NZ Herald
  • Home
  • Latest news
  • Video
  • New Zealand
  • Sport
  • World
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Podcasts
  • Quizzes
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Viva
  • Weather forecasts

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • New Zealand
    • All New Zealand
    • Crime
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Open Justice
    • Scam Update
  • Budget 2025
  • On The Up
  • World
    • All World
    • Australia
    • Asia
    • UK
    • United States
    • Middle East
    • Europe
    • Pacific
  • Business
    • All Business
    • MarketsSharesCurrencyCommoditiesStock TakesCrypto
    • Markets with Madison
    • Media Insider
    • Business analysis
    • Personal financeKiwiSaverInterest ratesTaxInvestment
    • EconomyInflationGDPOfficial cash rateEmployment
    • Small business
    • Business reportsMood of the BoardroomProject AucklandSustainable business and financeCapital markets reportAgribusiness reportInfrastructure reportDynamic business
    • Deloitte Top 200 Awards
    • CompaniesAged CareAgribusinessAirlinesBanking and financeConstructionEnergyFreight and logisticsHealthcareManufacturingMedia and MarketingRetailTelecommunicationsTourism
  • Opinion
    • All Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Editorials
    • Business analysis
    • Premium opinion
    • Letters to the editor
  • Sport
    • All Sport
    • OlympicsParalympics
    • RugbySuper RugbyNPCAll BlacksBlack FernsRugby sevensSchool rugby
    • CricketBlack CapsWhite Ferns
    • Racing
    • NetballSilver Ferns
    • LeagueWarriorsNRL
    • FootballWellington PhoenixAuckland FCAll WhitesFootball FernsEnglish Premier League
    • GolfNZ Open
    • MotorsportFormula 1
    • Boxing
    • UFC
    • BasketballNBABreakersTall BlacksTall Ferns
    • Tennis
    • Cycling
    • Athletics
    • SailingAmerica's CupSailGP
    • Rowing
  • Lifestyle
    • All Lifestyle
    • Viva - Food, fashion & beauty
    • Society Insider
    • Royals
    • Sex & relationships
    • Food & drinkRecipesRecipe collectionsRestaurant reviewsRestaurant bookings
    • Health & wellbeing
    • Fashion & beauty
    • Pets & animals
    • The Selection - Shop the trendsShop fashionShop beautyShop entertainmentShop giftsShop home & living
    • Milford's Investing Place
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • TV
    • MoviesMovie reviews
    • MusicMusic reviews
    • BooksBook reviews
    • Culture
    • ReviewsBook reviewsMovie reviewsMusic reviewsRestaurant reviews
  • Travel
    • All Travel
    • News
    • New ZealandNorthlandAucklandWellingtonCanterburyOtago / QueenstownNelson-TasmanBest NZ beaches
    • International travelAustraliaPacific IslandsEuropeUKUSAAfricaAsia
    • Rail holidays
    • Cruise holidays
    • Ski holidays
    • Luxury travel
    • Adventure travel
  • Kāhu Māori news
  • Environment
    • All Environment
    • Our Green Future
  • Talanoa Pacific news
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Property Insider
    • Interest rates tracker
    • Residential property listings
    • Commercial property listings
  • Health
  • Technology
    • All Technology
    • AI
    • Social media
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
    • Opinion
    • Audio & podcasts
  • Weather forecasts
    • All Weather forecasts
    • Kaitaia
    • Whangārei
    • Dargaville
    • Auckland
    • Thames
    • Tauranga
    • Hamilton
    • Whakatāne
    • Rotorua
    • Tokoroa
    • Te Kuiti
    • Taumaranui
    • Taupō
    • Gisborne
    • New Plymouth
    • Napier
    • Hastings
    • Dannevirke
    • Whanganui
    • Palmerston North
    • Levin
    • Paraparaumu
    • Masterton
    • Wellington
    • Motueka
    • Nelson
    • Blenheim
    • Westport
    • Reefton
    • Kaikōura
    • Greymouth
    • Hokitika
    • Christchurch
    • Ashburton
    • Timaru
    • Wānaka
    • Oamaru
    • Queenstown
    • Dunedin
    • Gore
    • Invercargill
  • Meet the journalists
  • Promotions & competitions
  • OneRoof property listings
  • Driven car news

Puzzles & Quizzes

  • Puzzles
    • All Puzzles
    • Sudoku
    • Code Cracker
    • Crosswords
    • Cryptic crossword
    • Wordsearch
  • Quizzes
    • All Quizzes
    • Morning quiz
    • Afternoon quiz
    • Sports quiz

