A Royal Wedding – Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe and Lena Giese

July 25th saw Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe and Lena Giese wed in a religious ceremony at Castle Glücksburg in Germany.

It was a colorful affair with almost all the guests  dressed in bright colors, and dashings of yellow and green throughout the wedding party outfits.

The bride wore a simple white gown and jacket with a long, laced veil trailing behind. Her hair was pulled back and she wore a single necklace around her neck. The wedding colors were green and gold and seen in the flower girls’ gold dresses with green sashes and the groom, who was oddly suited in a diagonal striped tie and vertical striped trousers. Yellow and green was seen also in the bride’s bouquet, the groom’s boutonniere and gracing the flower girls’ baskets.

Sleeves seemed to be another theme at this royal gathering of under two-hundred guests. I thought the bolero jacket worn by the bride was befitting of royalty but the puffy sleeves on the adorable girls were less than flattering. But I guess little girls can get away with anything.

Among the royal guests were Queen Margarethe of Denmark who wore a pink and blue floral dress with matching hat. Princess Elisabeth of Ysenburg who also attended wore a vibrant colored dress with pinks, blues, purples and blacks and had an interesting black feather and pink flower atop her head. I thought Ilona Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe, the mother of the groom, was smartly dressed with a simple blue dress, hat, and black clutch. Her pumps, however, were an interesting blend of colors found also in Princess Elisabeth of Ysenburg’s outfit.

All in all, it was quite an interesting wedding, if not a traditional affair, then one certainly befitting of royalty.