Bückeburg Castle, June 29, 2007
The cocktail reception and black-tie bridal soiree with some 300 guests took place on Friday evening 29 June 2007 in a huge tent at the Bückeburg Castle island. The guests were a mixture of royals, nobles, politicians, tv-stars, actresses and other prominent people. They arrived by foot, car or bus and were received by footmen in uniform at the head entrance. We thought it was pretty funny that the guests used the main entrance that is usually the entrance of the museum shop. Princess Lilly zu Schaumburg-Lippe was enthusiastically greeted by her son Hereditary Prince Donatus zu Schaumburg-Lippe. The guests enjoyed an evening with music from the Martin Ernst Big Band and food and drinks prepared by Feinkost Käfer from München. The party ended far after midnight.
The menu:
- roasted chanterelles and boletus (porcini) with white and dark balsamico olive-oil dressing and summer salad
- white tomatosoup with mini-breadcroutons or consommé double
- poached veal-fillet in wild herbs in port whine-shallot-gravy with summer vegetables and a mosaic of potatoes
- for the vegetarians a mosaic of potatoes with sauce and summer vegetables
- heart cherries with yoghurt-cherry-ice, or dark mousse au chocolat with citron-mint sauce, or ‘Omas Beerenteller’ (Grandmother’s berry-plate)
Stig, Stefan and I decided to have another look at Bückeburg Castle in the morning, where they were preparing more decoration at the entrance. Then we walked around the castle and visited the mausoleum of the Schaumburg-Lippe family in the park. We were allowed to visit the cemetery around the mausoleum where the most recently deceased members of the family are buried. In town we found little wedding cakes for sale at the backery, and of course we had to taste them. We were lucky to be allowed to have a look inside the church where the flower decoration was almost finished and the order of services with names of the guests on it were on its places. Then we headed for the castle to be in time for the bridal soiree. We saw many guests arriving. Unfortunately, as it looked still quite light and my camera didn't really protest, I forgot to use my flash so quite a lot of my pictures are either too dark or too much moved. But never mind, it was quite some fun to see the guests arriving. We recognised quite a few of them. We met some Dutch and German royalty-watchers outside who had been travelling to Bückeburg especially for the wedding also.
Photos and Copyright: Netty Leistra