Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Beatriz attends wedding rehearsal

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 January 12, 1935

Infanta Beatriz of Spain tried on her "gown of ivory satin" for one last time before her wedding tomorrow to Prince Alessandro Torlonia, a member of the Italian nobility.  The Infanta, elder daughter of former King Alfonso XIII of Spain, joined the wedding rehearsal today, reports the Associated Press.

Her gown, made by Mme Bellier of the Maison Rosine in Paris, is "of exquisite material, with a train nearly seven yards long, richly trimmed, with a broadband of ermine." 

Mme. Bellier has been the dressmaker to the Spanish royal family "for many years."

It has the "full lines of a court dress, "yet manages to enhance the princess' youthful slimness."  The bride will wear a "diadem of orange blossoms brought fresh from Valencia and a veil of tulle."   Beatriz's regal train will be carried by two flower girls dressed in red.  They are Joanna Bagno, "daughter of the old Spanish royalist house," and Tacolata Chigi, a cousin of Prince Alessandro.
The bride's two witnesses will be her brother, Don Jaime, and her uncle, Don Carlos, who was also a witness to the marriage of her parents, King Alfonso XIII and the former Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, granddaughter of Queen Victoria.

Although Infanta Beatriz has received several pieces of jewelry from her parents, she will wear no jewels on her wedding day.

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