Royal Special: Princess Anne's Wedding to Captain Mark Phillips (1973)

On 14 November 1973, Princess Anne, Princess Royal married Captain Mark Phillips at Westminster Abbey. ITN's cameras captured the whole day's events, including the Royal procession from Buckingham Palace to the Abbey, the wedding service itself, and the newly-married couple returning to the Palace to greet crowds from the balcony.
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[@sharongilboy5151]

My late dad was one of the guard of honour at princess Ann’s wedding , even as children we were all so proud

[@crmay72]

I'd be proud, too!

[@ad6417]

I used to not like that gown because I thought it looked weird. But the more I've learned about historical fashion I realize that it was quite remarkable and absolutely stunning. There has never been another wedding dress like that in contemporary history. It truly was one of a kind.

[@HEVORA362]

Her gown was beautiful

[@Knoyle1632]

I ❤❤❤ it too !! 😍😍😍

[@misscoutts6193]

@@HEVORA362 medieval

[@Elizabeth-nl5ui]

My fave Royal gown. I absolutely love it.

[@gertrudschmitter5425]

l5ui

[@WhitneyHouston4eva1]

I remember going to a neighbour's house to watch this on their colour TV. We were given the day off school for Princess Anne's wedding.

[@nicolelawless9942]

I remember being given a day off in 2020 for the 75th anniversary of VE Day but I had already asked permission for a day off and the college accepted it because they knew the war affected me and I partied with my close family members socially distanced. It was a great day and I’ve already got plans for Normandy’s 80th birthday

[@maryhlad7501]

Princess Anne had impeccable taste in choosing her wedding gown. It’s so beautiful.

[@Nikki7B]

Ive never actually seen Princess Annes wedding before. Her dress is absolutely beautiful.

[@glen7318]

its not. the sleeves are just awful

[@garnetj69]

I know she looks amazing. I love the sleeves ,that is my jibe. I wear shirts,blouses and any thing I can with those flowey sleeves. I would love a dress designed in the style of that Era. Many blessings to you and yours.

[@kimma508]

The Princess Royal looked elegant and classy as she always does. Philip looks dashing and every bit the proud father as he walks his only daughter down the aisle.

[@MontgomeryMall]

Anne was Prince Philip's favorite child.

[@user-ox1uf9gi4g]

Well he got to do it twice😂❤

[@arealphoney]

​@@user-ox1uf9gi4g No. I dont think he actually walked her down the aisle when she married Timothy Laurence.

[@fionadp]

@@arealphoney I think he did. There is a video about that shows the very beginning of the walk down the aisle at Crathie before the doors close, and Anne is on her father’s arm.

[@garnetj69]

​@@arealphoneyyes he absolutely walked her down the aisle in her second wedding as well. There are lots of videos on here that can show you. I'm sorry I don't remember the videos names. Many blessings to you and yours.

[@annettelock3562]

Even though it didn’t last they had two beautiful children who have grown into two wonderful adults 😊

[@Greenwillow]

She looked so elegant and stunning. Pity it didn’t last. ( The Marriage)

[@gnostic268]

They say beauty is only skin deep but ugly goes clear to the bone. So you'll still be ugly in 50 years, no doubt 🧐

[@Greenwillow]

@@gnostic268 I meant the marriage. Not her looks.

[@bubblybubbles4023]

@@Greenwillow Her looks didn't last either.

[@Greenwillow]

@@bubblybubbles4023 It depends how vain you are.

[@seanhitchcock2497]

Her marriage to Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence has been both long and happy with their 30th wedding anniversary coming up next month

[@dawnangelawalker]

I loved this dress, a local shop had a replica in their window days after the event. Their choice of music was wonderful.

[@mandylall8649]

Thank you for the post! It’s a beautiful reminder to how handsome our late Prince Phillip was n will forever be missed! To see so many beautiful faces there that are no longer with us still breaks my heart - Queen’s Mum n our late Majesty QEII 😢 💕🇨🇦💕 (even at such a happy occasion; I never knew why it did not last).

[@xhogun8578]

It didn't last because of the affairs and Mark Philips fathering a child with another woman.

