Posted by Henri M on 7/6/2008, 15:50:55, in reply to "Re: Tiara traditition in Scandinavia"
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The answer is very simple.
The weddings of the King of Sweden, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Brabant, the Prince of Orange, the Prince of Asturias took place around noon. That means that the first guests arrive on the wedding venues (sometimes there are two in case of a civil and religious ceremony) in the morning around 11.00 o'clock.
That is simply no time for long gala dresses, white tie and jewels (the bride as an eventual exception).
Until the eighties in general these weddings around noon followed the same dresscode as is still observed at Prinsjesdag in the Netherlands, where the Queen addresses the two Chambers of the States-General: gentlemen in uniform or jacquet and ladies in long, with or without orders. (Gentlemen in jacquet only wear bātons of the order, ladies can wear the cordons and breast star like the gentlemen in uniform).
It is not that difficult to get diademe weddings on the Continent. Simply start the wedding around 17.00 o'clock...
But weddings this late on the day are very uncommon in most European countries.
