Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall went through with it! And there were no ?Princess Charlene? moment where the bride attempted to flee to another country in tears. Thank God. The bride wore a gown by Stewart Parvin - exposed arms! NOES! That?s so not royal, but I guess they made an exception for Zara. Maybe because she?s not a princess and because the whole wedding took place in Scotland, not Westminster or something? Perhaps. Here?s more about the wedding:
Zara Phillips, Prince William?s cousin who is 13th in line to the throne, and Mike Tindall, captain of England?s rugby team, were married on a glorious, sunny day in historic Edinburgh Saturday.
The 3 p.m. ceremony took place at Canongate Kirk, a small Church of Scotland venue where the Queen worships when she stays in Edinburgh. The modest church dates back to 1688.
The bride made her arrival at a fashionably late six minutes past the hour in an ivory silk and duchess satin gown by Stewart Parvin ? the personal couturier to the Queen ? and a silk tulle cathedral veil. She carried a huge bouquet of cream-colored flowers and accessorized with Jimmy Choo shoes and a tiara on loan from Princess Anne. Tindall wore a suit adorned with coattails and a light grey stripe on the trouser legs.
Guests began arriving at 1 p.m. via private coach bus, and the women were resplendent with colorful hats and fancy fascinators.
Princess Beatrice was among the first guests to arrive, wearing a turquoise hat with matching floral dress. Prince William and wife Kate (who wore a cream suit and matching hat) pulled up right afterwards in a black Jaguar. Princess Anne and her husband Tim Laurence followed and then another car brought Prince Charles and Camilla, also dressed in cream.
The guests posed for the throngs of people lining the narrow cobblestone streets, while Queen Elizabeth, in a dignified peach dress and hat, and Prince Phillip smiled to the crowd upon their arrival.
At the bride?s request, the Gordonstoun Chamber Choir ? the student chorus from the Scottish private school she attended ? sang at the ceremony, performing the ?Gaelic Blessing? and then ?Amazing Grace? at the signing of the register.
The reception will be held at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Queen?s residence not far from the church. Zara spent many school holidays visiting her grandmother there. The use of the venue (which is being closed to the public for five days) is valued at an estimated $60,000. It will cost a reported $800,000 to police the wedding, and marksmen are expected at vantage points to protect the royal guests.
With guests expected to number no more than 300, the couple looked forward to a private, family affair. ?My wedding will be nothing like Kate and William?s. For a start, there won?t be anywhere near as many people. It will be a lot smaller, just close family and friends. Kate and William?s wedding was amazing but ours will be very different,? Phillips told Hello Magazine.
[From People]
As you can see from the photos, Duchess Kate recycled outfits for both the pre-wedding party (in green Diane Von Furstenburg) and for the wedding (a suit that Kate first wore in 2006). Any thoughts on Kate wearing such a light color to another woman?s wedding? Eh. Are the rules different in the UK? Because I would never wear something so light to a wedding. Of course, I can?t pull off these kinds of hats either.
PS? I love the Queen in pink. She looks so cute!
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame.
Written by Kaiser
Posted in Kate Middleton, Royal Wedding, Royals, Zara Phillips
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36 Responses to ?Zara Phillips & Mike Tindall?s Scottish wedding: the gown, the hats, the love?
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Congrats to the non-royal royals! They look happy and the queen looks sweet.
I like Wills & Kate for kind of being low-key and not taking attention away from the bride & groom. -
I?m digging Kate?s shoes. Other than that, everyone else looks meh.
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The Queen looks so happy! I had read before that Zara was her favorite grandchild. I wonder if that?s true.
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Whoa! Wills and Kate look like giants next to Charles and Camilla!
Even if Zara is the Queen?s favorite, I imagine she has a special connection to William, since she, Charles and William are all in the same boat of eventually being stuck on the throne.
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I LOVE WAITY IN GREEN!!
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There were a lot of people in pastels so I don?t think Kate?s cream was inappropriate - a white dress would have been a bit naff though!
Zara has a banging bod in that dress, but I hated the hem - it looks like it was made for someone else and then a bit added on to make it long enough for her!
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They look like very normal people. That?s a good thing.
Morning ladies.
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I feel horrible for saying this, but I?m a little disappointed in the frock. I was expecting some fabulous, architectural, almost avant-garde piece of amazingness and this is pretty, but a little princessey. But she looks lovely and still quite modern.
