We all know that Queen Victoria was the one who started the tradition of wearing a white wedding gown. Previously, women wore red or another color of simply a nice or new dress. While Queen Victoria did seem to be the pioneer for many of today's wedding traditions, she wasn't the only one at that wedding who started a tradition. Her husband, Prince Albert, also broke from tradition in that he wore his military dress uniform for his wedding instead of traditional formal attire

Queen Elizabeth II has been the only Queen of England that most of us have ever known. But despite what we all think of royalty and their riches, they have to deal with many of the realities that everyone else has to, and the queen is no exception. Her country suffered greatly during World War II but she held herself to the same standards as the rest of her citizens, even when it came to her wedding. Cloth and clothing were rationed following WWII, so the citizens of Great Br

With all the excitement building for this weekend's royal wedding, I thought we could explore some well known and not so well-known facts about historical royal weddings. First up: Queen Victoria's headpiece. While most members of royalty wore their best jewels including a tiara for their weddings, Queen Victoria didn't. She wore a simple wreath of orange blossoms with her wedding veil. Orange blossoms are meant to represent purity and the blessing of fertility, so many bride