Camilla and Luke’s Elegant and Classic Wedding in Kent

Camilla and Luke at Chilston Park — clas­sic wed­ding elegance

Wed­ding venue

Chilston Park Hotel

Wed­ding photographer

Lorna Eliz­a­beth

How would you describe your wed­ding style?

Clas­sic and elegant

Invi­ta­tions and recep­tion stationery

Made by a fam­ily friend

What did you wear?

Camilla wore a Rita dress by St Patrick, shoes by Carvela and jew­ellery from Tiffanys
Luke wore a 3 piece suit from Hack­ett

A lit­tle about the wed­ding ceremony

We had the cer­e­mony in the restau­rant in the main house at Chilston. We had a harpist play­ing through­out who gave us a huge selec­tion of music to choose from, rang­ing from Abba to La Vie en Rose by Lois Armstrong.

Tell us a lit­tle about your wed­ding venue styling and details

We went for a very clas­sic look with­out any­thing too fancy. We had a very strik­ing venue and it didn’t need too much more. How­ever, we still wanted to bring our char­ac­ter across which we did through the smaller details. For exam­ple, Luke is a keen kick­boxer so we named all the tables after kick­box­ing moves.

Wed­ding music and entertainment

We had a harpist for the cer­e­mony and drinks recep­tion, an iPod playlist dur­ing din­ner and a band then DJ for the evening. Well worth hav­ing the live music with the harpist and band, they really helped to make the atmosphere.

Mem­o­rable wed­ding day moments

Luke arriv­ing by heli­copter, walk­ing down the aisle and the speeches.

Wed­ding day advice

Choose your brides­maids wisely. They help with the prepa­ra­tions and also on the day and I would rec­om­mend ask­ing peo­ple who know you very well and who can realize what needs to be done with­out hav­ing to be asked every time. I got a bit tear­ful just before walk­ing down the aisle and a few stern words from one of my brides­maids (who is one of my old­est friends) helped me pull myself together within seconds.

Rec­om­mended wed­ding suppliers

The Bridal Chest (Wed­ding Dress)
Lorna Eliz­a­beth Pho­tog­ra­phy (Photographer)

Venue: Chilston Park Hotel
Cer­e­mony Chair cov­ers: Ambi­ence East Kent
Mar­quee: Cavendish Mar­quees
Band, harpist and DJ booked through Func­tion Cen­tral: http://www.functioncentral.co.uk/
Band name: Pen­fold
DJ Name: DJ AC
Cake Artist: Cup­cake Cakeaway