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

Royal Guests and Relatives gathered from around Europe to celebrate the Wedding of the Earl of Lichfield and Lady Leonora Grosvenor at Chester Cathedral on this day in 1975.

The famed photographer Patrick Anson, the 5th Earl of Lichfield, son of Princess Anne of Denmark, married Lady Leonora Grosvenor, sister of the 6th Duke of Westminster, at Chester Cathedral, before a Reception at Eaton Hall, the Seat of the Duke of Westminster. The couple had met when he photographed her as debutante of the year in 1967, and had three children before divorcing in 1986.

Lady Leonora wore a Dior Gown with her Diamond Necklace Tiara.

Royal Guests and Relatives were led by the Queen and Queen Mother

King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece with Princess Benedikte of Denmark

Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands, Prince Michael of Kent, and Pieter van Vollenhoven

Prince George and Princess Anne of Denmark

Earl Mountbatten and Princess Margaret 

 

Diamond Tiara

Diamond Star Tiara

Diamond Tiara

Diamond Tiara

Turquoise Star Tiara

Garnet Kokoshnik Tiara

Lava Parure

Diamond Necklace

Bagration Spinel Tiara

Rosebery Tiara

 Diamond Necklace

Westminster Myrtle Wreath Tiara

Diamond Fringe Tiara

Westminster Halo Tiara

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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.

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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.

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