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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[@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

[@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!

[@linda-b6e]

I was grateful for the holiday from school.

[@crmay72]

@@sharongilboy5151 Did you go to the wedding (meaning were you outside on the streets cheering them on)? That is such a cool story! I love the Royal family! 😻

[@sharongilboy5151]

@@crmay72 no unfortunately we weren’t there , me and my sister stayed at home with mam

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@יובלאברהמי-ש8כ]

Well he got to do it twice😂❤

[@arealphoney]

​@@יובלאברהמי-ש8כ 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.

[@maryhlad7501]

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

[@giuseppamariacusimano3497]

Se

[@giuseppamariacusimano3497]

Punti di vista, ma perche' non erano tutti piu' sorridenti? In fondo era il giorno del matrimonio, non vi pare? Mha!

[@lisica8458]

Yes, it was. And much more tasteful than that monstrosity Diana wore when she married Charles.

[@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

[@АннаМаркова-з2з]

​@@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]

@@АннаМаркова-з2з can't translate

[@wendygraham6863]

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

[@preciousmakazha6453]

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

[@maryanndavis8580]

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

[@annettelock3562]

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

[@megankumamoto3645]

what were the family laughing at

[@annettelock3562]

@@megankumamoto3645 look at it again I’m not laughing I’m smiling

[@megankumamoto3645]

why was people singing happy birthday

[@dawnangelawalker]

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

[@christinaphillips5933]

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

[@nevertrump-z2y]

glad the word OBEY was done away with

[@xhogun8578]

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

[@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

[@wellallrightthen]

One of my favorite wedding gowns of all time. Anne looked stunning

[@megankumamoto3645]

why are the royal family laughing

[@Knoyle1632]

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

[@jackyleblanc6460]

Gorgeous Princess Royals. Papa looks so proud.

[@lisica8458]

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

[@megankumamoto3645]

Why are they Laughing

[@micheletorimaru9348]

Because they are Happy. You must have a boring Life if you have no Laughter in it. What a Shame ​@@megankumamoto3645

[@fionadp]

The Queen’s coat was on display in a Buckingham Palace fashion exhibition a few years ago. It is absolutely beautiful - sapphire blue, with panels cut in a diamond pattern.

[@franklesser5655]

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

[@Lazydaisy646]

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

[@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.

[@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😂😂😂

[@reidx512]

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

[@annettelock3562]

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

[@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

[@evelynzimmermann2813]

Sensational wedding dress!

[@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.

[@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.

[@lmfd7373]

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

[@Knoyle1632]

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

[@patriciamontagne1470]

Princess Ann's wedding gown well tailored 😮 well impeccable taste indeed. I love how it tapers downwards with straight lines, and the mandarin collar, and straight tapered sleeves.😊

[@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!

[@ЮрийПершин-т4м]

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!!!!!

[@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.

[@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!

[@AbsoluteMdot]

Love Princess Anne!!

[@domcolumbaancienregimeanci6995]

Maravilhosa Sua Altesa Princess Anne , Deus te abençoe sempre

[@elizabethp.kanizin9009]

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

[@khanhkhanh1060]

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

[@judithryle2113]

Average

[@misscoutts6193]

Very posh voice.

[@sandrastone7019]

He mumbled

[@HermionexPotter]

Princess anne looked stunning 🥰

[@mehmetokay7073]

The Princess Royal; she is a Pro.

[@OWen19579]

The most Beautiful Princess

[@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

[@Виктория-г8ш5ъ]

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

[@misscoutts6193]

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

[@FernComeau-y9n]

Her dress was beautiful. The sleeves were the best.

[@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

[@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)

[@Kate-lk6tw]

Gosh, it does.

[@ducatiman1309]

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

[@nataliayefimenko1902]

Such a marvelous 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.

[@missrobyncalifornia]

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

[@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.

[@marianadelcarmenmoran6376]

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

[@Ryan-cn5de]

Prince Edward and Lady Sarah look so cute behind 😂❤

[@YusufYusuf-ti2rz]

I often thought they should get married

[@Sylvie-wk9ok]

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

[@DeniseAtkinson]

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

[@zvezdoblyat]

I dislike this dress but ahe looks gorgeous regardless. Absolutely beautiful curtsy. To this day, her curtsey is the most elegant I've ever seen

[@楊吉蒂]

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

[@megankumamoto3645]

royal family was laughing at the people singing happy birthday to charles

[@Takinga-s2l]

Look at her son he's God sent ❤🎉

[@thezmanchar]

She looks stunning..,

[@Knoyle1632]

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

[@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!!

[@ohiopeople1248]

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

[@barnesCh430]

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

[@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?

[@Takinga-s2l]

Her mum was jus a natural

[@Badafejunuma]

Beautiful Tradition in the Kingdom

[@MyTube936]

Just to be honest im truly never been happy or enjoying a beutiful important moment like marige as i do when im watching a royal occasion its a real important event to watch

[@cristinadeandrade1816]

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

[@Takinga-s2l]

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.

[@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.

[@mentxuro]

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

[@matteomt4176]

💙💙💙The Queen 🔹🔷🔹

[@denisemariafernandesrocha5051]

Lindo vestido, linda noiva, lindo pai da noiva

[@sindikhumalo9217]

That's the most beautiful tiara.

[@judithryle2113]

Too many spikes

[@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.

[@SheelaMarieMVacal]

Anne voice is similar to Diana Spencer and Catherine..

[@mafemartinez2235]

That tiara is siiiiiick

[@mariwilson707]

how romantic I remember when I married my oldest brother squid ward

[@jennyvanniekerk9600]

Anne looked beautiful

[@Takinga-s2l]

I love our late queens blue

[@FriskDreemurrOfBiggCityPort]

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

[@alma-ho5mi]

Красивое платье у принцессы Анны!

[@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

[@Knoyle1632]

🤩🤩🤩 Westminster Abbey 🤩🤩🤩

[@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!

[@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

[@fionadp]

Rather dodgy trumpet fanfare at the beginning!

[@TheSgillHistory]

Post Princess Margaret weeding footage

[@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

[@beabelon9035]

Tres beaux

[@preciousmakazha6453]

mark Philips was supposed to kiss princess Anne on the balcony but he failed to do this and that was the reason of the divorce i hope they related well in making love this teaches us that at times these marriages are not really good.

[@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

[@fabianacamozzi775]

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

[@boombasett6038]

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

[@sarahlouise7163]

it's a great gown, infinitely more stylish than Diana's and Sarah's frou-frou meringues 😁 and she was rather beautiful, too

[@calikiwi]

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

[@angelacooper2661]

I was only three at the time and Play School age. Too young to understand or remember that period first time round!

[@sharoncrowley304]

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