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The Nineteenth Century | |
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![]() | From a Victorian Ladies' Magazine:Just as the blushing dawn gives promise of the glory of the sunrise, so the betrothal ring, as the token of a pledge, serves to herald, as it were, an emblem that denotes the fulfilment of the vow. |
The eight bridesmaids who attended Princess Alexandra of Denmark at her wedding with the Prince of Wales in Windsor in 1863 admire their present to the bride, a bracelet with their miniatures identified by their initials in diamonds. | |