The Wedding of Charlotte Wellesley and Alejandro Santo Domingo in Illora, May 28 2016

Lady Charlotte Wellesley, the daughter of the Duke of Wellington, Charles Wellesley, and the Princess Maria Antonia of Prussia,  married New York based Alejandro Santo Domingo, in front of more than 200 high society family and friends, at the 16th century Church of the Incarnation in Illora.

Anticipation and excitement abounds in the town for the wedding; who will the celebrity guests be? what will the bride be wearing? will the weather be sunny? will the public be allowed near to the church to catch a glimpse of the bride as she arrives at the church?

The wedding service was scheduled for 6pm in the afternoon, however, around 4pm, a cold weather front blew in over the town, bringing heavy rain showers; surely this would deter some of the people who wanted to go stand and view the guest arriving? The crowds began gathering, regardless of the rain, the balconies surrounding the church square, (which it was rumoured had been rented out for in excess of three thousand euros to the press) were heaving with people wanting a close look at Charlotte as she arrived at the church with her father, the Duke of Wellington.

 

The Celebrity guests began to arrive, as the heavens opened! Some were delivered direct to the church door in their taxis, while others descended from the mini buses and walked to the church.

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall arriving

James Blunt and his wife arrive at the church

 

The arrival of King Juan Carlos of Spain

 

Charlotte and her father, the Duke of Wellington arrived fashionably late at around 6.20pm, to great applause from the crowd.

 After a brief problem getting her veil out of the car, she gave a small glimpse of her green wedding shoes, before walking up the hill to enter the church, to her waiting groom.

The church service was conducted by the Archbishop of Granada and The Bishop of London, assisted by Padre Don Jose Louis Ontiveros. After all singing the Hymn "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind", a reading by Mary Wellesley was followed by the Aleluya chorus. A Gospel reading by the Archbishop of Granada taken from The Gospel according to St John, 2:1 -11. the marriage ceremony was followed by Communion, the final prayers and blessing, with a final Hymn "And did those feet, in ancient time".

 The Order of Service

 

Congratulations to the Bride and Groom