The groom arrived by car and waited for quite a while on the steps of the church, together with his five witnesses: Freiherr Dominic von Schwertzell zu Willingshausen, Andreas Arbogast, Jan Bunnemann, Arne von Ludowig-Rickert and Daniel Pohl. The groom wore a morning suit with a light blue tie.
The five bridesmaids - Lisa Barash, Desiree Beutelspacher, Nikki Etter, Erika Rayman and Debra Wichser - arrived in light blue dresses. The three smaller flower girls had already arrived earlier waering white dresses with light blue sashes. The bride arrived around noon in a car together with her parents. The bride wore a wonderful white tulle dress, with wide skirt, and a lace top and small jacket, embroidered with gold daisies. The hair was put up in a knot, with small flower jewels in it. A long white lace veil was placed on top of the knot. Around her neck the bride wore a necklace of diamonds, a wedding gift from Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany to his bride Princess Helena zu Waldeck und Pyrmont. Christian Robert Rondestvedt, in his US Navy uniform, walked his daughter down the aisle.
