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Prince Friedrich of Prussia and the Princess Royal on their wedding day (Detail, John Phillip's The Marriage of Victoria, Princess Royal) [Wikimedia Commons] |
"Tiaras of the Princess Royal's Wedding"
(originally appeared in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 11 Feb 1858)
The Princess Royal, eldest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, married Prince Friedrich of Prussia on January 25, 1858. This is a newspaper report, syndicated from the Times of London, that describes the dresses and jewels worn at the wedding by the ladies of the royal family.
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From the Phillip painting: Queen Victoria with several her younger children [Wikimedia Commons] |
The train and body of Her Majesty's [1] dress were composed of rich mauve (lilac) velvet trimmed with three rows of lace, the corsage ornamented with diamonds, and the celebrated Koh-i-Noor [2] as a brooch. The petticoat mauve and silver moire trimmed with a deep flounce of Honiton lace. The head dress, a royal diadem of diamonds and pearls [3].