Around 11.40 the carriages from the stables of the castle arrived one by one. In the first carriage were groom Fürst Alexander zu Schaumburg-Lippe – in grey morning suit with orange tie - with his mother Fürstin Benita. The groom took the time to give some interviews to the waiting press. In the second carriage were seated the four witnesses, followed by the carriage with the six flower children and a carriage with the four bridesmaids. At the door of the church was Land Bishop Jürgen Johannesdotter waiting to greet the bridal couple.
The witnesses at the wedding who were seated in the carriage were Prince Maximilian zu Ysenburg und Büdingen, Sven Ley, Prince Heinrich von Croy and Hereditary Prince Donatus zu Schaumburg-Lippe. The other witness Oliver von Boch arrived seperately.
The bridesmaids were Vera Wagner, Janna Kauert, Szahra Haghihri and Dr. Fabienne Daigeler
Princess Leonille zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, Gracia von der Leyen, Antonia Cobanli, Maximilian von zur Mühlen, Leopold von der Schulenburg and Count Stanislaus von Stackelberg were the flower children.
And then the waiting for the bride started. It became noon, but no bride. Finally about half an hour too late the bride accompanied by her mother Eleonore Zsoeks arrived at church. It turned out that one of the horses of the carriages had to be replaced because it was very restless. And then it took a while before the bride reached the carriage. Consequence of the delay was that the bride arrived in a little rain shower. The bride wore an elegant champagne coloured dress of Radzimir-silk with lace top and a five meter long train designed by Rena Lange. She wore the Cunningham diadem from the collection of the princely house of Schaumburg-Lippe.
After the groom had arrived it took ages before the bride and her mother arrived at church. And at that time it had started raining a bit harder. We tried to have a look at our pictures when they were all in church, but because of the weather and the light that was almost impossible. As usual we could just wait until something happened at church again.
Photos and Copyright: Netty Leistra