The Duke of Westminster’s new wife Olivia Henson beams in official photos from the society wedding of the year.
Billionaire aristocrat Hugh Grosvenor, 33, tied the knot with Miss Henson, 31, at Chester Cathedral yesterday. The couple announced their engagement in April last year after being together for two years.
Prince William was also in attendance at the ceremony to performed his duties as an usher, but his brother Harry, also one Hugh Grosvenor’s closest friends, did not go, choosing to remain in California instead.
The Duke of Westminster is the godfather to William’s son Prince George and Harry’s son Archie.
The bride’s veil was designed by Emma Victoria Payne and featured an embroidery design which incorporated floral motifs from Ms Henson’s great-great-grandmother’s veil from around 1880.
Her dress was made by the same designer and she accessorised with blue shoes and the Faberge Myrtle Leaf Tiara made for Grosvenor brides to wear on their wedding day, which has been in the family since 1906.
At around 12.30pm, two silver-haired Just Stop Oil fanatics threatened to ruin the joyous occasion by using fire extinguishers to spray powder paint in the direction of the wedding party, which included the Prince of Wales, as they left Chester Cathedral.
The protesters were quickly removed from the crowd by police as onlookers booed. They were named by JSO as Polly, 73, a care worker from Norfolk, and Sheila, 69, a former NHS nurse from Bristol.
After the ceremony finished around 1pm, around 400 guests including Princess Eugenie and TV producer Phil Redmond, left the venue in coaches to go to a lavish reception at the Grosvenor family seat, Eaton Hall, just outside Chester.