White wedding dresses became popular during Queen Victoria’s reign, when in 1840, she was one of the first women to wear white on her special day.
Madison revealed she had to overcome her mother, Edwina Hicks’, protest against a white wedding gown and opted for a bespoke white dress by Laura Green, of Modern Bride. She referenced the disapproval Meghan faced when she also decided to wear white.
Writing on Instagram, Brudenell repeated royal commentator Ingrid Seward’s famous quote about Meghan: “In the monarch’s view, it was not appropriate for a divorcée getting remarried in church to look quite so flamboyantly virginal.”
Brudenell explained: “Not written about me but about Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, needless to say when this article was flung in my face last week, I didn’t bat an eyelid.
“Steward wrote how the late Queen only revealed her opinion to her closest confidantes and the Queen’s cousin Lady Elizabeth Anson, who is said to have been among those confidantes, apparently shared that Meghan’s dress was improper – considering she had been married prior to Prince Harry.
“Why was I unsurprised by reading this article? Because my mother, our late queen’s god daughter, had said exactly the same to me. Other family members would agree she said.”
Brudenell continued: “As I told my mother, we may as well just splash some muddy water, drip some blood, sweat and tears on it for good measure…
“As it happens my dress did have a lot of unique components to it but these were because of what I chose and not in any way what I felt I must choose. My mother listened to my wisdom and respected my style. I am blessed to have had that freedom, the pressures on the immediate Royal family are extreme and we must pray for them.”
Maddison completed her wedding day outfit by wearing a silver replica of the Mountbatten Pearl and Diamond tiara featuring an aquamarine pendant and a pair of white platform Christian Louboutin heels.