us about Kate Middleton's choice of wedding dress? Dr Joanna Marschner reveals the style and symbolism of two centuries of royal wedding dresses. Find out what the dresses say about attitudes to royal marriage, about the the state of the nation - and about the personality of the brides who wore them. From Princess Charlotte's silver gown of 1826, through Queen Victoria's iconic white silk dress, through to Princess Margaret's Norman Hartnell designed couture gown. The dresses are part of the Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection looked after by Historic Royal Palaces at Kensington Palace.

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  • it would have been a nicer vid if they actually showed more of the dresses and less of the lady narrating it...she did a good job with explaining history but i would have really liked to see more of the dresses. thank you for sharing this.

  • I could listen to this woman talk all day - she has a very soothing voice.

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  • I love the silver dress..

  • by Princess Charlotte, are you referring to the daughter of George, the Prince Regent (later George IV)? She married in May of 1816 and died in November of 1817, so the date could not have been 1826. Great video, tho'. Wish they could've shown some portraits/photos of the brides in the dresses.

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  • yeah, you're right, I'd prefer to just see the dresses and just have the woman talk in the background. She fiddled with her ring alot..it was distracting.

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