Royalty and VIPs will join thousands of well-wishers in Cheshire today for the "society of the wedding of the year" as the Duke of Westminster, Hugh Grosvenor, weds Olivia Henson. The wedding, which will take place at Chester Cathedral, is expected to start at 12pm on Friday (June 7). There has already been a huge build up over the past week in the historic city.
The Duke, 33, is one of Britain's richest men, owning huge swathes of Cheshire, Lancashire and Mayfair in London with an estimated wealth of £10bn. His fiancée Olivia, 30, a senior account manager at Belazu, will become the Duchess of Westminster later today. READ MORE: Road closures, free ice cream and thousands of flowers: Chester prepares for "Britain's poshest wedding" After the wedding ceremony inside Chester Cathedral, the wedding party will proceed on to the ancestral home of the Duke at Eaton Hall in the nearby village of Eccleston.
Guests expected at the society wedding include royal friends, with Prince William likely to be the most high profile. The Prince is expected to serve as an usher at proceedings. The Duke is godfather to his son Prince George.
Preparations have been in place all week for the event at Chester Cathedral (Image: Manchester Evening News) There are set to be huge crowds of well-wishers lining the historic streets of Chester today to get a glimpse of the happy couple and the wedding party. As a result, there will also be a number of road closures in place. Chester Cathedral in prepara.
