The tiara was given to Mountbatten for his wedding to Edwina in 1922, by his mother Victoria, The Marchioness of Milford Haven, formerly Princess Victoria of Hesse & By the Rhine During the wedding service, which was conducted by The Rev.
Alexandra Knatchbull and Thomas Hooper's June wedding at Romsey Abbey, Hampshire.
Jun 25, 2016 - The Queen and other members of the Royal Family attended the ‘society wedding of the year’ yesterday, where the Prince of Wales gave away heiress Alexandra Knatchbull, the daughter of his close friends Lord and Lady Brabourne.
Like her mother and grandmother, Alexandra wore The Mountbatten Star Tiara at her wedding.
Alexandra Knatchbull and Thomas Hooper's June wedding at Romsey Abbey, Hampshire. The society wedding of the year took place on 25th June 2016 at Romsey Abbey, Hampshire when The Hon.
Also in attendance at the abbey today was Prince Anne and Alexandra’s grandmother Countess Mountbatten. Alexandra Knatchbull (b.1982), the eldest daughter of Norton, 8th Lord Brabourne (b.1947) & Penelope, Lady Brabourne (b.1953) married her fiancé - Mr Thomas Hooper (b.1979), ABOVE: Alexandra with Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales arriving at Romsey Abbey, Hampshire prior to her weddingThe bride - dressed in an ivory satin gown (designed by Inge Sprawson) with lace embroidery and capped sleeves, was walked down the aisle by Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales (b.1948), who took the place of her father due to an undisclosed "illness".
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Coincidentally, the date was also the anniversary of Mountbatten's birth in 1900. Indeed the marriage of Mountbatten heiress the Honourable Alexandra Knatchbull to entrepreneur Thomas Hooper attracted a royal attendance to rival Prince William’s wedding to Kate Middleton in 2011.
Aside from the two clichés in that headline, note the reference to the bride, Alexandra Knatchbull, as an “heiress”.