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From the future Queen Mother to Diana, Princess of Wales: Four vintage wedding gowns
1981: Diana Spencer - A dress 'the public would never forget'
1981: Diana Spencer - 'The dress came first, and just went on and on and on'
David and Elizabeth Emanuel wanted to give the public 'something they would never forget'
1981: Diana Spencer - Security, bribes and hysteria
1981: Keeping Diana Spencer's wedding dress design secret
How the Emanuels kept Diana Spencer's wedding dress secret
1947: Princess Elizabeth - 'Seed pearls, crystals and garlands of roses'
1947: A wedding heard by millions and a 'fairytale' dress
Crowds camped out in London for the Princess Elizabeth and The Duke of Edinburgh's wedding
1947: Princess Elizabeth - How coupons bought a post-war dress
1947: A dress for a princess in 'austerity Britain'
Princess Elizabeth was given 100 extra coupons for her dress, and her bridesmaids 23.
1947: Princess Elizabeth - A dress made in Mayfair, shrouded in secrecy
1947: Keeping Princess Elizabeth's wedding dress away from prying eyes
How Norman Hartnell's salon, who made Princess Elizabeth's wedding dress, kept it secret
1937: Wallis Simpson - A dress and feathered hat in 'Wallis blue'
1937: The low-key wedding of an abdicated king and a divorcee
American divorcee Wallis Simpson married the Duke of Windsor in blue, in private
1923: The future Queen Mother: A dress that 'let in the spring'
1923: The future Queen Mother: One duke, one piper and eight bridesmaids
Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons (later the Queen Mother) married the Duke of York in 1923.
