Because it took quite a while before bride and groom drove off by carriage the guests had to wait until the carpet was empty to head for the castle to attend the reception.
Stig and I stayed at the press stand instead of trying to take even more photos of bride and groom. So we had all space to have a look at the guests in front of us and even talk to some of them. Stig had a nice conversation in Danish with Prince Wilhelm zu Schaumburg-Lippe who told him that he, Fürstin Benita and a curator had to give permission for the wedding, and of course had given it. When asking one of the guests who he was, it turned out to be the son of a Princess zu Schaumburg-Lippe and the brother of the count von Stackelberg of whom I had heard he stayed in our hotel, opposite of my hotel room. Quite funny we all thought and we were allowed to make some nice pictures of them. Several other guests were willing to pose for us while waiting until they could go to the castle for the reception. We had been given a guestlist by the Hofkammer of the castle, but saw a few known guests that weren't on that list. Afterwards we met up again with Anuschka and Stefan. Before walking to the castle we saw people stealing all the flower decoration from the church entrance. The doors of the church itself remained closed for the audience. Not much to see anymore at the castle so we decided to go back to the hotel to see our pictures. On our way we met an Internet acquaintance, Ulrike. Unfortunately Anuschka and Ulrike had to leave in time. Because of the weather and pictures Stefan, Stig and I remained in the hotel for a while.
Photos and Copyright: Netty Leistra