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Weddings, 1947

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Royal Wedding to Be Simple Date Not Decided

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.--Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten will have an "austerity" wedding. Morning clothes and lounge suits, instead…

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Cheering Thousands Gather at Palace Joy Over Wedding

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Friday -- Thousands of people waited for hours outside Buckingham Palace last night to see Princess Elizabeth and Lieut. Philip…

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Cheering Thousands Gather at Palace Joy Over Wedding

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.-- Thousands of people waited for hours outside Buckingham Palace last night to see Princess Elizabeth and Lieut. Philip…

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Cheering Thousands Gather at Palace Joy Over Wedding

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Friday. -- Thousands of people waited for hours outside Buckingham Palace last night to see Princess Elizabeth and Lieut. Philip…

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Cheering Thousands Gather at Palace Joy Over Wedding

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Friday. -- Thousands of people waited for hours outside Buckingham Palace last night to see Princess Elizabeth and Lieut. Philip…

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Cheering Thousands Gather at Palace Joy Over Wedding

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Friday. -- Thousands of people waited for hours outside Buckingham Palace last night to see Princess Elizabeth and Lieut. Philip…

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Cheering Thousands Gather at Palace Joy Over Wedding

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Friday. -- Thousands of people waited for hours outside Buckingham Palace last night to see Princess Elizabeth and Lieut. Philip…

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Wedding HART-PIDGEON

The Methodist · Saturday 12 July 1947 · page 9

On Tuesday, June 3rd, at the Methodist Church, Lake Cargelligo, the marriage took place of David Mitchell Hart, second son of Mrs. I…

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Princess Will Promise to "Obey" at Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 July 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--Princess Elisabeth will promise to "obey" her husband when she is married in Westminster Abbey to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. Queen Victoria established the…

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Special Music for Canberra Wedding

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 July 1947 · page 4

CANBERRA, Saturday. -- A musical programme under the direction of Roland Poster, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, has been planned…

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Special Music for Canberra Wedding

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 July 1947 · page 4

CANBERRA, Saturday. -- A musical programme under the direction of Roland Foster. Sydney Conservatorium of Music, has been planned…

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Special Music for Canberra Wedding

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 July 1947 · page 4

CANBERRA, Saturday. -- A musical programme under the direction ol Roland Foster Sydney Conservatorium of Music, has been planned…

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Special Music for Canberra Wedding

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 July 1947 · page 4

CANBERRA, Saturday. -- A musical programme under the direction of Roland Foster, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, has been planned…

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Bride-to-be arrives by plane for big wedding

The Sun · Sunday 13 July 1947 · page 13

CARRYING her white satin wedding gown in a huge white cardboard box, Miss Shirley Reidel, of Minnesota, USA, yesterday arrived in Sydney by plane. On Wednesday she will marry US Ambassador Robert Butler's…

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London wedding of Sydney girl

The Sun · Sunday 13 July 1947 · page 14

IN London's Westminster Cathedral on Friday, Robin Doyle, of Sydney, only daughter of Kalpn Doyle and the late…

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Arranged wedding by phone

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 13 July 1947 · page 46

MISS SHIRLEY REIDEL, who will marry U.S. Ambassador's son Mr. Walter Butler in Canberra next…

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2,000 Guests For Royal Wedding Ceremony From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 July 1947 · page 3

LONDON, July 13.—More than 2,000 invitations will be sent out for the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, which will probably take place on a Saturday afternoon in October. The wedding…

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Royal Wedding Plans Under Way

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 July 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Monday. -- The busiest man in London during the next three months will be the Earl of Clarendon…

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Royal Wedding Plans Under Way

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 July 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Monday. -- The busiest man in London during the next three months will be the Karl of Clarendon…

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Chifley Not Likely to Attend Wedding

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 July 1947 · page 2

CANBERRA, Monday.-- It is considered most unlikely that the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) will attend the wedding of Princess…

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