[@lsmith9249]

Mandy Lall his fathering a child was the last straw, but l think the marriage was over when his affairs started that's my opinion.I don't they were a good match, all they had in common was their love of horses I think she found the right man in Tim and the simple wedding they had was much more Anne's style

[@user-js8sd6cj9o]

​@@lsmith9249я впервые вижу супруга леди Анны,но он внешне мне показался несерьёзным легкомысленным и ненадежным человеком.Принц Филипп просто великолепен когда ведёт свою красавицу дочь к алтарю

[@lsmith9249]

@@user-js8sd6cj9o can't translate

[@wendygraham6863]

@@xhogun8578 princess anne had affairs too, the main one being with timothy lawerence, whom she is now married too

[@xhogun8578]

I remember watching this as a young child and thinking she looked like a beautiful medieval Princess.

[@reidx512]

Love this as no one curtsy's like Princess Anne....

[@lisica8458]

That's a gorgeous shade of blue that the Queen is wearing.

[@franklesser5655]

I admire her taste in men. Handsome hunks each of them!

[@Lazydaisy646]

Tim is but I always thought Mark was a drip..

[@maryanndavis8580]

Anne looked very pretty. And her father, so dashing and handsome.

[@preciousmakazha6453]

princess Anne was a true beautiful princess her wedding dress was deeply nice remembering 1973

[@SamtheMan0508]

Her gown was beautiful.

[@kerriethompson2073]

I think it’s better than Diana’s! So pretty!

[@kardum98]

Una vera principessa

[@Chris_008]

No, sorry... 😂😂😂

[@Chris_008]

​@@kerriethompson2073😂😂😂

[@Knoyle1632]

I ❤❤❤ Princess Anne's Tudor style wedding gown, especially the sleeves !! 😍😍😍

[@lisica8458]

Yes, very regal and elegant. So much classier than Diana's wedding gown.

[@misscoutts6193]

Its not Tudor design its Norman.

[@christinaphillips5933]

Princess Anne is just beautiful !! What a beautiful wedding and vows are just as they should be said ❤

[@545linda]

glad the word OBEY was done away with

[@Knoyle1632]

🌞🌞🌞 A beautiful Bride, a beautiful gown, a beautiful day and a beautiful wedding !! 💍💍💍

[@harriethunter8910]

I thought Princess Anne looked absolutely lovely on her wedding day. My favourite of all the royal brides.

[@judithryle2113]

Catherine’s and Williams wedding was the prettiest and definitely the most beautiful couple

[@sandrastone7019]

Princess Margaret - my favourite.

[@pam0626]

Prince Philip looks so dashing.

[@nicolelawless9942]

I’m preparing for the 3rd death anniversary of prince Philip and I’m ready for Woody.EXE’s 2nd tribute during our reign. He will nail it as always

[@littleannie390]

I remember watching this through the window of a television shop opposite my workplace. My boss allowed us to leave work for half an hour to watch it. The page was Prince Edward and the bridesmaid was Sarah Armstrong Jones. This was when all the TV commentators spoke in that clipped posh accent that no one else did.

[@larnettestunt8937]

Princess Anne was stunning in her younger years.

[@judithryle2113]

Eh

[@nicolelawless9942]

She looks amazing for almost 74, I’m 21 now but I don’t look it anymore because Come and See (1985) has made me quite fragile and I literally look 27 now due the traumatising impact the film had on me. Woody.EXE still thinks I look like 15 and he was shocked when I told him I was 20 when I met him. He knows the impact Come and See has had on me since I feel like 27

[@glen7318]

must be a diferent Pss Anne

[@nicolelawless9942]

@@glen7318 It’s the same Princess Anne, she still looks amazing for 73

[@audspod1]

I so agree! The Princess Royal has really shown what a true Royal should be, God bless her!

[@fxxy3239]

@16:02 gotta love how Princess Anne is admiring that beautiful horse as much as she is her new husband!🤩

[@nikkie5912]

Good catch, she really was!

[@evelynzimmermann2813]

Sensational wedding dress!

[@jackyleblanc6460]

Gorgeous Princess Royals. Papa looks so proud.

