Prince William and Prince Harry joined the newlywed Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall for the Wedding of Tom Parker-Bowles and Sara Buys at St. Nicholas Church in Henley-on-Thames on this day in 2005, 20 years ago.
Tom Parker-Bowles, son of Andrew Parker Bowles and Queen Camilla, married Sara Buys at St. Nicholas’ Anglican Church in Rotherfield Greys near Henley-on-Thames. The couple had two children before their divorce in 2022.
Among the guests who braved the rain for the ceremony in Rotherfield Greys near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, were Princes William and Harry.
They were joined by the Royal couple, as well as ex-chancellor Lord Howe and Annabel Elliot, the Duchess’s sister.
The bride, who was 15 minutes late, wore an Alexander McQueen dress.
The service lasted about 45 minutes and guests sang the hymns Jerusalem, Glory, Glory Hallelujah and I Vow To Thee My Country.
Both sets of parents, Caroline and William Buys and the Duchess of Cornwall and Andrew Parker Bowles, witnessed the signing of the register together with the Prince of Wales.
The Reverend Brendan Bailey said: “It is always an incredible privilege to marry anyone, and the fact that the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and the two young princes were here was an added bonus.”
About 450 guests attended the reception at the bride’s home near Henley.
Ahead of the wedding, Ms Buys – a fashion features editor for Harpers and Queen – had said the wedding would be “so humungous that it makes even Liza Minnelli and David Gest’s global guest-listed nuptials seem like an intimate dinner”.
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