Wedding dress of Princess Mary of the United Kingdom

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Wedding dress of Princess Mary of the United Kingdom
Viscount Lascelles & wife.jpg
DesignerMessrs. Reville
Year1922
TypeWhite bridal gown
Material Cloth of silver and silk

The wedding dress of Princess Mary (only daughter of King George V of the United Kingdom) was worn at her wedding to Henry Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles, on 28 February 1922 at Westminster Abbey.

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The dress was designed by Messrs. Reville, Ltd. [1] The dress was constructed of cloth of silver, with an ivory silk train. Instead of wearing a tiara, Mary wore a floral headdress. [2] In terms of jewellery, Mary wore a diamond and pearl brooch, a gift from the bridegroom; on her bodice she wore the brooch given to her by the Royal Scots. [3]

The "newly-conserved train of Princess Mary’s wedding dress, embroidered with emblematic flowers of the British Empire, alongside her bridal slippers and a floral headdress" are to be on exhibition at Harewood House, the seat of the Earls of Harewood, beginning in September 2019. [2]

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