The physical resemblance is undeniable: Olivia Hensonwho – in Chester Cathedral -, in front of 400 guests, including many important members of the English aristocracy, married Hugh Grosvenor, the 7th Duke of Westminster and one of the richest men in Britain – has very similar features to Princess Kate: they both have long brown hair, green eyes, an athletic body and a bright smile. But the affinity between the two – who have ten years of difference – it goes far beyond physical resemblance.
Both have a simple style and attitude elegant and, at the same time, relaxed, and they share a very similar background. Both the thirty-one-year-old bride and Kate Middleton grew up with a brother and sister: the former in Longworth, a village in the county of Oxfordshire, the princess in Bucklebury, Berkshire, just fifty kilometers away. They both attended Marlborough’s exclusive collegewhich also counts Pippa Middleton, Kate’s sister, Princess Eugenie and Samantha Cameron among its former students.
And their family trees show both ties to royal families: Carole Middleton, Kate’s mother, boasts a distant relationship with the Bowes-Lyon family, that of the late Queen Mother, and is a descendant of the nobles Sir William Blakiston and his wife Jane. According to Daily Mail, Olivia Henson also has blue blood ancestors: «She is the eldest daughter of Rupert Henson, who is a scion of the Hoare banking family and the Marquess of Bristol. Henson is also a descendant of John Manners, the 5th Duke of Rutland.
Olivia became a duchess with her wedding, just like Kate once was. Prince William arrived at her wedding as the guest of honorwho is a great friend of Hugh Grosvenor, godson of King Charles and in turn godfather of Prince George.
The bride, who has lived in London until now, works as senior account manager for Belazuan environmentally friendly B-corp that imports high-quality ingredients from all over Europe, such as rose harissa and lemons.
The two met through mutual friends, and the wedding proposal dates back to April 2023: Hugh wanted to ask Olivia to marry him in Eaton Hall, home of the Grosvenor family since 1400, and where Hugh grew up. That’s where the couple will live after the wedding, and where, as Olivia explained to Town&Country, he intends to “really put down roots”. To decorate the church and the village on the wedding day were ordered 100 thousand flowers and for two days the roads from the town remained closed to traffic.
Source: Vanity Fair
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