The Royal Caldelian Mark: The 10th Wedding Anniversary of TRH, The Duke & Duchess of Cambridge

Monday, April 26, 2021

The 10th Wedding Anniversary of TRH, The Duke & Duchess of Cambridge

Every day this week, we’re looking back at the wedding of TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in the Abbey ten years ago, on 29 April 2011.

In the days before the wedding, preparations inside the Abbey began in earnest. The nave aisle was transformed into an avenue of trees, with six field maples and two hornbeams brought in to line the route of the bride’s procession to the High Altar.

The Abbey was decorated with almost 30,000 flowers, mostly from the royal estates at Sandringham and Windsor, including azaleas, rhododendron, euphorbias, wisteria, beech and lilac. The choices reflected the couple’s love of the English countryside.

Then, as the day of the wedding dawned, Abbey staff were on hand to complete the last-minute preparations before the Great West Doors were opened to the 2,000 specially-invited guests.

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