Royal Weddings on Film
Royalty • Documentary
Before the 20th century, royal weddings in Britain were celebrated behind closed doors - until 1923, when the later King George VI married a Scottish beauty, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Following months of archive research, all these historic wedding days, some seldom seen, have been brought together for the first time on film. From British Pathé TV's Royalty Collection.
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