Special Collectors Set 18

Two Royal Weddings

Limited to 500 Sets - Issued in 1981

The first Royal Wedding referred to was that of King George V, (father of our Queen), while still Prince Albert, Duke of York, and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, (later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother)

The second Royal Wedding was between Prince Philip, Duke of Edinborough, and Princess Elizabeth, before she became Queen Elizabeth II.

Prince Albert, Duke of York, is shown here wearing the uniform of a Group Captain of the Royal Air Force, as he appeared on his Wedding Day

This doll shows the style of Wedding Dress worn by the then Lady Elizabeth, who was married at Westminster Abbey on 26th April 1923

(This doll is a Production Sample).

Dressed in Naval uniform, the young Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, had only been authorised to use the title “His Royal Highness” the day before his wedding

Married in Westminster Abbey on the 20th November 1947, Princess Elizabeth’s wedding gave people a chance to celebrate with pomp and pageantry, following as it did only two years after the end of wartime austerity

(This doll is a Production Sample).

The complete set consisted of the following four dolls :

  • LE/94 - King George VI as the Duke of York
  • LE/95 - Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
  • LE/96 - Prince Philip as the Duke of Edinburgh
  • LE/97 - Queen Elizabeth II as Princess Elizabeth

The slideshow below displays the entire "Two Royal Weddings" doll collection

The doll pictures will auto run as a slide show in the window above.

Press F5 (function key 5 on your keyboard), to re-start the slide show.

Alternatively, you may control the slideshow manually – follow the steps below :

  • Place the cursor at the bottom of the window to access thumbnail and navigation control bar
  • Click on the “?” (question mark) symbol (bottom left hand side of the control bar) for a detailed explanation of the controls
  • See a full screen slideshow by clicking on the “Square with Arrow” symbol (2nd from right on the control bar)
  • Use the keyboard arrow keys to move forward and back through the slideshow, as desired
  • Use the “ESC” key to leave full screen mode

News

21st September 2023

 

Important Announcement

 

My dear wife, Christine, passed away on the 8th December, 2021, after 8 weeks in hospital. I was by her side, when she slipped away from me peacefully, with no pain or suffering.

 

Chris had been struggling with a slow decline in health, associated with a progressive, untreatable, and ultimately terminal lung disease, and finally succumbed to her old adversary, Pneumonia.

 

We had been friends for 55 years, together as a couple for 50 years, and married just a month short of 48 years, when she died.   

 

This website was Chris's idea, and I did all the technical stuff, to make it work.   After news of Chris's passing reached her close friends in the doll collecting world, I was deeply touched and gratified to hear their tributes to my dear wife, and I must thank them all for their kindness and support.   Ultimately, it was her doll friends that gave me the courage to continue with the website.

 

In the months before her eventual hospitalisation, Chris had outlined a number of additions and changes she wanted to make to the website, and it is my intention to honour those wishes, and to implement the changes we had considered, over the coming weeks and months.

 

I must apologise to all those who have written to us via the website, only to have your emails go unanswered.   Unfortunately, the email system had been hacked aroung the time Chris was going into hospital, and many emails must have been lost, as a result.

 

As you might imagine, I felt completely broken by Chris's loss, and it is only now, almost 22 months after her passing, that I have felt strong enough to even look at the website again.   

 

My aim is to continue with the website, and to implement Chris's aims for her many new ideas as soon as I can.   In the meantime, I have hopefully got the email system sorted out, and I will attempt to answer any enquiries as soon as I can, and to send replies with the same high degree of accuracy that a reply from Chris would have had.

 

From now on, I will be flying solo, whilst my co-pilot and guide will be soaring much higher, (though she is always in my heart, and in my thoughts).

 

My thanks to all our website visitors for your continued support

 

Dave (also known as Arthur), and Chris, (my lost love, Guinevere)

 

Christine Poulten

25th December 1949 - 8th December 2021