Zara Phillips Wedding

zara phillips wedding

zara phillips wedding

Who's a beautiful baby? Zara's niece gets an excited cuddle from mummy

Her demeanour might well have been one of dignity and elegance for her sister-in-law Zara Phillips' wedding yesterday.

However today, Autumn Phillips showed off an all together more unguarded and loving side as she planted a kiss on the cheek of her adorable baby daughter as they left the Holyroodhouse.

Savannah looked delighted and grinned as her mother lifted her into the air and landed her lips on the little one's face.


Smooch: Peter Phillips' wife Autumn plants a smacker on the cheek of their baby daughter Savannah as they leave the Palace of Holyroodhouse after the wedding of Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall

Oh baby! Autumn chats with a policeman outside Holyroodhouse the day after the wedding, as baby Savannah looks on with curiosity
The youngster was also captured staring curiously at a policeman who chatted casually with her mother as they waited outside the wedding reception venue.

They were joined by a smiling Peter Phillips who looked relaxed as he loaded his family's belongings into a waiting car, including Savannah's buggy.

Zara Phillips: wedding to Mike Tindall was amazing but sad I'm not on honeymoon

The Queen's granddaughter was back at work today, launching a range of children's equestrian clothing just days after the couple's wedding at Edinburgh's Canongate Kirk. Tindall returned to training yesterday.

Zara, who will still be known by her maiden name, said: ''The day was amazing and to have all of your friends there in one place, for both of us, was the best part of it.

''Unfortunately both of us do have quite busy lives so it's going to have to wait a bit for a honeymoon, but it is quite nice to go back to work as well.

''We're kind of missing the quiet period where we can catch up and have some sleep. It's back to work and that's what we do.''

She said the day had been nerve-wracking, adding: ''Everyone looked really serious when I walked in.''

Zara Phillips’ wedding dress….granny-chic?

The Second Wedding as it will probably come to be known took place on July 30, when the Queen’s granddaughter wed long-term beau Mike Tindall in what was a surprisingly innovative affair by royal standards, complete with drunken merriment thanks to a vodka fountain; fish and chips and a best man with a black eye (Yes, we’re just as intrigued). But let’s cut to the chase – were not concerned with the finer details of the biggest day of this royal’s life as much as we’re feasting our eyes on what she wore. Yes, (deep breath) another dress to dissect and ingest, only to throw up and re-examine in a different light.

We were taken aback by Kate’s dress choice as she stayed true to her homeland but chose a designer so eccentric, the fashion population couldn’t help but choke with happiness. She broke free from the quintessential shackles of ‘well-behaved’ royal wedding wear, and chose to let her fashion personality coyly peep through her silk tulle McQueen veil. But for me, equestrienne Zara’s novel approach to selecting her wedding dress truly defines the term ‘granny chic.’ She only went and chose Stewart Parvin, her grandmother’s regular (and favourite) outfitter and the very man who kitted out Queenie on the day.

OK, to the dress:  a fussy silk tulle cathedral veil which appeared to oddly sprout from the top of Zara’s head rather than fall gently onto her face wasn’t the most appealing first view as she stepped out from the car, but things improved slightly as we focused lower down. The dress itself; a silk faille and duchess satin creation with a corseted waistline appeared flattering, but averagely exciting. It didn’t give me the sudden I-will-replicate-very-dress-for my-wedding-day moment as I got with Kate’s.

For a person considered something of a royal rebel this wedding dress was a safe choice. Maybe Zara was sending out a silent message, that by keeping it low key she wanted to avoid direct comparisons with wedding dress limelight outlaw, Kate. Or maybe being 13th in the line of succession to the throne means you’re in no rush to charm the public into ‘accepting’ you as the future queen with your choice of needlework or dress cut.

But critics will refer and compare Zara’s sartorial shrewdness to that of Kate’s, and will measure, inch for inch, the godliness that Sarah Burton’s touch  brought to Kate’s big day with that of humble Edinburgh College of Art educated Parvin’s. Even though Kate’s dress was phenomenal in comparison, for me it’s a case of creating a fresh legacy that will have us recalling Zara Phillips as the woman who made grannies fashionable again.