to this day, seventy years ago, and a pair of young and very fashionable sisters arriving at St. Margaret’s, Westminster for a society wedding.
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A new find from Canada,1947. I know most readers have past this post, though.
I’m seeing it, Jimbo, great find! I set my WordPress settings so that I get all replies in email, no matter how old the post is, but it took me a while to notice that setting, I wonder how many participants in this blog are aware of it. I also have some old bits and pieces bookmarked that I’m not sure if I should still post due to the ages of the original posts. The hat and clothing styling of both the Queen and Princess Margaret during that era look so familiar to me, as my mother was the same age as HM, and we have so many family photos from that time.
These are interesting, because I think the Queen’s hat bears a lot of resemblance to hats one would see today, with the side placement and the upward trimming. Whereas Margaret’s with that very squared-off top line looks distinctly of its time.
I could see Princess Beatrice wearing the Queen’s outfit today. In this photo Beatrice even resembles the queen a little.
You are right about Beatrice’s resemblance, Patsy, I never noticed it before! The resemblances among various members of the Royal Family are quite pronounced, but sometimes more through the years than side-by-side. I remember once seeing a portrait of HM and Princess Margaret with the Queen Mother when the daughters were maybe in their 50s and reaiizing how much more Princess Anne resembled Margaret than her own mother.
Great picture. They look so young and pretty. I remember those fashions well from pictures of my mother and her friends from the 40s and 50s. Not crazy about the hats.
This is a great flashback, HQ! Both princesses must have liked these ensembles, because they were repeated on April 10, 1948, for an unveiling of a Franklin D. Roosevelt British memorial in London. Margaret does appear to be holding a muff.
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Here is some brief footage of the same two hats, but in the April, 1948 outing. :20 and 2:48.
Wonderful clip, Jimbo!
I imagine there were a great many repeats in those days – clothes rationing didn’t end until 1949, and while the Royal Family may have had a certain amount more leeway than most people, I suspect their wardrobes were comparatively sparse.
I am surprised by the height of Elizabeth’s hat when you add the accessory….it reminds me of the height of some the fascinators today.
So very 1950s. I remember it well!
Does anyone know what colour these outfits were? What does Princess Margaret have on her arm? Surely not a muff? Once again, we see how fashions change.
From what I can remember, Princess Margaret’s outfit was pink, and indeed she was carrying a matching muff!