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1947: Keeping Princess Elizabeth's wedding dress away from prying eyes

Betty Foster, a seamstress who worked on the wedding dress of Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II) describes the lengths the salon went to prevent any sight of the dress being revealed before her wedding to Prince Philip, later the Duke of Edinburgh.

Photo: The Bruton Lane salon of British fashion designer Norman Hartnell in Mayfair, London, 24th October 1947. While Hartnell and his staff work on the wedding dress for Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II), the windows of the salon were draped in muslin to maintain the secrecy of the design. Credit: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

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