On the colours to the wedding - creams and pastels are more than acceptable here. Even outfits with a lot of ivory or white in them (eg like a black and white suit or something, just so long as it?s not wedding dress-like)
I must say i really like Camilla?s outfit. I love her mental taste in hats
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@texasmom: Zara has about as much chance of sitting on the throne as I do, actually.
@ashley: DITTO! Love the color!Even Beatrice (not shown here) looked pretty good, though her hat resembled a mini satellite dish.
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A lot of them wore cream. I get a kick out of british wedding attendees? it?s either demure suits or whore. No whore pics here but on some other websites, Wowza.
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Waity and Willy are so miserable looking compared to Zara and Mike. Look at how cute and happy they are. Even their wedding picture is lovely (and not those horrible staged Royal photos).
I?m not a fan of the dress but Zara?s not exactly a girly girl. Judging by the look and the fact that the Queen?s designer made it leads me to believe she went basic and wasn?t particularly into the design. The sleeves look like they were tacked on to a sleeveless dress, and the 3 inch hem is not great. The fabric looks cheap. But she looks so happy, meh, who cares.
As for Waity?s outfit, brocade and the exact same pumps as Camilla? sad. Always dressing like a 50 year old. What kind of 30 year old wears BROCADE. Style icon my foot.
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Zara?s wedding dress looks awful! Its so plain. Looks like a sewn up silk nightie. Absolutely dreadful. Nowhere near as beautiful as Kate?s wedding dress. Speaking of whom, I love her outfit here, bar the granny shoes.
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The bride?s fat, upper arms(they aren?t muscular) is bothersome. She is athletic yet those are flabby ones - she should have covered up her bat wings.
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Well, I guess I need to crack an etiquette book or something, because I never heard of the rule you shouldn?t wear anything light colored to a wedding. I have heard you shouldn?t wear white or black.
Since Kate and William married I have read in the UK cream colored clothing is not only fine, but evidently your bridal attendant can also be in white. Remember Pippa? They do things differently over there and I don?t see a problem with it.
I think Zara looks beautiful. I wonder where the tiara came from, maybe Granny?
The Queen does look good in that color and in a tailored ensemble. Much better than the big flowered mess she had on when viewing Kate?s wedding gown on exhibit.
I also don?t have a problem that Kate wears her clothes and shoes more than once in public. It is stupid not to do so considering the cost involved. I admire her for not letting ?them? (whoever they are) influence her instincts not to be a slave to whatever ?they? think it appropriate.
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I believe I read yesterday, that Kate wore this exact outfit to Camilla?s daughter wedding? in 2006. So I don?t see the problem with her using it for this wedding.
But had she wore anything bright, everyone would have screamed she was trying to out shine Zara. So Kate really can?t win. I think she looks lovely.
Plus I see the Queen has wore another dazzling broach. Seriously, I love to get a peek at her collection.
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NO, the rules are not different in the UK. I think it is tacky to wear white, cream, off white etc to a wedding. Unless you are the bride of course. There is an entire colour spectrum out there to chose from, and I think it is disrespectful to chose white/off white/cream (women do get married in white/cream suits and I think Kate?s does look bridal). So there. I think Waity still wants the attention on her. Zara looks lovely.
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Also eyebrows WERE raised here in the UK about Pippa?s white dress at Waity?s wedding. Tacky.
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I love Zara?s tulle sleeves on the wedding dress. and kate?s hat is to die for.
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I love these two and they look so happy. This wasn?t a royal wedding; it was private other than the guest list had a lot of royals on it. Oh, and Zara?s tiara (there?s a limerick in there somewhere) was borrowed from her mom.
And I don?t get all the hoo ha over Kate?s outfit. It?s biscuit colored (the cookie kind of biscuits, ladies!!), not cream. I think she looks nice, other than the hat. But she sure as heck has done wonders for wearing nude pumps/court shoes!
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The dress is plain but Zara is not, as Original Ashley said, a girly girl. So it sort of suits her. I don?t think it fits very well, either. But there is one thing that no one can deny; when Zara and Mike look at each other, you can see the love between them. You just do not see that between Waity and Wills, no matter how much the tabloids and fan girls want to make it so. They look like they are in a business relationship. Waity looks old and worn out; there?s just no getting around it.
