My wedding dress and hand-embroidered veil are still in a cardboard box in the bottom of my wardrobe."Īs Time magazine pointed out, Great Britain in 1947 had its very own apocalyptic quality. "I always liked that our lives ran in parallel. "I was nine months older than Princess Elizabeth," she says. It was 75 years ago but the tune - from the hit Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma - has remained stuck in Barbara's mind because it resonated for her, too. I don't think it necessarily was Elizabeth and Philip's favourite song, but it was played when they got engaged." Sitting on her sofa in Selby, North Yorks, she smiles: "There was a song that was always on the radio - People Will Say We're In Love - and I was! There were a lot of us in love at that time. So yes, there was a lot of talk about the Princess and Philip."īarbara Weatherill, 97, who like the late Queen also married in 1947, remembers the period well. The Attlee government was clear - women had "vital work" to do "ensuring the adequate continuance of the British race" and, for that task, marriage was a prerequisite.ĭaphne Attridge, 99, from Chelmsford and in the same wartime Auxiliary Territorial Service as the late Queen, recalls: "Marriage was very, very upfront. Things could not have been more different in 1947. Although weddings are now a lifestyle choice - just over half of today's adult population have tied the knot - nearly 50 percent of marriages end in divorce. Unlike the 1947 generation, far fewer couples lasted the course.
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