PRINCESS ANNE’S WEDDING PHOTO ANNE (b. 1950, Princess Royal, Daughter of Elizabeth II) & Capt Mark PHILLIPS (b. 1948, her ex-husband)

Fine Photo BY Norman Parkinson, signed by both and dated by Mark showing the couple half length in their wedding clothes, 10” x 8” in mount, 13” x 10”, in original blue morocco frame by Jarrolds, 15” x 11”, no place but Westminster Abbey, 14th November

Anne wore an "embroidered Tudor-style wedding dress, with a high collar and medieval-influenced sleeves". The dress was high-necked and high-waisted. It was designed by Maureen Baker, the chief designer for Susan Small. She wore a pair of diamond cluster earrings and her hair was "slightly parted up-do, with beehive volume." The Queen Mary Fringe Tiara secured her veil. Phillips wore the full dress uniform of his regiment, the Queen's Dragoon Guards.
Norman PARKINSON (1913-1990) was a portrait and fashion photographer. His work revolutionised British fashion photography, as he moved his subjects out of the studio and used outdoor settings. While serving as a Royal Air Force photographer in World War II, he started with Vogue magazine, discovering several famous models. He became an official royal photographer in 1969, taking photographs for Princess Anne's 19th birthday and her wedding to Mark Phillips and the Investiture portrait of Charles III as Prince of Wales.

Item Date:  1973

Stock No:  43045      £975

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