Five Gold Rings: A Royal Wedding Souvenir Album from Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II

by Jane Roberts, Sabrina Mackenzie

This book tells the story of five royal Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1840, the future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in 1863, the future King George V and Queen Mary in 1893, the future King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1923, and Princess Elizabeth (Her Majesty The Queen) and The Duke of Edinburgh in 1947. Each of the weddings is presented in turn, with biographies of bride and groom, first meeting, engagement, the preparations for the wedding, ‘the day’ itself, and glimpses of the honeymoon. Compiled by Jane Roberts, the Royal Librarian, it includes illustrations of wedding dresses and jewellery, gifts between bride and groom, engagement and wedding presents from friends and family, wedding cakes and flowers, menus and music, photographs, and letters and diary entries from the Royal Archives, many of which are reproduced here for the first time.

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Royalty

120 pages, Hardcover

First published July 25, 2007

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.

Dame Priscilla Jane Stephanie Roberts, The Hon. Lady Roberts, DCVO has been the Curator of the Print Room at Windsor Castle since 1975 and the Royal Librarian since 2002 until her retirement in July 2013.

Reviews

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Souvenirs from royal weddings have always been in high demand. Here is a book about five wedding of five English monarchs who ruled during the 19th and 20th centuries. “Five Gold Rings: A Royal Wedding Souvenir” gives details of each bride and bridegroom, wedding clothes, foods served, and some of the gifts. If you enjoy books about royal couples, wedding trends, or the history of weddings and royal weddings you will enjoy this book. I recommend it.

[Rebecca Huston · Rating 5 out of 5]

A look at royal weddings from Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II. Beautiful photographs, drawings and items from the Royal Collections. Not very long, but gorgeous material inside.

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[Alenka of Bohemia · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book gives you exactly what it promises: lots of photos of pretty things and some basic information on each bride and groom. Pleasant short read.

[Liss Carmody · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fluffy memorabilia album compiled by the Royal Librarian, but it jumped off the shelf at the library and into my hands and I enjoyed flipping through it. The overviews of the upbringing, courtship, engagement, and weddings of the five British Queens (and Princes/Kings) included are simple sketches, but the artifact images included are interesting to peruse from a material culture AND a 'wow the opulence' perspective. I had fun (and it was a super quick read, which, let's be clear, I needed).

If you're planning a wedding, you could do worse than taking a few pointers from the royal family. For example, you can have as many wedding cakes as you like! SO MANY CAKES. Also, you should create a display of the fancy gifts you receive, sell admission tickets to the public, then donate the proceeds to charity. Brilliant.

Oh also, Elizabeth II's double-strand pearl necklace in her wedding ensemble? Just TWO DIFFERENT PEARL NECKLACES, worn together. Mind blown.

[Mary Aris · Rating 5 out of 5]

This coffee table book is a beautiful and charming book covering many generations of Royal Weddings from Queen Victoria to Prince Charles and Diana. The book has hundreds of colourful illustrations and family tidbits of information. Within the pages you will disover the stories behind the Royal Weddings, Wedding gifts and elaborate Wedding cakes.

[Saturday's Child · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of wonderful pictures and photographs of Royal brides, Queen Victoria, Princess Alexandra, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Queen Elizabeth II. A book for anyone who has an interest in English Royalty or weddings.

[ReadingWench · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book for any person interested in Britain's Royal family. It is filled with pictures and descriptions of the details from the royal weddings of Queen Victoria up to Queen Elizabeth II.

[Kimberley · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book to see when and where each couple was born, when they got engaged, all the presents they got, what the cakes looked like and most importantly what the wedding dressed looked like. Great little read.

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved all the momentos saved over the years.