Princess Eugeniehad been dreaming about her royal wedding for a long time!
“Same same but different,” she captioned the post, adding the hashtag #tbt.
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Of course, there are a few key changes. Although her bouquets look nearly identical, her flower headband was replaced for her wedding with the Greville Emerald Kokoshnik Tiara, borrowed fromQueen Elizabethfor the special occasion. In addition, her younger self wore a veil – something Eugenie decided to forgo for her big day to show offa scar on her backstemming from a childhoodscoliosis surgery. The royal chose a bridal gown with a low-cut back for the same reason.
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Eugenie herself spoke about the decision to display her scar on one of the biggest days of her life for anexhibit at Windsor Castledisplaying the outfits from her royal wedding.
“I had always wanted a low back – part of it was showing my scar and I believe scars tell a story about your past and your future, and it’s a way of getting rid of a taboo,” she said. “For me, it’s a way of communicating with people who are going through either similar situations with scoliosis or having a scar of their own that they are trying to deal with.”
Princess Eugenie’s wedding dress.Matt Dunham/AP/REX/Shutterstock
“It was actually the first wedding dress we ever did so it says a lot about how forward-thinkingPrincess Eugenieis to trust us with this very important task,” Pilotto says in the audio guide.
source: people.com
