Private wedding for Bush daughter

by stvalentine | May 11, 2008 at 06:40 am | 274 views | add comment

The daughter of US President George W Bush has got married in aprivate ceremony attended by 200 family and close friends at his Texasranch.

Jenna Bush wed Henry Hager, a business student who worked as an aide to Mr Bush's former adviser Karl Rove.

"This is a joyous occasion for our family," said Mr Bush in his weekly radio address.

Correspondents say the wedding has been kept out of the public eye, with airspace cleared above the ranch.

Jenna's twin sister Barbara was her maid of honour, and 14 female attendants and 14 male ushers were at the ceremony.

The couple exchanged vows before a stone cross erected on the ranch for the occasion.




Jenna, 26, was reported to be wearing an Oscar de la Renta gown withmatte beading and embroidery. The ring is a Hager family heirloom resetwith sapphires.

Band leader Tyrone Smith, who is playing at the reception,said that the president and his daughter picked You Are So Beautifulfor their dance.

The bride and groom chose Lovin' In My Baby's Eyes for their first dance together as husband and wife.

Few residents of Crawford are among those invited, but thecouple's photo has been plastered across mugs and other souvenirs forsale in shops in the small town.

Jenna couldn't see herself getting married at the White Housesurrounded by antique furniture and oil portraits of presidents. Sheand Henry Hager said "I do" Saturday at President Bush's ranch nearCrawford where the corn is thigh-high, roads are named Cattle Drive andthe Texas flag is painted on the rooftops of barns.

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