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Wedding favors are small gifts given as a gesture of appreciation or gratitude to guests from the spouses during a wedding ceremony or a wedding reception. The tradition of distributing wedding favors is hundreds of years old. It is believed that the first wedding favor, common amongst European aristocrats, was known as a bonbonniere.
Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten were offered many cakes from well-wishers around the world [1] for their wedding on 20 November 1947. Of these they accepted 12. [2] [3] The principal, ‘official’ cake, served at the wedding breakfast, was baked by the Scottish biscuit maker, McVitie and Price.
Porcelain loving cup for Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee (1897) A loving cup is a large cup with two arching handles. [1] It can describe a shared drinking container traditionally used at weddings and banquets, often made of silver. Loving cups are also given as trophies to winners of games or competitions. [2]
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This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2018) The following is the guest list for the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, which took place on 19 May 2018, at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Relatives of the groom House of Windsor Descendants of the Prince's great-grandfather King George VI and their families: The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, the ...
The list, which was sent out 16 and 17 February in the name of the Queen, was divided into three sections: the first, consisting of about 1,900 people, attended the ceremony in Westminster Abbey; the second of approximately 600 people were invited to the luncheon reception at Buckingham Palace, hosted by the Queen; and the final 300 names for ...
Weeks before the wedding, the maid of honor may plan a wedding shower, where the bride-to-be receives gifts from family and friends. [1] The couple may add a list of desired gifts—usually necessities for a new household, such as dishes and bedding—to a bridal registry.
A microwedding or minimony is defined by the small number of friends and family members present. The number of guests is usually understood to be no more than 10 or 15 people including family members, [52] although some sources will use this label for a small wedding with up to 50 guests. [53]