Regions

  • Northland
    • All Northland
    • Far North
    • Kaitaia
    • Kerikeri
    • Kaikohe
    • Bay of Islands
    • Whangarei
    • Dargaville
    • Kaipara
    • Mangawhai
  • Auckland
  • Waikato
    • All Waikato
    • Hamilton
    • Coromandel & Hauraki
    • Matamata & Piako
    • Cambridge
    • Te Awamutu
    • Tokoroa & South Waikato
    • Taupō & Tūrangi
  • Bay of Plenty
    • All Bay of Plenty
    • Katikati
    • Tauranga
    • Mount Maunganui
    • Pāpāmoa
    • Te Puke
    • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua
  • Hawke's Bay
    • All Hawke's Bay
    • Napier
    • Hastings
    • Havelock North
    • Central Hawke's Bay
    • Wairoa
  • Taranaki
    • All Taranaki
    • Stratford
    • New Plymouth
    • Hāwera
  • Manawatū - Whanganui
    • All Manawatū - Whanganui
    • Whanganui
    • Palmerston North
    • Manawatū
    • Tararua
    • Horowhenua
  • Wellington
    • All Wellington
    • Kapiti
    • Wairarapa
    • Upper Hutt
    • Lower Hutt
  • Nelson & Tasman
    • All Nelson & Tasman
    • Motueka
    • Nelson
    • Tasman
  • Marlborough
  • West Coast
  • Canterbury
    • All Canterbury
    • Kaikōura
    • Christchurch
    • Ashburton
    • Timaru
  • Otago
    • All Otago
    • Oamaru
    • Dunedin
    • Balclutha
    • Alexandra
    • Queenstown
    • Wanaka
  • Southland
    • All Southland
    • Invercargill
    • Gore
    • Stewart Island
  • Gisborne

Media

  • Video
    • All Video
    • NZ news video
    • Business news video
    • Politics news video
    • Sport video
    • World news video
    • Lifestyle video
    • Entertainment video
    • Travel video
    • Markets with Madison
    • Kea Kids news
  • Podcasts
    • All Podcasts
    • The Front Page
    • On the Tiles
    • Ask me Anything
    • The Little Things
    • Cooking the Books
  • Cartoons
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • What the Actual
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Lifestyle

How did Princess Eugenie attract such a star-spangled crowd? The intricate links between the wedding's most well-known guests explained

By Alison Boshoff
Daily Mail·
12 Oct, 2018 09:51 PM3 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's wedding featured a number of famous faces. Photo / AP
Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's wedding featured a number of famous faces. Photo / AP

Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's wedding featured a number of famous faces. Photo / AP

Prince Andrew crowed that the venue had to be St George's Chapel, Windsor, because the bride and groom have so many friends.

And a significant number of the guests were showbusiness celebrities. So how on earth do they all know Eugenie?

Kate Moss and Nikolai Von Bismarck: Kate Moss calls Fergie "The Duch". The pair got to know each other on the St Moritz ski scene. Eugenie knows Kate's boyfriend Nikolai, too. She and Beatrice were seen at parties with him before his romance with Kate began in 2015.

Liv Tyler, her husband Dave Gardner, Kate Moss and her daughter Lila. Kate Moss is a friend of Fergie. Photo / AP
Liv Tyler, her husband Dave Gardner, Kate Moss and her daughter Lila. Kate Moss is a friend of Fergie. Photo / AP

Tracey Emin: Artist Tracey Emin has been in Eugenie's inner circle of friends for five years but their friendship really blossomed during Eugenie's New York period, when both were living in the city.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Tracey Emin arrives for the wedding of Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank. Photo / AP
Tracey Emin arrives for the wedding of Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank. Photo / AP

Ollie Proudlock: Old Etonian Ollie fell into Eugenie's social circle when she was dating his close pal Hugo Taylor in 2008. He is now an Instagramming lifestyle blogger and is said to have built up a £5 million fortune. His fiancee Emma Louise Connolly cut a striking figure in red.

Emma Louise Connolly and Oliver Proudlock arrive for the wedding. Photo / AP
Emma Louise Connolly and Oliver Proudlock arrive for the wedding. Photo / AP

Cressida Bonas: Eugenie introduced 'Cressie' to Prince Harry — a romance which came close to ending in marriage. Cressie seems to have originally been one of Eugenie's Verbier ski pals.

Among the wedding guests was Cressida Bonas - Prince Harry's former girlfriend. Photo / AP
Among the wedding guests was Cressida Bonas - Prince Harry's former girlfriend. Photo / AP

The Delevingne sisters: Cara and Poppy Delevingne's mother Pandora was at school with Fergie and is one of the Duchess's life-long friends, counselling her as her marriage to Prince Andrew broke up. Their daughters are close.

Poppy Delevinge and Cara Delevingne during the wedding ceremony of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank. Photo / AP
Poppy Delevinge and Cara Delevingne during the wedding ceremony of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank. Photo / AP

Robbie Williams and Ayda Field: Fergie became close to Robbie and wife Ayda during a holiday on a yacht owned by Phones 4U tycoon John Caudwell in 2011.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Robbie Williams and wife Ayda Field took a break from filming the X Factor to be at the wedding. Photo / AP
Robbie Williams and wife Ayda Field took a break from filming the X Factor to be at the wedding. Photo / AP

Jimmy Carr: The comedian knows Eugenie via a friendship with her sister Beatrice — he and Bea are so close that they have holidayed together.

