David, Viscount Linley & The Hon Serena Stanhope: 8 October 1993

[Alexandria]

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[Alexandria]

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[Josefine]

that is what i call a princess dress

 

[Mandy]

On October 8th 1993, Viscountess Serena Stanhope married Viscount Linley at St Margaret's Church, Westminster in London.

1. Serena leaving the Claridges Hotel, London en route to St Margaret's Church.
2. Serena leaving Claridges Hotel with her father Viscount Petersham.
3. Serena arriving at St Margaret's Church.
4. Serena arriving at St Margaret's Church with her pageboys and bridemaids.
5. Viscount and Viscountess Linley leaving St Margaret's Church after their wedding.
Pictures from Abaca Press

 

[pdas1201]

More pics...

#4-5: Walking to Church on the arms of her father, Charles Henry Leicester Stanhope, Viscount Petersham

 

[pdas1201]

Serena Linley is wearing the Papyrus Motive Tiara.

This tiara was bought by Queen Mary from Garrard's. She later gave it to Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Mother), Duchess of York. She in turn gave it to her daughter Princess Margaret. Serena Linley borrowed the tiara on the day the wedding.

Attached below is a pic of the tiara as well as pics of Queen Mother and Princess Margaret wearing the Papyrus Motive Tiara.

 

[Mandy]

APL Pictures Part 1 Guests arriving at St Margaret's Church.

 

[Mandy]

APL Pictures Part 2
11. to 16. Serena arriving at St Margaret's Church with her father.
17. to 20. Viscount and Viscountess Linley leaving St Margaret's Church after their wedding.

 

[Mandy]

APL Pictures Part 3

 

[Mandy]

APL Pictures Part 4

 

[Vik]

Thanks everyone for posting those phots, she looked just stunning.

Vik

 

[HMQueenElizabethII]

Thanks lots for pics everybody.

 

[Danielle]

Serena Linley is wearing the Papyrus Motive Tiara.

This tiara was bought by Queen Mary from Garrard's. She later gave it to Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Mother), Duchess of York. She in turn gave it to her daughter Princess Margaret. Serena Linley borrowed the tiara on the day the wedding.

Attached below is a pic of the tiara as well as pics of Queen Mother and Princess Margaret wearing the Papyrus Motive Tiara.

Thanks everyone for the photos. That tiara is beautiful. Thank you for the information about it.

 

[sara1981]

Serena Linley is wearing the Papyrus Motive Tiara.

This tiara was bought by Queen Mary from Garrard's. She later gave it to Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Mother), Duchess of York. She in turn gave it to her daughter Princess Margaret. Serena Linley borrowed the tiara on the day the wedding.

Attached below is a pic of the tiara as well as pics of Queen Mother and Princess Margaret wearing the Papyrus Motive Tiara.

I really like her tiara more traditional! but she never wores tiara on occasion i had no reasons if she still had it! im sure!

Sara Boyce

 

[HMQueenElizabethII]

This tiara looks really nice.Thanks all for pictures and informations.

 

[Mandy]

From www.fotomarktplatz.de

 

[sara1981]

who designer Serena and bridesmaid's dresses?

Sara Boyce

 

[mtbcm]

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The wedding was attended by the British Royal Family, although some absents were noted: Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Princes William and Harry, and Dukes of York and their daughters.​

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[mtbcm]

Princess Diana arrived and left alone and was greeted with a kiss by Tim Lawrence and Princess Anne at the church . The Queen was seen speaking with Diana when she left the Temple.

The wedding had 650 guests of all society status.



Constantino and Anne-Marie of Greece



Lady Helen and Tim Taylor and Helen’s brother



The nobles mingled with politicians, artists like Jerry Hall and with servants from RF. Just to mention some there were Aga Khan and wife, the Queen’s Butler Chief William Tallon. The Dukes of Gloucester arrived with Princess Alexandra with her son James and wife . Also invited was Roddy Llewelyn a close friend of Princess Margaret who attended with his wife …


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[mtbcm]

The bride arrived in a Rolls Royce and was very punctual since she was only two minutes late. The wedding gown was designed by Bruce Robbins and her hair was done by Nicky Clarke.



The carpet was blue to respect tradition - something old and something new and something blue.



The couple had decided to give a country look to their wedding so flowers were chosen in accordance - Lilies, Red and White Roses with green sleeves.














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[mtbcm]

The wedding was driven by Michael Mayne, Westminster dean. Prince Edward made a reading, and the couple exchanges their vows accordingly to the 1966 tradition. The groom gave the bride a golden wedding band by Royal Jewelers Wartski.

















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For official photo didn’t pose Tim Lawrence nor Princess Diana.







The wedding cake was made by Cathy and David Hamilton, the bride’s father cooks.


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[mtbcm]

Here two pictures taken when Serena and David left the party to start their honeymoon that will be in Zimbabwe.





(These images were scanned from Hola magazine and posted Thanks to ImageShack for Free Image Hosting)


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[msleiman]

Was Princess Diana not invited to the wedding party?

 

[crisiñaki]

Can anyone please tell me who's the Earl of Snowdon on the official pics?
thanks in advance

 

[pdas1201]

Can anyone please tell me who's the Earl of Snowdon on the official pics?
thanks in advance

In the official pic, Anthony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon (groom's father) is standing in front of Prince Edward, between Princess Margaret and Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones (now Chatto).

 

[Saragli]

Was the dress ment to look almost exactly like Princess Margarets did. Am I the only one who noticed it. Unless the dress Im imaging is not the dress that Margaret wore.

 

[pdas1201]

Was the dress ment to look almost exactly like Princess Margarets did. Am I the only one who noticed it. Unless the dress Im imaging is not the dress that Margaret wore.

I believe (I have read) that it was deliberate on Serena's part to have the dress 'imitate' her MIL's, undoubtedly to show her respect.

 

[Zonk]

Was Princess Diana not invited to the wedding party?

Diana attended the wedding but didn't take part of the official wedding photos. If I recall correctly, the wedding took place at an unfortunate time for the her. I think Diana: Her story had been serialized in a newspaper and relations were a little tense.

 

[Nichola]

I loved Serena's dress - I loved the way it was tribute to her mother-in-law too.

I haven't seen a lot of the photos in this thread until today - especially the official ones! Thanks for posting!

 

[ayvee]

Thank you for all those who posted pictures of this lovely couple during their wedding. I'm glad that they're both still together.

I love Serena's fashion style and wish there is more coverage on the couple.

Best regards,

Ayvee