The £10billion Duke and his guests who came by bus (except for usher Wills!) Inside the wedding of the year which was a gusty festival of rustling silks and elegant hats, handshakes, kisses and tears By Richard Kay Published: 17:10 EDT, 7 June 2024 | Updated: 19:45 EDT, 7 June 2024 e-mail 55 shares 96 View comments This was a festival of rustling silk and elegant hats, of blessings, handshakes, kisses and tears. Like any other family wedding you might find in an English country church – and yet like none of them. To begin with the groom was the beneficiary of one of Britain's biggest fortunes and his supporters included the heir to the throne.
As for the bride, she had to contend not just with a gusting wind that played havoc with her veil but also with an unexpected – and selfish – attempt to upstage her. That neither the breeze which swirled around Chester Cathedral nor the behaviour of two 'idiotic' protesters from Just Stop Oil could spoil the new Duchess of Westminster's big day was testament to one other quality that marked yesterday's ceremony. For all its glamour, the wedding of Hugh Grosvenor, 33, to 31-year old Olivia Henson was exactly what the couple wanted – a gathering of loved ones celebrating their match and which they sealed with a very public kiss.
The bride, Olivia Henson, pictured as a gust of wind blows her veil outside of Chester Cathedral in Cheshire today Hugh Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster and Olivia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster pictured.