Jimmy Carr and Karoline Copping, left, arrive for the wedding of Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank. Photo / AP
Jimmy Carr and Karoline Copping, left, arrive for the wedding of Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank. Photo / AP

James Blunt: The singer met Eugenie at a nightclub in Ibiza where she was propping up the bar with mutual pal Jade Jagger in 2009. Eugenie was among those who attended his wedding in 2014 to society beauty Lady Sofia Wellesley.

James Blunt arrives with his wife Sofia Wellesley. Photo / AP
James Blunt arrives with his wife Sofia Wellesley. Photo / AP

Demi Moore: Sharon Osbourne apparently introduced Fergie to Demi when she got both women — and their children — in to watch the X Factor in 2004

Demi Moore wore a long maroon coloured dress with a matching fascinator to the wedding. Photo / AP
Demi Moore wore a long maroon coloured dress with a matching fascinator to the wedding. Photo / AP

Nick Candy and Holly Vallance: Property tycoon Nick is among Fergie's wealthiest friends and comes to her charity events. Eugenie bumps into Holly at various charity dinners in London, too.

Discover more

Royals

Eugenie's dress: Prints inspired by Queen, Fergie - and showing off her scars

12 Oct 04:20 PM
Lifestyle

The littlest stars of the Royal Wedding

12 Oct 04:36 PM
Royals

'Are you the Queen… or a princess?' Robbie Williams' cheeky daughter quizzes Fergie

12 Oct 05:48 PM
Royals

Fairytale wedding: Eugenie and Jack kick off celebrations

12 Oct 06:20 PM
Nick Candy and Holly Candy arrive ahead of the wedding of Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank. Photo / AP
Nick Candy and Holly Candy arrive ahead of the wedding of Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank. Photo / AP

Stephen Fry: National treasure Stephen Fry attended the wedding with husband Elliott Smith. He's yet another friend of Fergie's. He and Eugenie were regulars at socialite David Tang's Christmas party.

Stephen Fry attended the wedding due to his friendship with Sarah Ferguson, as did many of the guests on the big day. Photo / AP
Stephen Fry attended the wedding due to his friendship with Sarah Ferguson, as did many of the guests on the big day. Photo / AP

Richard Bacon: The TV presenter got to know Eugenie on the party circuit.

"We have a lot of friends in common," he said.

Save

    Share this article

Latest from Lifestyle

Lifestyle

Make the most of feijoa season with roasted feijoa, bacon and feta salad

24 May 04:00 AM
Premium
Lifestyle

How pickle lemonade took over the group chat

24 May 12:00 AM
Lifestyle

Mamamia's Holly Wainwright on why she wants to celebrate midlife – and talk about more than hormones

23 May 07:00 PM

Sponsored: How much is too much?

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Recommended for you
'Massive enemy attack': Drone and missile strike hits Kyiv
World

'Massive enemy attack': Drone and missile strike hits Kyiv

24 May 09:26 AM
Carter, Ratima score hat-tricks in Chiefs' 78-point win
Super Rugby

Carter, Ratima score hat-tricks in Chiefs' 78-point win

24 May 08:50 AM
Melbourne Victory overturn deficit to eliminate Auckland FC
Auckland FC

Melbourne Victory overturn deficit to eliminate Auckland FC

24 May 08:17 AM
Lotto Powerball: Are you going to feel richer after tonight's draw?
New Zealand

Lotto Powerball: Are you going to feel richer after tonight's draw?

24 May 08:03 AM
‘Armed person’: Police make arrest after alleged robbery at Northcote shops
New Zealand

‘Armed person’: Police make arrest after alleged robbery at Northcote shops

24 May 07:48 AM

Latest from Lifestyle

Make the most of feijoa season with roasted feijoa, bacon and feta salad

Make the most of feijoa season with roasted feijoa, bacon and feta salad

24 May 04:00 AM

It's perfect for a lazy lunch with friends.

Premium
How pickle lemonade took over the group chat

How pickle lemonade took over the group chat

24 May 12:00 AM
Mamamia's Holly Wainwright on why she wants to celebrate midlife – and talk about more than hormones

Mamamia's Holly Wainwright on why she wants to celebrate midlife – and talk about more than hormones

23 May 07:00 PM
How one man's passion for tradition and giant kūmara is empowering Northland youth

How one man's passion for tradition and giant kūmara is empowering Northland youth

23 May 05:00 PM
Sponsored: Cosy up to colour all year
sponsored

Sponsored: Cosy up to colour all year

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • NZ Herald e-editions
  • Daily puzzles & quizzes
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Subscribe to the NZ Herald newspaper
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • What the Actual
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven CarGuide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP
search by queryly Advanced Search