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The Queen Stands Out in Gabriella Windsor’s Official Wedding Photographs

Prince Michael of Kent’s daughter was married in St. George’s Chapel this past weekend.
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There was another royal wedding this past week—though one slightly less high-profile than the one that took place in the same venue (St. George’s Chapel), and on the same weekend, one year earlier, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s 2018 ceremony. Lady Gabriella Windsor (the daughter of the Queen’s first cousin, Prince Michael of Kent) married Thomas Kingston (who, according to the palace, "works in frontier market investment and is a Director of Devonport Capital”)—and the wedding drew an assortment of royals and royal-adjacent individuals, including Prince Harry, Pippa Middleton, Princess Beatrice, and, notably, the Queen and Prince Phillip. The Queen did not attend the wedding of Windsor’s brother, Lord Freddie Windsor, in 2009, though that one was not held at one of her royal residences.

The palace released the official photographs from the wedding on Tuesday, snapped by Hugo Burnand, at Frogmore House in Windsor. That means these were taken in close proximity of newest royal-family member, our pal Master Archie, though it’s worth noting the difference between Frogmore House, the reception location, and Frogmore Cottage, which is where Harry and Meghan live.

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The first group shot features the couple in the Duchess of Kent’s drawing room, surrounded by their extended family, the Queen standing out visually with her striking pink ensemble. And then there are two additional photographs of the pair in the gardens on the Frogmore House property.

Windsor wore a custom tulle and lace gown by Italian designer Luisa Beccaria, which, per The Cut, the bride said in a release is a brand she has been “in love with [for a] long time.”

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