Download or read book Two Centuries of Royal Weddings written by Christopher Warwick and published by London : A. Barker. This book was released on 1980 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Notorious Royal Marriages written by Leslie Carroll and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-01-05 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of American Princess: The Love Story of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry comes a funny and delightful history of the royal weddings and marriages of Europe’s most famous—and infamous—monarchs. This edition includes bonus chapters! “An irresistible combination of People magazine and the History Channel.”—Chicago Tribune Since time immemorial, royal marriages have had little to do with love—and almost everything to do with diplomacy and dynasty. Clashing personalities have joined in unholy matrimony to form such infamous couples as Russia’s Peter II and Catherine the Great, and France's Henri II and Catherine de Medici—all with the purpose of begetting a male heir. But with tensions high and silverware flying, kings like England’s Henry II have fled to the beds of their nubile mistresses, while queens such as Eleanor of Aquitaine have plotted their revenge... Full of the juicy gossip and bad behavior that characterized Royal Affairs, this book chronicles the love-hate marriages of the crowned heads of Europe—from the Angevins to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry—and ponders how dynasties ever survived at all.

Download or read book LIFE The Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton written by Editors of Life and published by Life. This book was released on 2011-03-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE has covered all of the lavish royal weddings since even before Queen Elizabeth II wed in 1953, and of course the magazine documented in splendid, intimate detail the "wedding of the century," that of Prince Charles and Lady Diana, years later. Now LIFE celebrates the royal engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton. This book includes intimate pictures of William and Kate as they grew to be the splendid adults they are today. The best photographs of royal weddings that have already been, including those of Charles and Diana, Grace Kelly and Rainier of Monaco, Fergie and Andrew, and many others. A detailed look at the Middletons and the Windsors-the latter, royal family dating back to Queen Victoria. Photography from Buckingham Palace insiders, including pictures from Litchfield and Lord Snowdon. Note: As this book was published before the Royal Wedding, it does not contain photography from the wedding.

Download or read book Royal Weddings A Very Peculiar History written by Fiona Macdonald and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2012-02-16 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the echo of regal church bells still ringing in the ears of royalists and well-wishers worldwide, Fiona Macdonald take a look at the quirky, odd and downright bizarre circumstances surrounding the weddings of the kings, queens, princes and princesses of Britain. One must leave one's sense of decorum at the palace gates as the author tells the wacky stories surrounding the preparations, dresses, ceremonies and national moods that went with the excitement of a royal wedding, from England's resident marriage addict Henry VIII, through Anne Hyde, the 'commoner' who birthed two queens, right up to Prince Charles, Princess Diana and their son and daughter-in-law to be. Featuring facts, figures and family trees, Royal Weddings, A Very Peculiar History is sure to keep one in the spirit of things, even after the last fleck of confetti has touched the ground.

Download or read book Royal Weddings Through History written by Philippa Grafton and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book William Catherine written by David Elliot Cohen and published by Union Square + ORM. This book was released on 2011-05-06 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the fairytale romance and historic wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales in this volume of more than 200 spectacular photographs. Few events capture the worlds heart and imagination like a British royal wedding. Through more than two hundred photographs—including 80 pages of their wedding alone—William & Catherine recounts the couple’s wildly different childhoods, their romance and engagement, the events leading up to the wedding, and the grand affair itself. Here are the massive crowds lining the parade route, the sparkling celebrities at Westminster Abbey, the brides spectacular gown, “The Kisses” on the Buckingham Palace balcony, and the worldwide celebrations. Also included is a brief pictorial history of British royal weddings from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1840 to Prince Charles and Lady Diana in 1981. With informative and fascinating captions, as well as a foreword by renowned royal watcher Robert Jobson, this book magnificently illustrates the pomp, the pageantry, the history and enchantment of the romance that charmed the world.

Download or read book Royal Weddings written by Emily Brand and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-24 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of royal weddings, from Henry I to Prince William and Kate Middleton. Royal nuptials are always a cause for excitement both at home and abroad, and never more so than when the couple in question are young, glamorous and bathed in the glow of genuine romance. But the meaning invested in royal weddings, and the manner in which they are conducted, have changed dramatically as ideals have shifted about the monarchy and about marriage itself. This book charts almost a thousand years of British royal weddings, from Henry I – whose bride was believed by many to be a runaway nun – through Henry VIII's six attempts at matrimony, to the highly public weddings of recent years including that of Prince William and Kate Middleton as well as the engagement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. It explores the traditions, symbols and rituals of the ceremonies themselves as well as the popular festivities and commemorative wares that have become a central means of marking the event.

Download or read book LIFE The Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton written by Editors of Life and published by Life. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate account of the Royal couple, featuring breathtaking photos from the April 29th Royal Wedding. LIFE has covered all of the lavish royal weddings since even before Queen Elizabeth II wed in 1947, and of course the magazine documented in splendid, intimate detail the "wedding of the century," that of Prince Charles and Lady Diana, years later. Now LIFE celebrates the royal engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton. This book includes intimate pictures of William and Kate as they grew to be the splendid adults they are today. The best photographs of royal weddings that have already been, including those of Charles and Diana, Grace Kelly and Rainier of Monaco, Fergie and Andrew, and many others. A detailed look at the Middletons and the Windsors-the latter, royal family dating back to Queen Victoria. Photography from Buckingham Palace insiders, including pictures from Litchfield and Lord Snowdon.

