Infanta Elena of Spain & Don Jaime de Marichalar 1995

[zarzuela]

A picture of Reza Sha II, Princess Yasmine and Empress Farah at the royal wedding of Infanta Elena in Seville in 1997. Picture from farahpahlavi.org

[crisiñaki]

Originally Posted by mtbcm

It was much talked the fact that the bride and the groom did not kissed each other during the entire ceremony, not even at the moment of giving the peace. But here below we can see a picture from a TV image that shows Don Jaime kissing his bride when she arrived the altar

Can you please post this pic again?
Thanks in advance:)

And on another completely different thing: did you realized how young this generation's Royals looked back then? an example of that is this picture:
http://img277.imageshack.us/my.php?i...ablecrs7fj.jpg
Cristina is in red with a mantilla, and Haakon is at HER left (our right), I almost didn't recognize him!

[JessRulz]

WOW!! and is that Victoria the one in the pink with the LARGE black hat covering her face, next to Haakon?

[crisiñaki]

Originally Posted by JessRulz

WOW!! and is that Victoria the one in the pink with the LARGE black hat covering her face, next to Haakon?

Yeah, it looks like her, she was 18 at the time!

[Elsa M.]

Infanta Elena de Borbón married Don Jaime de Marichalar (member of a noble family of Castile), on March 18th 1995, at the Cathedral of Seville. Doña Elena chose for that reason a Sevillian designer for her wedding gown: Petro Valverde.

Forty-two royal houses from around the world were represented in the Andalusian capital for the wedding of the year, thus demonstrating the international projection of the Spanish Monarchy.

Rafael Juliá was the restaurant in charge of the banquet, which was served to the 1300 guests, in the Reales Alcázares.

Further information bout the bride's dress and tiara can be found here:
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/213587-post32.html


Just a few more wedding photos, from SeegerPress:

[michelleq]

I thought that she had a beautiful wedding.

[LaChicaMadrilena]

I absolutely love this wedding:) Cristina looked gorgeous on the pre-wedding reception and Haakon looked sooo young!

[Elsa M.]

A few more photos from Olympia:

[TLLK]

I remember reading an article about Infanta Elena's wedding day. It is hard to believe that eleven years have passed so quickly. Elena was a beautiful bride that day.

[SASSY]

It's fun to look back, this is around the time I took an interest in the Royal Houses. A majority of these pictures I've never seen before. I'm glad I checked this out.

[Heidi P.]

I love the wedding pictures of Infanta Elena and Don Jaime de Marichalar!

[grevinnan]

It is only 11 years ago and some of the royal family has aged a lot in that time. King Juan Carlos has changed the most.

[prinses]

...such a nice bride! I hope that they get still long married life in spite of the difficulties which Jaime have got after his attack...

[Elsa M.]

Some photos from Australian Picture Library:

[Elsa M.]

A few more from Australian Picture Library:

1. King Juan Carlos;
2-3. Queen Sofia;
4. the groom's mother, Maria-de-La-Concepción Saenz de Tejada, Countess of Ripalda;
5. the bride's grandmother, Doña María de las Mercedes, Countess of Barcelona;
6-7. Queen Noor of Jordan, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Queen Paola of Belgium;
8. Prince Charles of England;
9. Prince Haakon of Norway, Prince Albert and Prince Rainier of Monaco, Reza Pahlavi, among other guests;
10. family photo.

[Elsa M.]

By Australian Picture Library:

1-2. the little bridesmaids and pageboys (nephews of the groom);
3-4. group photos.

[Eliza]

They seem more in love back then than now. Perhpas Jamie's medical problems have taken a toll on the marriage.

[Roshanah]

Really? What happened? Why was he so ill, I've really been out of the loop after reading about her wedding. Thanks

Originally Posted by Eliza

They seem more in love back then than now. Perhpas Jamie's medical problems have taken a toll on the marriage.

[Elsa M.]

Originally Posted by Roshanah

Really? What happened? Why was he so ill, I've really been out of the loop after reading about her wedding. Thanks

In December 2001, he had a stroke, which caused a paralysis of the left side of his body. He was assisted in the Hospital Gregorio Marañón and, after that, they moved to the US, where he received physiotherapy treatments. Thankfully, he's now pratically recovered.

[LaChicaMadrilena]

I don't know if it was already written, but do you know where both Infantas went for their honeymoons? I have never read anything about it...