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See Princess Beatrice In Her Wedding Dress—& The Queen In The Same Dress 58 Years Earlier

The Queen also loaned her the Queen Mary diamond fringe tiara.
By Heather Cichowski and Zach Harper, Hello!
Princess Beatrice was a absolutely beautiful bride at her private wedding to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. (Photo: Getty Images)

Princess Beatrice was a absolutely beautiful bride at her private wedding to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. The elder Princess of York got married on July 17 in a head-turning, vintage gown by Norman Hartnell.

The bride and her 36-year-old beau got married in a private ceremony at All Saints Chapel in Great Windsor Park.

In a touching gesture, the Queen loaned her the gown, which is made from Peau De Soie taffeta in shades of ivory, trimmed with ivory Duchess satin and fitted with organza sleeves. It is also encrusted with diamanté.

Queen Elizabeth II, in a white silk faille gown, shakes hands with Peter O'Toole when she meets him and other personalities before the world charity premiere of "Lawrence of Arabia' at the Odeon, Leicester Square, London, in 1962 Queen Elizabeth II, in a white silk faille gown, shakes hands with Peter O'Toole when she meets him and other personalities before the world charity premiere of "Lawrence of Arabia' at the Odeon, Leicester Square, London, in 1962 (Photo: PA Images via Getty Images)

Angela Kelly and Stewart Parvin, the Queen's go-to designers and dressers, remodelled and refitted the dress specifically for Beatrice's wedding.

We also know the soon-to-be 32-year-old wore a tiara to her nuptials. The Queen loaned her the Queen Mary diamond fringe tiara, which Her Majesty also wore the day she married Prince Philip in 1947. The tiara dates from 1919, and was created for Queen Mary, Her Majesty's grandmother. It was fashioned from a diamond necklace given to Queen Victoria for her own wedding to Prince Albert in 1840.

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As for the bride's bouquet, we know she was carrying trailing jasmine, pink and cream sweet peas, royal porcelain ivory spray roses, pink o'hare garden roses and pink wax flower and baby pink astilbe. Her bouquet also included myrtle sprigs, as is royal wedding tradition. The selection was assembled by Patrice Van Helden, who co-owns RVH Floral Design. Following her nuptials, the bouquet will be placed on the tomb of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey.

The wedding is said to have had around 20 guests, reportedly including her parents, Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew, grandparents the Queen and Phil and younger sister Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank.

Edoardo's parents, Nicola Williams-Ellis and Alessandro Mapelli-Mozzi, were also in attendance. Christopher Woolf, Edoardo's son from his previous relationship with architect Dara Huang, was also there. The little boy, who goes by Wolfie, was his father's best man and pageboy.

The wedding followed strict COVID-19 protocols and had social distancing measures in place.

The Queen and Philip at their 1947 wedding. The Queen wears the same tiara as Beatrice. (Photo: PA Images via Getty Images) The Queen and Philip at their 1947 wedding. The Queen wears the same tiara as Beatrice. (Photo: PA Images via Getty Images)
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The couple announced their engagement in September 2019. Edoardo proposed with a bespoke ring designed by Mayfair atelier Shaun Leane during a trip to Italy.

Beatrice and Edoardo had originally planned to marry at The Chapel Royal in St. James's Palace on May 29, 2020 but the coronavirus and lockdown measures made them cancel those plans.

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