{"id":10037172,"date":"2019-01-03T19:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T19:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/?p=10037172"},"modified":"2019-01-07T18:37:36","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T18:37:36","slug":"a-wedding-showcase-at-kensington-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/a-wedding-showcase-at-kensington-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"A wedding showcase at Kensington Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We were delighted to be invited to Kensington Palace to celebrate the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrp.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Historic Royal Palaces<\/a>\u2019 Wedding Showcase. Last year&#8217;s showcase at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/perfectly-historic-evening-hampton-court-palace\/\">Hampton Court Palace<\/a>\u00a0was such fun, so we were very much looking forward to seeing what Kensington Palace had to offer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10037173\" title=\"PHOTO 2018 11 12 14 51 45\" src=\"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PHOTO-2018-11-12-14-51-45.jpg\" alt=\"A wedding showcase at Kensington Palace\" width=\"900\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PHOTO-2018-11-12-14-51-45.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PHOTO-2018-11-12-14-51-45-770x1155.jpg 770w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PHOTO-2018-11-12-14-51-45-500x750.jpg 500w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PHOTO-2018-11-12-14-51-45-293x439.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10037173\" title=\"PHOTO 2018 11 12 14 51 45\" src=\"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PHOTO-2018-11-12-14-51-45.jpg\" alt=\"A wedding showcase at Kensington Palace\" width=\"900\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PHOTO-2018-11-12-14-51-45.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PHOTO-2018-11-12-14-51-45-770x1155.jpg 770w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PHOTO-2018-11-12-14-51-45-500x750.jpg 500w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PHOTO-2018-11-12-14-51-45-293x439.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We had a fabulous night full of gorgeous food, wonderful entertainment and beautiful bridal gowns! Our evening began with a Cattier champagne reception in the King\u2019s Drawing Room, part of the State Apartments recently licensed for ceremonies. We enjoyed delicious canap\u00e9s by Blue Strawberry amongst gorgeous florals by Hayford &amp; Rhodes before heading to the King\u2019s Gallery for speeches and a fascinating talk on the history of wedding fashion by Kim Parker from Harper&#8217;s Bazaar and Martin Williams of Sotheby\u2019s.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10083565\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10083565\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10083565 size-full\" title=\"HRP Showcase 0012\" src=\"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0012-1.jpg\" alt=\"A wedding showcase at Kensington Palace\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0012-1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0012-1-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0012-1-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0012-1-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0012-1-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0012-1-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0012-1-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10083565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10083565 size-full\" title=\"HRP Showcase 0012\" src=\"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0012-1.jpg\" alt=\"A wedding showcase at Kensington Palace\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0012-1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0012-1-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0012-1-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0012-1-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0012-1-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0012-1-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0012-1-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/noscript> A wedding showcase at Kensington Palace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10083564\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10083564\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10083564 size-full\" title=\"HRP Showcase 0021\" src=\"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0010.jpg\" alt=\"A wedding showcase at Kensington Palace\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0010.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0010-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0010-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0010-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0010-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0010-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0010-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10083564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10083564 size-full\" title=\"HRP Showcase 0021\" src=\"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0010.jpg\" alt=\"A wedding showcase at Kensington Palace\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0010.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0010-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0010-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0010-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0010-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0010-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hrp-showcase-0010-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/noscript> A wedding showcase at Kensington Palace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our entertainment was spectacular, with singing and dancing, before we were treated to a fashion show by the Wedding Gallery, showcasing dresses by Suzanne Neville, J. Andreatta and Inbal Dror. The models wandered through the 8 ft floral mountains and around the golden catwalk \u2013 such a dramatic way to stage a show!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10037179\" title=\"HRP Showcase 0014\" src=\"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0014.jpg\" alt=\"A wedding showcase at Kensington Palace\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0014.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0014-770x514.jpg 770w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0014-1400x935.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0014-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0014-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0014-293x196.jpg 293w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0014-500x334.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10037179\" title=\"HRP Showcase 0014\" src=\"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0014.jpg\" alt=\"A wedding showcase at Kensington Palace\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0014.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0014-770x514.jpg 770w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0014-1400x935.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0014-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0014-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0014-293x196.jpg 293w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0014-500x334.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stationery from Ananya Cards, furniture by Great Hire and four chef\u2019s table experiences from Blue Strawberry made the evening such fun!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10037176\" title=\"HRP Showcase 0003\" src=\"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0003.jpg\" alt=\"A wedding showcase at Kensington Palace\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0003.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0003-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0003-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0003-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0003-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0003-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0003-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10037176\" title=\"HRP Showcase 0003\" src=\"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0003.jpg\" alt=\"A wedding showcase at Kensington Palace\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0003.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0003-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0003-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0003-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0003-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0003-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HRP_Showcase-0003-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Kensington Palace is one of six palaces cared for by independent charity <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrp.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Historic Royal Palaces<\/a>. The Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, the Banqueting House, Kew Palace and Hillsborough Castle are also looked after by them.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Suppliers<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Food &#8211; Blue Strawberry \/ Florals &#8211; Hayford &amp; Rhodes \/ Production &#8211; Wise Production \/ Entertainment &#8211; Sternberg Clarke \/ Furniture &#8211; Great Hire \/ Models &#8211; Skin London \/ Dresses &#8211; The Wedding Gallery \/ Stationery &#8211; Ananya Cards \/ Photography &#8211; ByLumiere \/ Champagne and Gin &#8211; Boutique Brands, VII Hills Italian Dry Gin, Cattier Champagne<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were delighted to be invited to Kensington Palace to celebrate the annual Historic Royal Palaces\u2019 Wedding Showcase. Last year&#8217;s showcase at\u00a0Hampton Court Palace\u00a0was such fun, so we were very much looking forward to seeing what Kensington Palace had to offer. We had a fabulous night full of gorgeous food, wonderful entertainment and beautiful bridal gowns! Our evening began with a Cattier champagne reception in the King\u2019s Drawing Room, part of the State Apartments recently licensed for ceremonies. We enjoyed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":10037179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10037172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-luxury-venues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10037172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10037172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10037172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10037179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10037172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10037172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10037172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}