Princess Beatrice Borrowed Her Wedding Dress from the Queen

Princess Beatrice and husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi

Princess Beatrice wore a a vintage dress during her wedding at The Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor.

Unlike other royal brides, Beatrice didn't have a new dress designed and made for her.

Instead, in a highly unusual move, the princess tapped her grandmother's regal closet for her bridal look.

Beatrice wore a vintage Peau De Soie taffeta dress in shades of ivory by Norman Hartnell, on loan from the Queen, trimmed with Duchess satin and encrusted with diamantés.

The 31-year-old royal tied the knot with property tycoon Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, 36 in a small ceremony at The Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor, on Friday.

Photographs from Beatrice's wedding also show that she wore the Queen Mary tiara, which was worn by the Queen when she married Prince Philip in 1947.

In one of the photographs released by Buckingham Palace, the newlyweds are seen smiling as they leave the chapel through its flower-covered archway.

In the other snap, they are stood outside the entrance with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, Beatrice's grandparents.

Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh

Buckingham Palace confirmed news of Beatrice's marriage on Friday, revealing the ceremony had taken place in accordance with the UK government's social distancing guidelines.

Britain now allows only up to 30 guests at a wedding in an attempt to stop the spread of the corona virus.

Princess Beatrice, the daughter of Prince Andrew and his former wife Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, had originally planned to marry Mozzi on May 29 in the Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace, but the ceremony was postponed because of the corona virus outbreak.

A small wedding reception and sit-down meal was believed to have been held at the Royal Lodge, which is Prince Andrew and the Duchess of York's home, shortly afterwards.

The families of the newlyweds have known one another for many years.

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