Our favourite royal wedding flowers

By MiNDFOOD

Sweden's Princess Sofia and Prince Carl Philip are seen during their wedding dinner in the Royal Palace in Stockholm June 13, 2015
Sweden's Princess Sofia and Prince Carl Philip are seen during their wedding dinner in the Royal Palace in Stockholm June 13, 2015
Wedding flowers are always full of significance, and Royal weddings are no different. 

Wedding of Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi

Princess Beatrice had the most beautiful archway of soft pink hydrangeas and peach roses, mixed with pastel stock and baby pink astilbe.

Her bouquet featured jasmine, pale pink and cream sweet peas, royal porcelain ivory spray roses and pink O’Hara garden roses. In keeping with royal tradition sprigs of myrtle were included in the bouquet.

A royal tradition that dates back to the 1858 wedding bouquet of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s eldest daughter, also named Victoria. Myrtle has become the emblem of matrimony within bridal bouquets and a sprig was included in the bouquets of Princess Eugenie, Duchess Kate, and even Queen Elizabeth.

Patrice Van Helden, co-owner of RVH Floral Design created the bouquet and flower arrangements. Van Helden also designed the bouquet for her sister Princess Eugenie’s wedding in 2018.

When Harry married Meghan

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle chose a traditional green and white colour palette for their wedding in 2018.

 

The May wedding featured an incredible archway leading into the entrance of St. George’s Chapel. It was within these designs that Meghan’s beloved peonies made their appearance, arranged with white garden roses and foxgloves and masses of greenery taken from the Windsor estate. The design was mirrored inside the chapel, with branches of beech, birch and hornbeam adorning the walls of the organ loft, bringing a sense of ethereal beauty to the 14th century venue.

Markle chose to work with florist Philippa Craddock to create her wedding bouquet. It comprised of scented sweet peas, lily of the valley, astilbe, jasmine and astrantia. The arrangement also included Forget-Me-Nots that were hand-picked by Harry from the couple’s private garden at Kensington Palace – which were Princess Diana’s favourite flowers – and the traditional sprig of myrtle.

Pippa’s Happily Ever After 

Soft pink and white flowers and lush greenery framed the altar, as well as the pillars, windows, and pews of the church at Pippa Middleton’s wedding to James Matthews. The arrangements were made up mostly of peonies, sweet peas, astilbe, freesia, wax flowers, and green bells. And like all modern weddings, featured a beautiful floral archway at the entrance to the church.

Colour in Sweden 

Moving away from traditional whites and soft pinks, Sweden’s Princess Sofia and Prince Carl Philip chose 3500 coral coloured roses for their wedding reception in the Royal Palace in Sweden in 2015.

The bride carried a cascade style bouquet of garden roses with a sprig of myrtle from Sofiero. The flowers were in shades of cream and coral.

Sweden’s Princess Sofia and Prince Carl Philip are seen during their wedding dinner in the Royal Palace in Stockholm June 13, 2015

Kate Keeps it Simple

The biggest Royal wedding in history was when Kate Middleton married Prince William. Unlike Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, the future Duchess of Cambridge didn’t opt for a floral archway, instead she lined the aisle with incredible trees.

The field maples were paired with almost 30,000 flowers, most taken from Windsor Great Park’s Valley Gardens in Surrey. The green and white colour palette was brought to life by Artistic director of flowers, Shane Connolly, who said: “The theme is that everything is from the estates, that everything is English, that everything is seasonal, and all along Catherine has asked that it’s just all neutral colour-wise.

Eugenie and Jack Forever 

The Autumn Royal wedding of Princess Eugenie to Jack Brooksbank was unlike other royal weddings due to the season. St. George’s Chapel in Windsor was adorned with autumnal flowers by floral designer Rob Van Helden, whose lavish displays at the entrance to the chapel featured foliage and flowering branches sourced locally from Windsor Great Park, as well as liquid amber trees, roses, hydrangea, dahlias, and berries.

 

Princess Eugenie’s bouquet was created by Van Helden’s sister, Patrice Van Helden Oakes. While it included some traditional elements, it too played on seasonal colours, as well as the emeralds in the bride’s tiara.

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