Queen Elizabeth paid for her wedding dress with coupons — here's why.
If you had all the money in the world à la Gwen Stefani's "Rich Girl," wouldn't you want your wedding to be an expensive, elegant extravaganza? Well yeah, probably.The queen had other factors to consider, all of which seriously limited how much she could spend on cake and gowns.
In fact, Queen Elizabeth, a monarch with aThe logical question when met with that bit of information is, um, When she and Philip married in 1947, the post-World War II British government still rationed its citizens. And the queen herself wasn't exempt, meaning that to pay for her wedding dress, she had to save up her coupons just like any other person, asShe did get a little help though — the government gave her 200 bonus coupons, which allowed her to purchase the outfit's materials.
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