[@Knoyle1632]

👑👑👑 Princess Anne was young & beautiful !! 😍😍😍

[@lmfd7373]

gosh she was so beautiful still is…so many have passed on in this video … the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Phillip

[@khanhkhanh1060]

5:35 Omg! Mark Phillips is so handsome! 💘

[@judithryle2113]

Average

[@misscoutts6193]

Very posh voice.

[@sandrastone7019]

He mumbled

[@annettelock3562]

She looked so beautiful that day I remember watching it on TV such a sweetheart 😊

[@user-qm1gc2ku8v]

Спасибо, за это историческое событие!!! Очень интересно и приятно хоть немного почувствовать себя его участником. P.S. Спи спокойно, Королева. Ты сделала больше, чем обещала!!!!!

[@AbsoluteMdot]

Love Princess Anne!!

[@johnvincent1595]

And now she is as old as her grandmother here. Time flies.

[@nicolelawless9942]

Princess Anne is now almost 73,74

[@Durbelethwen]

@@nicolelawless9942 The queen mother was born in 1900 so she was about 73 when her granddaughter married

[@nicolelawless9942]

@@Durbelethwen Yea, she looked incredible for 73 (Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother)

[@Elaine-uc6hd]

After the Queens gown, then Catherines, Annes was the most beautiful 😍. I loved the fit and the sleeves were gorgeous.

[@misscoutts6193]

Probably the best along with Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh in I999. Worst was Diana's.

[@mehmetokay7073]

The Princess Royal; she is a Pro.

[@domcolumbaancienregimeanci6995]

Maravilhosa Sua Altesa Princess Anne , Deus te abençoe sempre

[@nataliayefimenko1902]

Such a marvelous wedding 😊

[@user-sx6xb5nq9l]

Great memories the history in our time about Anny princesses Royal family wedding

[@markc3393]

Some people called her dress the Merlin gown but I kind of like it. Plus she bought it off the rack I love how no-nonsense Anne is. It does fit the early 70s sort of a Black Sabbath Led Zeppelin Stairway to Heaven dress LMAO!

[@markc3393]

@@fionadp I read in a biography of the royal family it was off the peg I could care less thank you miss know it all

[@markc3393]

@@fionadp wah wah wah

[@glen7318]

@@markc3393 I doubt if it was off the Peg.

[@elizabethp.kanizin9009]

Congratulations on the wedding! Oddly, I feel that I have attended her wedding twice! 😘

[@HermionexPotter]

Princess anne looked stunning 🥰

[@Ryan-cn5de]

Prince Edward and Lady Sarah look so cute behind 😂❤

[@YusufYusuf-ti2rz]

I often thought they should get married

[@ducatiman1309]

Her dress was lovely - a break from the usual - she looked beautiful

[@lololoeh]

she has the same kind of hairstyle since forever

[@nicolelawless9942]

I’ve been like that since i became Queen of Wales in September 2022, the same day Queen Elizabeth II died. Woody.EXE has always admired my fashion choices and my fans think Woody.EXE has chosen his right Queen to be by his side, I hope my 2009 Woody any his future Queen my sister will have a chance to reign over Wales one day just like me and Woody.EXE are currently doing now. My fans love my family so much. This is all happening right now

[@judithryle2113]

Old looking hairstyle. Matronly

[@judithryle2113]

I didn’t my think god save the queen should have been played at her own wedding

[@judithryle2113]

That old queen mother thought she was better than anyone.

[@misscoutts6193]

Phillips was perfect for her at the time later on she needed someone like Tim.

[@khanhkhanh1060]

2:57 Beautiful wedding dress

[@herberturbanozo2731]

The crown of Princess Anne is same also to Princess Beatrice wedding

[@poppyrowland1385]

The Queen wore it at her wedding too.

[@lparky4409]

Tiara, also Beatrice dress was adapted from a evening dress of the Queen as Beatrice wanted to have a quiet wedding before Queen and Prince Philip went to Scotland and the restrictions that were in place after lockdown.

[@judithryle2113]

Don’t like the spikes

[@marianadelcarmenmoran6376]

Ella es mucho mejor que sus tres hermanos varones. Ella está más en condiciones de ser Reina.