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Aren?t the flowers supposed to be on the OUTSIDE of the hat? (Or is that just my gauche ?American-ness? showing?)
I think they look very happy; congrats to them!
I got married in a cream dress - there was no mistaking I was the bride - but I still don?t think I would have liked other women showing up in cream outfits. However, since I got married on the beach, with only very close friends and family, it wasn?t an issue.
Mornin All! *waves*
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I am feeling the love? just not seeing it between Wills and Kate! They certainly don?t look anything like Mike and Zara do that day. Ah, welcome to marriage ;p
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Aww, they look so happy! I am loving the bouquet, it looks traditional yet a fresh picked feel to it.
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I think the dress and tiara suit her personality (no pomp and circumstance). Lovely bouquet. My favorite was Eugenie. Gorgeous color on her. Beatrice gets most improved after the travesty of an outfit she wore to Kate and William?s wedding. Camilla?s freaky hat is awful. And she needs a new necklace.
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I love Kate light dress not so much the green one.
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They look so happy! Congrats to the couple. I like the top part of Zara?s dress but the bottom is kind of meh and I am not a fan of huge, fussy veils. But she looks so happy which is great.
I liked that Kate recycled outfits she had already worn?if she had worn something new the media would have been all over it when the focus should be on Zara and not Kate. Also I read somewhere Kate also wore a dress underneath the coat that she had previously worn to some book signing with her sister Pippa sometime in 2007.
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Was Fergie snubbed yet again?
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Question :
Where was Mark Phillips, Zara?s father? Didn?t he walk her down the aisle?? -
Rumour has it, Zara is a world-class equestrian competitor.
Willian?s shoes in his second last picture. Holy scuff city Batman. It looks like he has been wearing those shoes for a long time. The heel is wearing out. -
Shockingly, both the Queen and Camilla look great. The bride and groom look terrific, too.
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Damn, ya just gotta luvs the British birds and their wacky, tacky, yet slap happy taste in hats by Dr. Seuss. Camilla?s hat looks like she plucked a hankerin? of weeds and willows from a nature reserve, and weightless Katie?s hat is really a satellite dish (she struck a deal with the BBC to secretly transmit images from inside the church). And Kate wearin? that old lady brocade thang? No, dear?nah nah nah?me thinks her getup was the former reception room curtains at Clarence House.
And, WOOZA! Zara is certainly one busty gal! To me, her dress is meh?but as stated, she?s a horse-horse woman, so there ya go.
You know, there?s more charisma and sparkle with Zara than there is with boring Kate?I just don?t get the fascination with this skeletor creature.
And the Queen! Awwww, she dresses like my beloved late Nana (Gran) did?all old lady tea cozy like?bless the Queen?s bossumy heart.
I always get the impression that Camilla would be a blast and a half to be at a party with?she looks like she could really knock the drinks back and get loud and raunchy. What a dame!
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??and the women were resplendent with colourful hats and fancy fascinators.?
Fancy Fascinators!? WTH is a fancy fascinator? That just sounds rude on so many levels.
Interesting mix at the reception: on the one side, the Royal family, and on the other a bunch of English football testosterone fueled chaps.
Pass the canapes.
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I love the ?headware? at the royal/Engish weddings/parties/whatevers!
I think it?s fun and a great chance to accessorize. I don?t know that I would want to have to do it myself but I adore watching the choices! -
Well, whether it raised eyebrows or not in the UK for Pippa to be in white, it obviously was OK by Kate and she is the bride. I think that is all that really mattered.
I never thought Pippa stole Kate?s spotlight at all, unless you want to count the fact that her figure looked great in that particular cut of dress. I just don?t see how anyone in a light colored dress can steal the bride?s thunder considering the characteristics of the average bridal gown. But then again, when I go to a wedding I not that interested in what anyone else is wearing other than the bride and the bridal party.
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the bride and groom look like a couple who has awesome sex. Just sayin.
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did anyone see pictures of her in the same coat from 2006?? it fit her properly then, and she looked fine, but now the arm part looks so saggy and big =(
i think its great that she?s inspiring young girls to dress classier and such, but she?s a double edged sword. unfortunately, she?s also sending the message that to be classy and ?royal? you?ve got to be at least 20 pounds under weight.
also on a side note, why is there always so much distance between her and will?? they always keep at least 2 feet of distance between them? is this some sort of royal protocol or something? they come off so detached and ? frigid
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