Posted by Torkel on 7/6/2008, 16:50:15, in reply to "Tiara traditition in Scandinavia"
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Dresscode mostly depends on what time of the day the wedding is held. Morning weddings - formal day-dress. Afternoon weddings - black or white tie
Afternoon weddings, with full gala, used to be the tradition in the UK too, though I don't know when they changed this tradition. Catholic services are usually in the morning, thus it's more rare to find tiara-weddings in those countries.
Scandinavian countries have kept the tradition of afternoon weddings, also for many 'common' people, and thus many weddings there (not only the royal ones) have black-tie or white-tie dresscodes.
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: In the three Scandinavian monarchies, you
: always see that special family celebrations
: are tiara events, even for some noble
: families. Why is this tradition? It's not
: the same in the rest of the monarchies. You
: don't see tiara weddings in the UK, Belgium,
: Spain, etc.
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