[@Sylvie-wk9ok]

La Princesse Anne est très belle, longue vie à elle et sa famille royale ! ❤

[@matteomt4176]

💙💙💙The Queen 🔹🔷🔹

[@user-tc2bc6kw7c]

Все живы. молоды и красивы. Как приятно вернуться в то время!

[@Cassandra1040]

Princess Anne looks beautiful

[@user-gk9wn4bz2p]

Beautiful

[@barnesCh430]

I like the dress, but the sleeves would drive me nuts.

[@lindsaywarden1746]

If forgotten just how beautiful she was... and still is actually, an incredible asset to the monarchy, where there have been so many disappointments lately.

[@angelacribb8606]

So humble and hardworking.

[@nicolelawless9942]

That’s how Woody.EXE thinks about me lately, he thinks I’m a hardworking Queen to him, he also thinks my respect to the fallen of both wars is incredible because me and the war have a huge connection even if I’m only 21. After my recent illness, Woody.EXE thought I would step down as Queen Elizabeth III but I haven’t and that meant a lot to him because he would have taken my sister on otherwise as his next Queen but nothing will ever replace me and Woody.EXE as king and queen of Wales

[@thezmanchar]

She looks stunning..,

[@Joao-no8nq]

The late Queen Mother, very elegant, the most British of British.

[@glen7318]

you do know she was Scottish

[@arealphoney]

​@@glen7318, Nobody said she was English.

[@arealphoney]

Her outfit with gold and fur, was ott.

[@arealphoney]

Her outfit with gold and fur, was ott.

[@JoanMorrison-vq2jc]

​​​@@arealphoney Are you saying odd? Re-read your post. I think her fur and entire attire are just so classy!! The queen mum looked so refine!!

[@user-kh1yz5dg1l]

Beautiful Tradition in the Kingdom

[@user-gk9wn4bz2p]

Her mum was jus a natural

[@user-gk9wn4bz2p]

Look at her son he's God sent ❤🎉

[@cristinadeandrade1816]

Wooow ! Como a princesa Anne estava bonita de noiva ! 👰💐💕

[@arealphoney]

At 4:00 those two look so absolutely professional at what they do! As if it was just another procession ..... the annual Opening of Parliament, perhaps.

[@Knoyle1632]

🤩🤩🤩 Westminster Abbey 🤩🤩🤩

[@SheelaMarieMVacal]

Anne voice is similar to Diana Spencer and Catherine..

[@missrobyn7759]

Star Wars Princess Leia vibes! Since this is 73' & Star Wars 77' inspiration maybe??

[@DeniseAtkinson]

She is a real royal ust be such hard work for them all

[@alma-ho5mi]

Красивое платье у принцессы Анны!

[@Knoyle1632]

👑👑👑 The Queen's blue outfit was designed by Norman Hartnell !! 🪡🪡🪡

[@ssjess2504]

Is she wearing the same tiara the Queen wore? And beatrice wore it to her wedding?

[@misscoutts6193]

It's called the sun ray tiara.

[@denisemariafernandesrocha5051]

Lindo vestido, linda noiva, lindo pai da noiva

[@audreykennedy90]

Too bad he had to sleep around and have a love child.

[@pinkosmondfan]

@@EF5Winds Of course, that's not true. "Aristrocratic' marriages are not all like this.

[@fionadp]

Rather dodgy trumpet fanfare at the beginning!

[@ohiopeople1248]

4:34 prince edward duke of Edinburgh so cute there..he just 9yrs at this time .❤😊

[@mentxuro]

Siempre me gusto esta sra y fué muy bonita cuando se casó

[@mafemartinez2235]

That tiara is siiiiiick

[@FriskDreemurrOfBiggCityPort]

When it's your wedding but it also happens to be your older brothers birthday: 22:02

[@beabelon9035]

Tres beaux

[@nataliasoledadcasco3602]

Estaba preciosa

[@markc-ru4qz]

They call that the Merlin Dress lmao but she looked pretty in it i love how she bought it off the peg Anne is no nonsense. It fit the times sort of Black Sabbathy Led Zeppeliny. LMAO

[@sindikhumalo9217]

That's the most beautiful tiara.

