Half A Million People Expected to View Kate's Wedding Dress on Display at Buckingham Palace

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Half A Million People Expected to View Kate's Wedding Dress on Display at Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is facing record demand for tickets for its summer opening — thanks to the Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding dress.

The gown, by Alexander McQueen designer Sarah Burton, will take centre stage when the palace opens for the summer this weekend.

It will be the first time the ivory and white satin gown and 9ft train will have been seen in public since Kate Middleton married Prince William at Westminster Abbey on April 29. Click link for full post from DailyMail.com

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2017306/Duchess-Cambridge-Kate-Middletons-wedding-dress-Buckingham-Palace.html

Queen of Jewelry

Brooches, usually worn on the left shoulder, were a favourite for the royal and the Queen was believed to have over 100 in her collection. A selection that would go with an outfit were presented to her - usually three at a time - by her senior dresser and confidante Angela Kelly on special trays that once belonged to Queen Mary. The royal had a wide variety of different brooches which she often wore with her usual pearl earrings and necklace, including a spray of flowers brooch by the people and government of Australia during her Coronation tour of 1954./