Royal weddings 1840-1947: From Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II : Windsor Castle Drawings Gallery

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King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra

Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, wife of John, 9th Duke of Argyll, 4th daughter of Queen Victoria (1848-1939)

A calendar with an engagement photograph of HRH Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra of Denmark

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809-92)

A Welcome to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales

The Danish Princess, Alexandra, arrived in England three days before her wedding to Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, on 10 March 1863. The British people gave her an enthusiastic welcome as she processed through London to Windsor where the wedding was to t

Princess Alexandra’s arrival procession

Cream silk commemorative rosette, Prince of Wales feathers embroidered in purple in the centre; woven silk portraits on the ribbons of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and Alexandra, Princess of Wales, in red floral wreath reserves, with crown and Prince of

Wedding favours celebrating the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales

Christian Carl Peters (1822-99)

Princess Alexandra's Danish fan

Brussels

A Brussels lace lappet

Bracelet with a diamond and enamel buckle

Garrard & Co

Gold bracelet with diamond-set initials

George Housman Thomas (1824-68)

Sketch for the painting of ‘The Marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales’

Prince Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-61)

Marriage ceremonial and chorale sheet

After John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)

King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, when Prince and Princess of Wales, in their wedding clothes

Photograph of a full length portrait of Alexandra, Princess of Wales, later Queen Alexandra (1844-1925), standing, facing three-quarters to the left. She turns her head and looks towards the camera. She wears a wedding dress, veil and a floral c

Photographs from the ‘Album of Important Occasions 1837-1885’

David Mossman (1825-1906)

Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) when Princess of Wales

Tommaso Saulini (1793-1864)

Badge of the Order of Victoria and Albert (first class)

Honiton [Devon]

Section of flounce from the wedding dress of Princess Alexandra

Sprig of artificial orange blossom from Princess Alexandra’s bridal wreath

Richard Henry Clements Ubsdell (active 1828-63)

Illuminations and fireworks at Spithead celebrating the marriage of TRH the Prince and Princess of Wales

Richard Henry Clements Ubsdell (active 1828-63)

Free School children advancing to sing 'God Save the Queen' at Portsmouth

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