Wedding of the Earl of Lichfield and Lady Leonora Grosvenor, 1975

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Wedding of the society photographer Patrick Anson, the 5th Earl of Lichfield, son of Princess Anne of Denmark, and Lady Leonora Grosvenor (wearing a Dior gown with her Diamond Necklace Tiara), sister of the 6th Duke of Westminster, at Chester Cathedral on this day in 1975. The couple had met when he photographed her as debutante of the year in 1967, and had three children before divorcing in 1986.

Wedding reception.
1) The Queen and the Queen Mother.
2) Princess Margaret and Earl Mountbatten of Burma (on the left: Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands and her brother-in-law Pieter van Vollenhoven).
3) King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes. pic.twitter.com/kuG3jFo93D
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#OnThisDay 45 years ago:
The wedding of the Earl of Lichfield and Lady Leonora Grosvenor.
Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen Mother, the King and Queen of the Hellenes, Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess Margaret and Lord Mountbatten attended. pic.twitter.com/ZWw5Db2tdh
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Royal Guests included the Queen, Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones (a bridesmaid), King Constantine and Queen Anne Marie of Greece, Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, and Princess Benedikte of Denmark.