AOL: Queen Elizabeth’s Wedding Dress Featured 10,000 Pearls and Was Paid for With Ration Coupons Queen Elizabeth’s Wedding Dress Featured 10,000 Pearls and Was Paid for With Ration Coupons Yahoo: All About Queen Elizabeth’s Meaningful $1.6 Million Wedding Dress (Which Has 10,000 Pearls) All About Queen Elizabeth’s Meaningful $1.6 Million Wedding Dress (Which Has 10,000 Pearls) Queen Elizabeth II, then Princess Elizabeth, with her husband Prince Philip on their wedding day. Queen Elizabeth II’s wedding dress remains one of the most intricate gowns in modern royal history.