As per Random.org: The winner is comment #7, from Vicky! Thanks to everyone who left a comment! Now the royal wedding festivities are truly over! (Boo)
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The Wedding Jewels of Princess Louise of Wales, Duchess of Fife
It is supposed that no English princess ever received such a quantity of jewellery as Princess Louise of Wales on her marriage with the Duke of Fife, for its value was estimated at over £150,000. Among the most interesting items was the ruby horseshoe brooch given by her brothers and sisters, enclosed in a case …
Royal Wedding #4: Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands & Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Oddly enough, there was at least one royal wedding of the late 19th and early 20th centuries which did not involve a relative or descendant of Queen Victoria! Another note of interest was that this wedding was of Europe’s only other reigning Queen and that her marriage to rather minor German noble also raised a …