Download or read book The Crown on Camera written by Claudia Acott Williams and published by Merrell. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crown on Camera traces the remarkable relationship between the British Royal Family and photography over the course of nearly 200 years. From Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's enthusiastic adoption of the emerging technology in the mid-19th century to the use of Instagram by the modern monarchy. Today, photographs of the British Royal Family remain some of the most widely distributed images across the world. Featuring iconic formal portraits alongside little-known pictures from private collections, this fascinating book explores how each new development of the medium has been embraced to record royal life. Since its invention almost two centuries ago, photography has created an unprecedented intimacy between monarch and subject. Where previously royal painted portraiture allowed a degree of control and an element of creative licence and negotiation between artist and sitter, the development of the photographic image provided the public with a more personal window on to the lives of the people behind the pageantry. Over the years, the medium has helped to shape the role and purpose of the Royal Family - to the point where, in a rapidly changing society, the close connection between Crown and camera has ensured the continued survival and popularity of the British monarchy. The book also considers the art of royal photography through the monarchy's patronage of such major 20th-century photographers as Cecil Beaton and family members Lord Snowdon and Patrick Lichfield, and such contemporary photographers as Chris Jackson. Members of the Royal Family have always been keen photographers themselves. Crown on Camera includes pictures from their private albums, and looks, too, at the publication of photographs by the royals, from Queen Alexandra to the Duchess of Cambridge, where the personal view has become the public image. Written by an expert curator from Historic Royal Palaces and published to coincide with a major new exhibition at Kensington Palace, the book combines an introductory essay with 200 extraordinary royal images and engaging extended captions that reveal the story behind each photograph.

Download or read book Royal Weddings Through Time written by Janette McCutcheon and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2011-05-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Henry VIII and his numerous wives to Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, every major royal wedding is covered in this unique pictorial book.

Download or read book Whispers At Court Mills Boon Historical Royal Weddings Book 2 written by Blythe Gifford and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They Make an Unlikely Alliance... Lady Cecily scorns the French hostages held at court. Treated as honoured guests, the men play at love games – and Cecily fears that her mistress, the Princess, might be disgraced.

Download or read book Royal Weddings of the Century written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Gown written by Jennifer Robson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-12-31 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most anticipated reads from InStyle, HelloGiggles, Hypable, Bookbub, and Bookriot! One of Real Simple's Best Historical Fiction novels of the year! “The Gown is marvelous and moving, a vivid portrait of female self-reliance in a world racked by the cost of war.”--Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network From the internationally bestselling author of Somewhere in France comes an enthralling historical novel about one of the most famous wedding dresses of the twentieth century—Queen Elizabeth’s wedding gown—and the fascinating women who made it. “Millions will welcome this joyous event as a flash of color on the long road we have to travel.” —Sir Winston Churchill on the news of Princess Elizabeth’s forthcoming wedding London, 1947: Besieged by the harshest winter in living memory, burdened by onerous shortages and rationing, the people of postwar Britain are enduring lives of quiet desperation despite their nation’s recent victory. Among them are Ann Hughes and Miriam Dassin, embroiderers at the famed Mayfair fashion house of Norman Hartnell. Together they forge an unlikely friendship, but their nascent hopes for a brighter future are tested when they are chosen for a once-in-a-lifetime honor: taking part in the creation of Princess Elizabeth’s wedding gown. Toronto, 2016: More than half a century later, Heather Mackenzie seeks to unravel the mystery of a set of embroidered flowers, a legacy from her late grandmother. How did her beloved Nan, a woman who never spoke of her old life in Britain, come to possess the priceless embroideries that so closely resemble the motifs on the stunning gown worn by Queen Elizabeth II at her wedding almost seventy years before? And what was her Nan’s connection to the celebrated textile artist and holocaust survivor Miriam Dassin? With The Gown, Jennifer Robson takes us inside the workrooms where one of the most famous wedding gowns in history was created. Balancing behind-the-scenes details with a sweeping portrait of a society left reeling by the calamitous costs of victory, she introduces readers to three unforgettable heroines, their points of view alternating and intersecting throughout its pages, whose lives are woven together by the pain of survival, the bonds of friendship, and the redemptive power of love.

