Family wedding dress link revealed at Queen's visit

Queen Camilla has revealed her sister was dressed by fashion icon Dame Zandra Rhodes while visiting an exhibition celebrating the designer.

The Queen was given a guided tour of Bath's Holburne Museum earlier, including an exhibition featuring a selection of fashion designer Dame Zandra's screen-printed garments from the 1960s to 1980s.

It was Queen Camilla's second trip to the west of England this month, after she visited Avon and Somerset Police's headquarters on Thursday.

When curator Rosemary Harden took her royal guest around the exhibition, the Queen said: "My sister had a wedding dress made by Zandra Rhodes."

Rhodes is known for her trademark pink hair, bold colours and signature prints.

She dressed Diana, Princess of Wales, in the early years of her life in the royal family as well as pop singer Freddie Mercury.

Before leaving the museum, the Queen toured an exhibition of prints by acclaimed photographer Sir Don, who has documented numerous events from the Vietnam war to life on London's streets.

The Queen later visited Theatre Royal Bath, where she saw a technical rehearsal for a community production of David Copperfield.

The Queen watched from the wings and clapped after seeing the prologue of the play, before holding hands with performer Helen Nowlan and posing for a group photograph with some of the 100-strong cast on stage.

Finally, the Queen visited Peresphone bookshop, an independent publishers founded in 1999 that unearths publications by women's authors.

The Queen browsed the wide selection of books on offer and spent time with the team who run the shop.

It comes after Queen Camilla recently created a new pledge as a part of her charity, The Queen's Reading Room, to encourage people to fit in five minutes of reading into their day.

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