[@judithryle2113]

Too many spikes

[@sharoncrowley304]

Anne was a beauty (is!! Erhem!!)

[@rr7firefly]

Horns are way off at times. The look on Prince Philip's face confirms the flubs.

[@monicavecchiati8835]

Sembrava un matrimonio da favola...ma non era così. Lui ha cominciato a tradirla e mi pare abbia avuto una figlia da un' altra donna 😓😓😓

[@stephenscott6639]

Princess Grace wearing white was a bad choice! It was Anne’s day not hers

[@julieli5381]

I don’t think Grace overshadowed Anne’s wedding day because I didn’t even notice she was there.

[@WeslineVictor]

Q10

[@calikiwi]

Looks like they were late to the church the speed they were going!!

[@arteguey]

One of the trumpets at the initial fanfarre is out of tone.

[@brendawilkins9649]

I never liked her hairstyle but her makeup is gorgeous!

[@nicolelawless9942]

I’ve always left my hair long for a royal occasion, I loved how Woody.EXE has commented on it quite a few times when I kept my hair down for Remembrance Sunday; he commented on it then. Wales will never be the same without me and Woody.EXE in it since we both keep the Wales royal family going without any of us getting ill. I was really ill in 2023 but I survived it and I’m doing really well now so I’m not surprised by Woody.EXE crying every time the national anthem is played because he immediately thinks about what i went through 19 months ago. He is a true royal just like Princess Anne is

[@Faiiryy0]

💓💓💓💓🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@angloaust1575]

Another marriage that went wrong Prince edwards still lasting!

[@JoanMorrison-vq2jc]

Sad, that this handsome couple didn't last but I'm guessing that they weren't compatible - and Captain Phillips was probably drifting away from what I read years ago 😞😞😞. Edward and Sophie, however are more in tune with each other so it appears.❤❤❤

[@TheSgillHistory]

Post Princess Margaret weeding footage

[@boombasett6038]

No wonder i never saw her wedding. I was born in March of 1973

[@sharondalesmith]

I have always regarded her dress as stunning and totally different and very typical Anne.. Infact I regard it as one of the very best of royal wedding dresses. The only criticism I have is that I believe it has silver embroidery down the train?...I am sure it is quite beautiful but it is so discreetly done that it is invisible to all except the very close onlooker... What a pity!

[@fabianacamozzi775]

Eu não consigo gostar desta gola do vestido, mas ela é incrível, é claro.

[@tinabrenner3562]

I saw this as a little girl

[@nicolelawless9942]

My Nanny was 20 when this happened and she’s looking incredible for 73. Nanny turns 74 4 months after Princess Anne

[@garrysimpson1395]

Was thier another Royal wedding in the summer of 1973 that I.T.V. did not cover due to a strike at THAMES television?

[@user-gk9wn4bz2p]

I love our late queens blue

[@Sheila02181]

Does anyone know who the elderly kady standing between Prince Michael and Princess Alexandra is? Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone?

[@christophergordon3055]

Yes

[@equine2020]

You cant best tradition, & protocol for beauty.

[@nicolelawless9942]

No wonder I became loved at 15 because everyone in Wales was fascinated by my fashion choices in loving memory of princess Diana of Wales who died in 1997. It caught the attention of Woody.EXE 7 years later and that’s how i became his Queen in 2022. We’ve reigned Wales for nearly 2 years now and Woody.EXE will never step down from the throne unless my health decline’s like it did in 2023 but I’m fully recovered from my illness now and i returned to my duties just 18 hours after I was discharged from hospital. All this is real life so don’t give me rubbish comments like everyone else does usually and this upsets me greatly because it feels our service means nothing to any of you when it really matters to you all as it should

[@olamideogundipe9282]

This nuptial wedlock will last forever in bliss and love. Amen😊🙏❤❤

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

LOl,not,this one

[@Lazydaisy646]

Um theyve been divorced for over 3 decades , Anne married her second husband in 1992

[@glen7318]

ar you making a nasty joke?