Download or read book Royal Weddings written by Catherine Ryan and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love, marriage, and a whole lot of pomp and circumstance. Part of the popular Oxford People series, Royal Weddings traces the history of British royal weddings, documenting the highs and the lows, as well as the good, the bad…and well, the plain ugly. Catherine Ryan has captured the essence of regal relationships with over 100 stunning photos and images of Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, and Dukes and Duchesses tying the knot from medieval times to the present day. To set the stage: On July 29, 1981, a global audience watched the “fairy tale” wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul’s Cathedral. It was the first time a Prince of Wales had married for over 100 years, but after ten years, the relationship ended in insults, recrimination, and divorce. When Queen Victoria met her cousin Prince Albert for the second time in October 1839, she quickly fell in love. Which is just as well, as the potential match had been plotted by Albert’s uncle Leopold and Victoria’s mother since the pair were babies. Not even torrents of rain, and violent gusts of wind could spoil Victoria and Albert’s big day on February 10, 1840. Queen Elizabeth II also married her cousin, Philip Mountbatten, just after World War II in 1947. Their magnificent wedding was a beacon of hope amid the troubles of the world. More recently, the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on May 19, 2018, in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, was a remarkable event. George Clooney, Sir Elton John, Serena Williams, and other glittering celebrities mingled with the Queen of England, The Prince of Wales, and the Archbishop of Canterbury. It was an extraordinary day even in the annals of royal wedding history. A marriage in the Royal Family has always lifted the British nation’s spirit in times of depression. All this aside, royal weddings are not always a match made in heaven, and the history of regal matrimony is also a tangled web of scandal and divorce. Lady Diana and Prince Charles ended in divorce. Henry VIII’s ruthless, arrogant desire for a male heir led to six royal weddings and a religious revolution. Henry’s reign undoubtedly shaped modern Britain, but it is the fate of his six wives he is best remembered for with the help of the old rhyme: “Divorced, Beheaded, Died: Divorced, Beheaded, Survived.” Royal Weddings is a celebration of regal matrimony that pop culture fans won't want to miss. And check out other titles in the Oxford People series to delve into lesser-known historical morsels brought to life with stunning photography and illustrations throughout in these illustrated histories. The Oxford People Series : 978-0-7858-3308-6 Gettysburg 978-0-7858-3500-4 Women of Invention 978-0-7858-2944-7 Tesla 978-0-7858-3334-5 Edgar Allan Poe 978-0-7858-3376-5 Gunfighters 978-0-7858-3502-8 Pirates and Privateers 978-0-7858-3501-1 Creating Sherlock Holmes 978-0-7858-3508-0 John F. Kennedy 978-0-7858-3111-2 Skies of WWII 978-0-7858-3633-9 Roosevelt and Churchill 978-0-7858-3632-2 Che 978-0-7858-3741-1 Vampires 978-0-7858-3742-8 Ghosts 978-0-7858-3768-8 Angels 978-0-7858-3769-5 Myths & Legends 978-0-7858-3770-1 Houdini 978-0-7858-3771-8 Vikings

Download or read book American Royals II Majesty written by Katharine McGee and published by Ember. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America has its first ever queen on the throne in this sequel to American Royals! If you can't get enough of Harry and Meghan and Will and Kate, you'll love this New York Times bestseller that imagines America's own royal family--and all the drama and heartbreak that entails. Crazy Rich Asians meets The Crown. Perfect for fans of Red, White, and Royal Blue and The Royal We. Power is intoxicating. Like first love, it can leave you breathless. Princess Beatrice was born with it. Princess Samantha was born with less. Some, like Nina Gonzalez, are pulled into it. And a few will claw their way in. Ahem, we're looking at you Daphne Deighton. As America adjusts to the idea of a queen on the throne, Beatrice grapples with everything she lost when she gained the ultimate crown. Samantha is busy living up to her "party princess" persona...and maybe adding a party prince by her side. Nina is trying to avoid the palace--and Prince Jefferson--at all costs. And a dangerous secret threatens to undo all of Daphne's carefully laid "marry Prince Jefferson" plans. A new reign has begun....

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy written by James Panton and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2011-02-24 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy provides a chronology starting with the year 495 and continuing to the present day, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 600 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places, events, institutions, and other aspects of British culture, society, economy, and politics. This book is a must for anyone interested in the British monarchy.

Download or read book The Ring and the Crown written by Alison Weir and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The excitement surrounding the marriage of Prince William to Kate Middleton has prompted four of Britain's top historical biographers to look closely at Royal Weddings from 1066 to the present day. Professionally, Alison Weir, Kate Williams, Sarah Gristwood, and Tracy Borman do events and television together, and are known affectionately, as the "History Girls." They bring an elan, and a passion for detail and dramatic narrative to all their subjects. Each writer focuses on different areas of interest. Alison Weir deals with the medieval, Tudor and Stuart periods. Kate Williams scrutinizes the Georgians and Victorians. Sarah Gristwood takes up the story in 1919, when Princess Patricia of Connaught revived the tradition of royal brides marrying in Westminster Abbey, and goes on to examine the weddings of the Queen Mother (1923), the Queen (1947), and Princess Margaret in 1960. Lastly, Tracy Borman brings the book right up to date, with accounts of the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana Spencer through to the fanfare that will celebrate the nuptials of Kate and William. Every kind of wedding features--from those attended by great public celebrations, to the many that took place in private chapels, parish churches and even in secret. Fascinating anecdotal details are revealed in the course of this most informative and entertaining overview of royal weddings through history, some amusing, some poignant, some bawdy. The Ring and the Crown places the royal wedding of the heir to the throne in historical perspective, and it does so with carefully selected illustrations that help make the authors' insights come even more vividly alive.