New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ MVD Entertainment Group) Throughout the twentieth century, Royal Weddings were events of majestic splendour. People would camp out overnight in the streets of London to get a prime location for the procession the next day. They would gather in their thousands to garner a glimpse of the newly married couple on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Street parties were held up and down the country in celebration - the extravagance, the splendour, the sheer pomp and pageantry all combined to make for extraordinary scenes of patriotic pride and national unity.
In this collection we relive all the major Royal Weddings of the Twentieth Century, seeing them just as the cinema audiences of the time would have experienced them. Join us in a comprehensive and nostalgic look back at some of the most memorable and extraordinary days, in not just royal history, but in the history of Britain.
Running time: 181 mins approx
DVD CONTENTS
1922 PRINCESS MARY weds HENRY CHARLES GEORGE, VISCOUNT LASCELLES
1922 LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN weds MISS EDWINA ASHLEY
1923 PRINCE ALBERT, DUKE OF YORK wed ELIZABETH BOWES-LYON
1934 PRINCE GEORGE, DUKE OF KENT weds PRINCESS MARINA OF GREECE
1935 PRINCE HENRY, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER weds LADY ALICE SCOTT
1947 PRINCESS ELIZABETH weds PHILIP MOUNTBATTEN, DUKE OF EDINBURGH
1960 PRINCESS MARGARET weds ANTONY ARMSTRONG-JONES
1961 PRINCE EDWARD DUKE OF KENT weds MISS KATHARINE WORSLEY
1963 PRINCESS ALEXANDRA weds MR ANGUS OGILVY
1972 PRINCE RICHARD (DUKE OF GLOUCESTER) weds MISS BIRGITTE VAN DEURS of DENMARK
1973 PRINCESS ANNE weds LIEUTENANT MARK PHILLIPS
1981 PRINCE CHARLES weds LADY DIANA SPENCER
1986 PRINCE ANDREW weds MISS SARAH FERGUSON
DVD BONUS FEATURES
1919: PRINCESS PATRICIA weds COMMANDER ALEXANDER RAMSAY
1949: GEORGE LASCELLES, 7TH EARL OF HAREWOOD weds MISS MARION STEIN
1960: LADY PAMELA MOUNTBATTEN weds MR DAVID HICKS
1960: Alternative report on Princess Margaret's Wedding
1999: PRINCE EDWARD weds MISS SOPHIE RHYS-JONES
1947: and additional silent camera rushes of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh
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