It was, according to the press, a 'low-key, Texan wedding'. That's low-key as in 10-piece band, 14 bridal attendants, 14 ushers, 200 guests and a wedding dress by Oscar de la RentaPhotograph: Rex FeaturesJenna, Mom, Pop and maid of honour/sister Barbara doing her best to upstage the bride. Barbara's dress shade was chosen to match the colour of her eyes (an icy silver?) while the First Lady also wore Oscar de la Renta. By our calculations, that puts the cost of the low-key outfits in this picture at a smigeon less than GNP of MonacoPhotograph: Rex FeaturesDetails of the father's speech have not yet emerged, but one can only speculate ... "I don't particularly like it when people put words in my mouth, either, by the way, unless I say it." George W. Bush, Crawford, Texas, Nov. 10, 2007Photograph: Rex Features
See that gigantic stone cross - that's Daddy's very creepy wedding present to his little girl. Which will stay on his ranch as a permanent reminder of the day. Guess they don't sell toasters in Texas.Photograph: Rex FeaturesWhen the nuptials were announced, Women's Wear Daily asked 12 designers to come up with a dress for the bride. Well don't we all? Photograph: Shealah Craighead/AFPFather and daughter later had their 'official dance' to 'You are so beautiful' by Joe Cocker. The DJ had forgotten his copy of 'Come on Eileen'Photograph: Shealah Craighead/AFPHenry and Jenna Hager cut the low-key cake Photograph: Rex FeaturesThe Bush family with their in-laws, the Hagers. Henry used to work for wedding guest Karl Rove, who is inexplicably missing from the wedding pictures though presumably pulling the strings backstagePhotograph: Shealah Craighead/The White House/APAccording to the Houston Chronicle, the president took to the stage later in the evening, 'whooping it up with Super T and his 10-piece show band'. Alas, no footage yet on youtube of the embarassing Dad, but one imagines it would have been something like thisPhotograph: Shealah Craighead/The White House/AP
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