Official Vintage News Photo, King best George and Queen Mary's Wedding, July 6, 1893

Vintage News Photo, King George and Queen Mary's Wedding, July 6, 1893

This 8" x 5 1/2", offficial B&W photo was taken by Lafayette, Ltd., London.

Prince George, Duke of York and Princess Mary of Teck were married at 12:30 on 6 July 1893 at the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace. Their wedding was the first royal wedding to take place in St James's Chapel since the death of Prince Albert in best 1861, which plunged Queen Victoria into deep mourning.

Princess Mary was attended by five bridesmaids and five junior bridesmaids: George's sisters Princesses Victoria and Maud of Wales; and his first cousins Princesses Victoria Melita, Alexandra, and Beatrice of Edinburgh; Princesses Margaret and Patricia of Connaught; Princesses Alice and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg; and Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein.