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20 Established 1961 Sunday, October 14, 2018 Lifestyle Feature Princess Eugenie shows off back scar in Peter Pilotto wedding dress ollywood stars joined Queen Elizabeth and her family for Britain’s second major royal wed- ding this year, as the monarch’s granddaughter HPrincess Eugenie married wine merchant Jack Brooksbank. Eugenie, 28, daughter of the queen’s third child, Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, tied the knot with Brooksbank, 32, in a traditional ceremony at Windsor Castle’s 15th Century St George’s Chapel. It was the same setting as the lavish wedding in May of Prince Harry and his American actress wife Meghan. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, as the couple are now known, were among Friday’s congregation. Eugenie’s nuptials had much of the same pomp and pageantry as Harry’s, but the grandeur for a “minor royal” attracted some criticism. The 92-year-old queen and her husband Philip, 97, who has retired from official engagements, were joined The scar on the back of Britain’s Princess Eugenie of York is by other royals and celebrities including Hollywood clearly visible as she arrives for her wedding. stars Liv Tyler and Demi Moore, models Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell and singers Ellie Goulding and Robbie Williams. Female guests had to cling on to their hats as side in the shadow of the castle, far fewer than the tens a blustery wind threatened their wedding outfits. of thousands that crammed into Windsor for Harry’s Eugenie’s dress, by Peter Pilotto and Christopher De wedding. Vos of London-based label Peter Pilotto, had a low back to reveal scars from surgery the princess under- went to correct scoliosis when she was 12. “It’s a lovely way to honor the people who looked after me and a way of standing up for young people who also go through this,” she told ITV’s “This Morning” ahead of the wedding. The couple showed clear signs on nerves but beamed happily during the hour-long service. “This is meant to be a family wedding,” Eugenie’s father Andrew said earlier. “There will be a few more people than most people have, there are a few more than Harry had, but that’s just the nature of Eugenie and Jack - they’ve got so many friends that they need a church of that size to fit them all in,” he told “This Morning” which broadcast the event live. Several hun- dred singing and cheering well-wishers gathered out- “A way of standing up for young The groom Jack Brooksbank places a wedding band on the people” finger of his bride, Britain’s Britain’s Princess Eugenie of York, Princess Eugenie of York. left, walks up the aisle with her father Britain’s Prince Andrew, Duke of York.—AFP The bridesmaids and page boys, including Prince George of Cambridge, center right, and Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, left. Dean of Windsor, David Conner, left, presides over the wedding ceremony. Britain’s Princess Eugenie of York is helped into an Aston Martin DB10 by her sister Britain’s Princess Beatrice of York. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, left, and Britain’s Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Britain’s Princess Eugenie of York, center, walks up the aisle to marry Jack Brooksbank..