Kate's Bouquet

[snykymom]

Hope it's not too late to post another Royal Wedding question (and I asked it on another thread, too!)

Anyway, wasn't Kate supposed to leave her bouquet on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as they left Westminster? But she has it in all the pictures at Buckingham Palace! Is is a different bouquet? Did she forget? Did they decide not to follow that tradition?

Just curious.

 

[magicgirl]

Hope it's not too late to post another Royal Wedding question (and I asked it on another thread, too!)

Anyway, wasn't Kate supposed to leave her bouquet on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as they left Westminster? But she has it in all the pictures at Buckingham Palace! Is is a different bouquet? Did she forget? Did they decide not to follow that tradition?

Just curious.

It was in the Abby today. I would imagine she kept hold of it for the photos and then it was sent to br placed on the Tomb.

 

[daughter_of_amid_chaos]

During the event yesterday, CNN said the bouquet would be placed on the tomb following the professional pictures taken at the palace.

 

[kidzmom3]

I read somewhere that someone would bring it there after the official pictures were taken.

 

[Disneefun]

They said yesterday that she actually had 3 or 4 identical bouquets. One for the service, one for the pictures/balcony appearance, one for the reception and possibly another for an emergency. Since there was the chance of wilt or damage, she had extras. One of those, not necessarily the one she carried in the service, was being taken back to the abbey last night or today and is currently on display.

FWIW, the queen mother started that tradition in honor of her brother who was killed in WWI, but I believe that she is the only bride to actually place the bouquet on the tomb herself immediately after the service. All the others have had it sent on later.

 

[Sundancer UK]

I heard from a royal etiquette person today that it was one of the few things that Kate forgot (I think there was an acknowledging the queen thing too) but it was sent on to the tomb afterwards.
Although it's a tradition, it's not an obligation So no hard feelings anywhere.

 

[CaliforniaDreamin]

They said yesterday that she actually had 3 or 4 identical bouquets. One for the service, one for the pictures/balcony appearance, one for the reception and possibly another for an emergency. Since there was the chance of wilt or damage, she had extras. One of those, not necessarily the one she carried in the service, was being taken back to the abbey last night or today and is currently on display.

FWIW, the queen mother started that tradition in honor of her brother who was killed in WWI, but I believe that she is the only bride to actually place the bouquet on the tomb herself immediately after the service. All the others have had it sent on later.

It would have been very touching to see Kate do it herself on the way out and then used a different bouquet for pics. Don't get me wrong, I love Kate. I just think it would have lovely for her to have done it herself.

 

[Imzadi]

I just posted this on another thread:

There was probably more than one bouquet made up. She would still need a bouquet for the wedding pictures taken back at the Palace. Diana still had her bouquet in the group wedding photos taken at the palace later.

I said in yet another thread that it was reported they had 5 copies of Diana's wedding dress made up, in case something happened to the original during the day. Also, that there were alternate styles made up, in case it was leaked what her dress was going to look like.

These gals did not have "normal" budgets like we do.

 

[Swan4Me]

I thought the bouquet itself was a bit boring

Diana;s was so extravagent-this one was teeny with just Lily of the valley-a very old timey bouquet-like her dress.

 

[Planogirl]

I heard on one of the news channels that the Lily of the Valley is the queen's favorite flower and it was chosen to please the queen. Again, the bouquet had that simplicity to it like everything Kate seems to pick.

 

[Gigi22]

At least one of the t.v. shows I saw stated that the flowers in her bouquet were all very symbolic--in keeping with the Victorian language of flowers. As a royal bride, she carried some myrtle from a tree planted by Prince Albert.
One of the flowers in the bouquet was Sweet William--I think we all understand the meaning of that particular flower!

 

[Imzadi]

I heard on one of the news channels that the Lily of the Valley is the queen's favorite flower and it was chosen to please the queen. Again, the bouquet had that simplicity to it like everything Kate seems to pick.

She's getting compared to Diana anyway, but she probably so wanted to be different from Diana, that she picked the smallest bouquet she could. Anything larger would have invited comparison. Now, it's obvious their bouquets were different.

I thought she picked a size that a bridesmaid would normally carry. Or the size of the faux bouquet that some brides get to throw, so they don't bonk the heads of all the gals trying to catch a really big bouquet.

 

[tchrrx]

Kate's bouquet was almost identical to the one carried by Grace Kelly.

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beau...-how-similar-were-they-2479515/#photoViewer=1

 

[wishesuponastar]

I think Kate has alot in common with Grace Kelly too, they were non-royals marrying their Prince. I love how simple William and Kate appear to want their lives. I hope the paparazzi will leave them alone.

 

[bumbershoot]

I liked the bouquet, but then I despise the enormous bouquets like Diana had. Her gown wouldn't have looked nearly as crowded if she didn't have that enormous thing covering it.

Then again, I don't like the little holder thing for bouquets, I'm definitely into the hand-tied type, so Kate's wasn't perfect for me, either.


From wiki (which has 3 different citations for the paragraph):

"When Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon married the future King George VI on 26 April 1923, she laid her bouquet at the Tomb on her way into the Abbey, as a tribute to her brother Fergus who had died at the Battle of Loos in 1915.[1] Royal brides married at the Abbey now have their bouquets laid on the tomb the day after the wedding and all of the official wedding photographs have been taken."


So it doesn't seem like it was something Kate herself was supposed to do...

 

[snykymom]

FWIW, the queen mother started that tradition in honor of her brother who was killed in WWI, but I believe that she is the only bride to actually place the bouquet on the tomb herself immediately after the service. All the others have had it sent on later.

From wiki (which has 3 different citations for the paragraph):

"When Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon married the future King George VI on 26 April 1923, she laid her bouquet at the Tomb on her way into the Abbey, as a tribute to her brother Fergus who had died at the Battle of Loos in 1915.[1] Royal brides married at the Abbey now have their bouquets laid on the tomb the day after the wedding and all of the official wedding photographs have been taken."


So it doesn't seem like it was something Kate herself was supposed to do...

Thank you all! I knew that the Queen Mother had done it herself, and thought that future royal brides would do so as well. Now it makes sense.

 

[suzannen]

Towards the end of this article in the UK's Daily Mail, they mention more detail about Kate's bouquet. Everything in it had a special meaning:

The wired bouquet included sweet william, as well as myrtle, lily-of-the-valley and hyacinth. As tradition dictates for royal weddings, the bride's bouquet contains a sprig of myrtle from the original myrtle bush planted by Queen Victoria at Osborne House, Isle of Wight in 1845. But it also poignantly contains a sprig from a plant grown from the myrtle used in The Queen's wedding bouquet of 1947. The bouquet was designed by Shane Connolly, who was also responsible for creating the 'avenue of trees' in Westminster Abbey today.
The bride chose her flowers for their significance to the Royal Family, the Middletons and the language of flowers.
Sweet William means gallantry, lily-of-the-valley means return of happiness, hyacinth symbolises constancy of love, while myrtle is the emblem of marriage and love.
There is also ivy for fidelity; marriage; wedded love; friendship and affection.
Myrtle was carried by Queen Victoria's eldest daughter, Princess Victoria, when she married in 1858, and was used to signify the traditional innocence of a bride.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...iam-dress-designed-McQueens-Sarah-Burton.html