Bridesmaids
The bridesmaids are Miss Mary Elizabeth Donaldson’s two elder sisters, Mrs Jane Alison Stephens and Mrs Patricia Anne Bailey, and her friend Miss Amber Petty.
Flower Girls
The flower girls are the daughters of Mary Donaldson’s sisters.
Erin Stephens (8 years old) and Kate Stephens (6 years old) are the daughters of Mary Donaldson’s elder sister Jane, who is married to Mr Craig Stephens. Madisson Woods (8 years old) is the daughter of Mary Donaldson’s second eldest sister, Patricia Anne Bailey, who is married to Mr Scott Bailey.
Pageboys
There are two pageboys. One is His Highness Prince Nikolai (4 years old), the son of His Royal Highness Prince Joachim and Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra. The other is Count Friedrich Richard Oscar Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth, (4 years old), the son of Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth and Her Highness Princess Alexandra zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.
Dresses and Suits
The bridesmaids’ dresses have all been designed by Mr Uffe Frank, and Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II and Miss Mary Donaldson have chosen the colours of the dresses. The flower girls all have hand-made silk roses in their hair designed by Madelaine Schnack.
The pageboy’s small suits, which have been designed using a suggestion from Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II, have buttons similar to Danish naval uniforms.
The Bridesmaids’ and Pageboys’ Jewellery
The adult bridesmaids will wear earrings in gold and brilliant-cut diamonds, garnets and South Sea Island pearls. At the top of each pearl there is a leaf shape in gold.
The flower girls will wear bracelets of gold with charms of rubies and a long butterfly pendant in gold. The pendant hangs down into the palm of the hand. In this way they can clench their fists around the butterfly if they get a little nervous. The butterfly has the monogram of the Royal Couple engraved on it.
The pageboys will each wear silver cuff-links with a hammered gold sphere, with the monogram of the Royal Couple engraved on it.
The jewellery is a gift from the Crown Prince and his fiancée to their bridesmaids, flower girls and pageboys. It has all been hand made by jewellery designer Marianne Dulong.
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