Monday 2 May 2011

Royal Wedding Flowers

So now we have seen the beautiful bride, the spectacular dress, and of course, most important for me- the bridal bouquet.


 I loved the choices.
Seasonal flowers-check.
British grown-check.
Fragrant- check.
Elegant-check.
Perfect!
So romantic and elegant, perfect for a princess. Truly regal.
The small bouquet consisted mainly of lily-of- the-valley (which just happens to be my favourite flower and the one I had in my own wedding bouquet.) The intense fragrance from such small bell like flowers is unbeleivable. I love it. Incidentally Princess Grace of Monaco also carried a bouquet of lily-of-the-valley on her wedding day. Her dress was also quite similar in style to Kate Middleton's- except I think the neckline of the new princess's was nicer.
How touching that Kate also included her husbands namesake- Sweet Williams, in white in her bouquet. Not a very attractive flower, but again very fragrant, very British,very traditional- and so she had to include them didn't she.
I also spotted some fragrant white hyacinth flowers, all individually wired.
Also included was a sprig of myrtle- traditional in Roayl wedding flowers since Queen Victoria.
The whole thing looked exquisite and must have had a fabuous perfume too.
My wedding bouquet, similar?