An exclusive extract from the June 2004 royal wedding souvenir edition of The Australian Women’s Weekly. When the girl from Hobart came down the aisle, dressed in a luminous, duchesse satin gown with a six-metre train, she took her hand off the arm of her father, John, and took her place on a cream-upholstered stool […]

It was billed as “the wedding of the century”, the glittering union of a Hollywood movie queen at the peak of her powers to the handsome ruler of a glamorous European principality. No wonder that MGM, the film studio to which Grace Kelly was bound, demanded that, in return for releasing the actress from her […]

The Queen’s only daughter was known mainly for her show-jumping exploits and feisty behaviour when she announced her engagement to fellow show-jumper and army officer Captain Mark Phillips. Despite her plea for a quiet affair, Anne’s wedding took place at Westminster Abbey and the entire ceremony, apart from the exchanging of rings, was beamed live […]

The world had never seen anything like it. It was the most talked about, filmed and photographed royal wedding in history, with 700 million TV viewers worldwide and a further million people lining the streets of London just for a glimpse of the bride, 20-year-old Lady Diana Spencer, and her Prince Charming, Prince Charles, heir […]

On a blisteringly hot day, the nation waited patiently for Sarah Ferguson and her father, Major Ronald Ferguson, to appear in an open carriage on the road to Westminster Abbey. The auburn-haired bride looked stunning in a ivory satin dress with a 5m train. Inside the abbey, Nancy Reagan, dressed in peppermint green, rubbed shoulders […]

What better setting for the Queen’s favourite son to marry in than the grounds of her favourite home, Windsor Castle. Prince Edward, fifth in line to the throne, married Sophie, daughter of a car tyre salesman, after a three-year courtship, and the couple became the Count and Countess of Wessex. The wedding was an evening […]

This month, Bindi shows off her favourite camel. Pick up a copy of the November issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly to read more about echidnas and see below for information on how to ask Bindi your most pressing wildlife questions. One of the most gorgeous, loveable creatures on the face of the earth would […]

Jojo Moyes’ new book, The Peacock Emporium (Hodder & Stoughton) has been selected as the Great Read in the June issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly. **Q Congratulations on The Peacock Emporium, I really loved it! A** Oh, did you? It is a bit deeper and darker than my previous books and I was a […]

Selected as the Great Read in the June issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly. 1963: Framlington Hall, Norfolk He looked perfect in black tie, of course. Unlike her father, whose stomach strained uncomfortably against his cummerbund like a wind-filled sail, Douglas simply looked taller and straighter, his shoulders square in the crisp dark cloth of […]

Selected as the Great Read in the May issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly. It was just after 9 a.m. Eight hours after Grace had arrived home last night, let herself in and discovered the stereo on, some opera or other blaring loudly, and Spencer crashed out on the sofa. Arms dangling, thighs splayed, his […]