Duchess of Gloucester averted royal wedding ceremony custom adopted by Queen, Kate and Meghan

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A brand new photograph has been launched immediately (June 8) to mark the golden wedding ceremony anniversary of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester and Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester. The snap prompted an outpouring of tributes to the royal pair on social media.

The Queen’s official social account additionally paid tribute to the couple on their large day with a tweet which learn: “Joyful Golden Marriage ceremony Anniversary to The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester!

“To mark 50 years since their wedding ceremony day, a brand new {photograph} of the couple has been launched, taken within the backyard of their residence at Kensington Palace earlier this week.”

Within the cute snap, the Duke of Gloucester was pictured standing along with his arm round his spouse whereas the Duchess beamed on the digicam.

Birgitte wore a becoming golden yellow shirt gown and a brooch designed by Richard that options an entwined ‘R’ and ‘B’.

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Duchess of Gloucester wedding ceremony

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Duke and Duchess of Gloucester

Birgitte and Richard are thought of stalwart members of the Royal Household, and so they serve the Queen as working members of the Agency.

However their love story started a long time in the past within the Sixties whereas they have been finding out at Cambridge, and Prince Richard ultimately married Danish-born Birgitte van Deurs Henriksen in 1972 in Barnwell, Northamptonshire.

Not like earlier royal weddings, Birgitte and Richard’s nuptials have been extremely low-key and the bride additionally opted to forego a key royal wedding ceremony custom.

Birgitte opted to not put on a royal tiara, regardless of marrying the Queen’s cousin, and as a substitute donned a sublime flower crown to carry her veil in place.

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Duke and Duchess of Gloucester wedding ceremony

Historically, royal brides are supplied a tiara from the Queen’s private assortment for his or her wedding ceremony days, or they could choose to put on a household tiara.

The Queen wore her grandmother’s tiara, Queen Mary’s Fringe Tiara, for her personal 1947 wedding ceremony, whereas Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle borrowed a tiara from the Queen for his or her respective large days.

So Birgitte’s choice to not put on a tiara was fairly uncommon on the time, however her elegant wreath of stephanotis flowers was actually not misplaced on the British nation wedding ceremony.

Birgitte did pay tribute to the Queen in one other manner, nonetheless, together with her stunningly easy wedding ceremony robe.

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Queen’s wedding ceremony gown

The bride’s gown featured a excessive neckline, lengthy sleeves and a modest prepare, and it was constructed out of Swiss organdie.

The robe was designed by Sir Norman Hartnell, one of many Queen’s favorite designers and the mastermind behind her iconic wedding ceremony and coronation robes.

Birgitte’s choice to put on a Hartnell robe additionally paid tribute to her mother-in-law Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, who had worn a Hartnell robe for her wedding ceremony to Prince Henry in 1935.

Alice had additionally defied wedding ceremony custom by requesting her gown be a blush-pink shade relatively than the traditional white.