Word: brides
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Prince got the most invaluable of exports-prestige-and with it a new confidence, fresh hope. Britain, like his bride, seemed to bloom. And like the bride, most of the celebrators who showed up to cheer the couple to the church and back from the altar of St. Paul's were young. They will be the foundation on which will rest Charles' eventual rule, and they show every sign of standing firm. There were plenty of punks and skinheads reveling along the wedding route, cheering beside their more conservative contemporaries. If anything, the new Princess seems to have...
...system under the city looking for explosive devices. For extra precautions on the big day, the Queen's Household Cavalry rode an unusually tight formation around her coach. Her personal police officer, Commander Michael Trestrail, sat near Charles in the cathedral, dressed appropriately in morning clothes, and the bride and bridegroom had a detective disguised as a footman riding their coach (not to mention the 400 plainclothesmen mingling with the onlookers). A team of top surgeons and a supply of blood plasma were waiting in a special emergency unit at a nearby hospital...
...remained entirely benign: the chain of bonfires lit all over the United Kingdom; the fireworks display, which also helped raise money for disabled people, who are one of Prince Charles' particular interests; and the subtle shimmers of graceful light from thousands of mother-of-pearl sequins on the bride's wedding gown. Designers David and Elizabeth Emanuel ultimately proved to be more adept at keeping close to the ground than Gildersleeve and Beevis. After putting the word around that they had prepared several back-up dresses in case of a security breach, they finally fessed up that there...
...perfect match, then, which took 40 yards of pure silk taffeta, 100 yards of crinoline netting, and some old Carrickmacross lace given by Queen Mary to the Royal School of Needlework and used for the bodice. For borrowed, the bride wore a diamond tiara from the Spencer family collection, clasping her silk tulle veil, and a pair of diamond-drop earrings lent by her mother Frances Shand Kydd. Blue was a bow sewn into the waistband. For luck, there was a tiny 18-karat gold horseshoe tucked away in the voluminous skirts. The anxious Emanuels were stationed just inside...
...bride and groom let butterflies best them only when they bobbled their vows a little. The bride transposed the first two of the groom's royal collection of names (Charles Philip Arthur George), and the groom omitted the qualifier when he promised her his "worldly goods." This was a charmed couple on a charmed occasion, and everyone, accordingly, was charmed by the mistakes. They were, in fact, almost a relief in the flawlessly directed proceedings, which managed to accommodate pomp, circumstance and the circumference of the King of Tonga, who settled his abundant frame into a chair...