This issue of Vogue is very special and perfect for the build up to the Royal Wedding!

ACCOMPANIED BY THE SUMMER STYLE GUIDE, IN ASSOCIATION WITH H&M
VOGUE gets romantic, with a special commemorative May issue of the magazine offering a choice of three covers featuring model brides Freja Beha Erichsen, Lara Stone, and Natalia Vodianova, and shot by Mario Testino. This is the first time British VOGUE has published a multi-cover edition.

Alexandra Shulman, Editor of British VOGUE, comments “We spent a great deal of time discussing what our tribute to the marriage of Catherine Middleton and Prince William should be, and we came up with a delicious confection of all things matrimonial, a portfolio of white fashion and a completely indulgent trio of bridal covers with Natalia Vodianova, Lara Stone and Freja as the figureheads for this commemorative issue.”

WEDDING BELLES
Mario Testino has gathered a mammoth cast to make up his bridal cortege - 17 officers from the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, 28 firefighters from the London Fire Brigade, 18 Sea Cadets, 28 British Airways pilots and cabin crew, 17 members of the Household Cavalry Regiment in Windsor, 12 pearly kings and queens, and of course the beautiful VOGUE brides.

ROYAL WEDDINGS IN VOGUE
VOGUE opens the archives to a century of royal weddings, going right back to 1922 and the first royal wedding to be covered by the magazine, that of Princess Mary to Viscount Lascelles. Also three very personal accounts of the big days from guests – Susan Pulbrook, the 104 year old founder of florist Pulbrook & Gould, recalls a day of propriety and passion with the marriage of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons and Price Albert; Antonia Fraser, who was a 15 year old schoolgirl, recalls the euphoria surrounding the marriage of Princess Elizabeth and Lt Philip Mountbatten; and Emma Soames, who remembers her day at St Paul’s Cathedral for the marriage of Lady Diana Spencer and the Prince of Wales.

A PRINCESS FOR OUR TIME
Deputy Editor Emily Sheffield has spoken to many involved with the royal couple, to find out what it will take for Catherine to become the twenty-first-century princess that we all want her to be.
PLUS Always the Bridesmaid – a VOGUE fashion team member shares her quest for a bridesmaid dress she will be able to cherish.

The May issue of VOGUE is available now.