The Guests at the Wedding of Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly
May 17, 2008 by Maricar Macalincag
About 300 guests converged on Windsor Castle to celebrate the wedding of Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly today, May 17, 2008. All the senior royals were present for the wedding of Queen Elizabeth’s first grandchild, who himself is 11th in line to the throne.
Queen Elizabeth was elegant in a silver brocade ensemble and matching hat in grey and brown. The Duchess of Cornwall wore a similar hat to complete her look. Princess Anne was hatless in her simple chocolate-brown dress and cream jacket. The mother of the bride, Kitty, wore a long light blue dress with a wide-brimmed hat. The groom’s cousin Princess Beatrice wore a rather startlingly colorful head of butterflies.
Attending the bride were Zara Phillips (Peter’s sister, photo above), Jacqueline Aubie (Autumn’s friend from Canada), Susannah Toynbee, (a friend of Autumn’s from England); and children Stephanie Phillips (Peter’s half-sister), Jessica Kelly (Autumn’s half-sister), and Rosie Bush (Peter’s god-daughter). The bridesmaids had white flowers in their hair to match the bouquets they carried.
Notably absent was Prince William. He was in Kenya to attend the wedding of Batian Craig, the brother of his ex-girlfriend Jecca. In his stead at his cousin’s wedding was his girlfriend Kate Middleton. Also present was Chelsy Davy, Prince Harry’s girlfriend, who was to meet The Queen for the first time. The two royal girlfriends, around whom speculations of royal weddings continue to swirl, discreetly made themselves scarce after the ceremony. Instead of exiting through the front of the church with the royal family, they made their way out through a side door, thus avoiding undue attention for themselves. It is, after all, Peter and Autumn’s special day.
Here’s a list of the notable guests present at the wedding:
The Queen and Prince Philip
The Princess Royal, with husband Tim Laurence
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall
The Duke of York and his daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie
The Earl and Countess of Wessex and their daughter Lady Louise
Prince Harry and his girlfriend Chelsy Davy
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
The Duke of Kent
Mark Phillips
Zara Phillips (bridesmaid) and her boyfriend Mike Tindall
Kate Middleton
Stephanie Phillips (Peter’s 11-year-old half sister)
Ben Goss (Peter’s housemaster at Gordonstoun School and best man)
Andrew Tucker (childhood friend and second best men)
Autumn’s father Brian Kelly
Autumn’s stepfather Ron Magas nd her mother Kitty
Autumn’s twin brother Chris
Autumn’s older brother Kevin
Autumn’s uncles Ken and Bill McCarthy
Autumn’s aunt Colleen Galley
Autumn’s goddaughter Daragh McCarthy, aged 8, and her mother Jan
Sir Michael Parkinson
Sir Jackie Stewart
Peter’s colleagues from the Royal Bank of Scotland’s sponsorship department
Peter’s former colleagues from the Williams Formula 1 marketing team
Jackie Aubie, a friend of Autumn
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Photos of The Queen, The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry and Mike Tindall (Zara Phillips’ boyfriend) at Hello
More photos at BBC
Photos of Kate Middleton and Chelsy Davy at the Daily Mail
via Telegraph; images used with permission from Newscom
There is no mention of Peter’s father Mark Phillips. Was he in attendance or absent by design?
Where was the father of the groom?
Our Best Wishes to a Beautiful couple and may God Bless You in everyway. It was a pleasure reading about thier love story, it gives hope to other young girls that they don’t have to settle and that there is a prince out there for everyone.
HAPPY MARRIAGE AND MANY MANY YEARS OF HAPPINESS FOR AUTUMN AND PETER…
Hi David and Joe, Mark Phillips was indeed there. I’ve updated the post to indicate this. Thanks for noting!
what about the full guest list