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ROYAL HONEYMOONS
1 WHICH of these did Queen Elizabeth II (then Princess Elizabeth) take with her on her 1947 honeymoon with Philip?
A. Two crowns B. Six ladies-in-waiting C. Princess Margaret D. Her corgi
2 WHICH of the following is said to have a royal honeymoon ‘curse’?
A. Windsor Castle B. Balmoral C. Royal Yacht Britannia D. Island of Mustique
3 TRUE or false? Prince harry and Meghan Markle have booked three months off after their wedding on Saturday to enjoy a long honeymoon.
4 On the honeymoon of George VI and the Queen Mother (then the Duke and Duchess of York), what did the new bride suffer?
A. Broken nose C. Frostbite
B. Whooping cough D. Sunburn
5 WHAT did Princess Diana say she used her honeymoon to do?
A. ‘Catch up on sleep.’ B. ‘Catch up with friends.’ C. ‘Learn royal etiquette.’ D. ‘Bone up on British history.’
6 TRUE or false? Camilla was banned from coming within 500 yards of Prince Charles on part of their 2005 honeymoon.
ANSWERS
1) D. Her corgi. the Princess and Duke of edinburgh started their honeymoon in Hampshire at Broadlands, before going to Balmoral in Scotland. the future Queen took her corgi Susan, an 18th birthday present from her parents, with her. the dog was hidden under travelling rugs as the couple left london in an open carriage. 2) C. Royal Yacht Britannia. Four royal couples chose to honeymoon on the yacht before it was decommissioned in 1997: Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong- Jones, Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, and Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson. All four saw their marriages end in divorce. 3) False. their honeymoon will have to wait because their first public engagement as a married couple is reportedly booked in for the week after the wedding. 4) B. Whooping cough. the royal couple split their five-week honeymoon between a few places after their wedding in 1923 — Polesden lacey, in Surrey, Frogmore House, in Berkshire, and a rain-lashed glamis Castle, in Scotland, where the future Queen Mother became ill. Her new husband wrote to his mother: ‘ So unromantic to catch whooping cough on your honeymoon.’ 5) A. ‘Catch up on sleep.’ in a letter to her lady-in-waiting, written on Royal Yacht Britannia notepaper, Diana said: ‘ the honeymoon was a perfect opportunity to catch up on sleep.’ the note came to light last year when it went up for auction. 6) True. Charles spent part of the trip on a spiritual pilgrimage to a greek monastery, but boats carrying women are banned from going within 500 yards of the shoreline. At the time, a spokesman for the Mount Athos community said the prince would spend his time ‘painting and discussing philosophical issues with the abbot, as he usually does’.