Patricia was a working princess and artist who supported the suffragette movement. 100 years ago, she married for love.
Princess Patricia of Connaught was the ultimate princess—beautiful, intelligent and artistic. The granddaughter of Queen Victoria was courted by kings and grand dukes, yet carved her own path in life and love. Today, Patricia is largely forgotten except in her adopted home of Canada, where one of its most famous regiments bears her name. Yet in many ways, she was the first modern princess.
Meghan Markle ‘does a Diana’ and commits a royal sin Perhaps nothing is more emblematic of how Patricia created the path that so many of today’s royals walk than her wedding, which took place 100 years ago on Feb. 27, 1919. It was the fairy tale that so many today expect from royal nuptials, making it “easy for 21st-century women to connect with,” Kim notes. Most famously, Patricia married for love.
Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton’s fans are fighting a fierce new royal feud Just as Meghan Markle and Prince Harry invited charities and organizations with which they had relationships to their wedding last year, Princess Patricia invited her cherished PPCLI to take a prominent part in her own big day. The PPCLI was created by businessman Hamilton Gault a few days after war was declared in 1914. It was one of the last privately funded regiments in the British Empire.
The Meghan Markle pendulum swings to the negative Like so many parts of her nuptials, her Venetian-style dress, a softly draped silk velvet gown with silver embroidery and a historic veil, was very modern for the time. “It sets the tone for the next decade or so of royal weddings,” Kim notes. “She was of the time but not leading” in fashion, like Kate Middleton, who wore a modern yet classic gown to her own Westminster Abbey wedding in 2011.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s ‘askew, off kilter, weird’ trip to Morocco Royals rule the small and large screens—and this season’s red carpets Prince Philip will be 98 in June. Should he be driving?
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