The wedding
One of the great joys of having Botleys Mansion as your exclusive use wedding venue is that the getting-ready experience is part of the celebration — and Lucy made full use of it. Her gown was a vision: a heavily beaded, off-the-shoulder lace dress with a train that made a statement, finished with a pearl headband and the kind of loose, effortless waves. The bridesmaids looked stunning in deep emerald silk — a statement colour that felt as bold as the house — each carrying simple bouquets of white roses and gypsophila.
Arm in arm with her dad, Lucy was ready for the all important “I do” moment. The shot of them descending Botleys’ sweeping staircase together — captured from above by Harper Partner The Light Painters — really showed the volume and extent of her wedding dress train as it flowed behind them. Harry, to his credit, held it together.
The couple exchanged their vows in the modern glass roofed orangery (titled the Atrium) surrounded by everyone they love most in the world.
With the house and grounds to themselves, the guests spread out after the ceremony for drinks and the group photos — and what a group photo. The entire wedding party, arms raised, grinning from ear to ear on the front stone steps of the mansion.
Later, Lucy and Harry slipped away with The Light Painters for their romantic couple portraits, and the results were extraordinary. There’s one shot in particular — the two of them silhouetted in front of the fountain, the Surrey sky ablaze behind them — that is genuinely breathtaking. Autumn at Botleys Mansion, doing its very best.
Harry’s speech went down a treat. Lucy laughed, the room laughed, and somewhere in the background the three-tier cake waited patiently for its moment — which came, as these things do, with great photo opportunities.
As the evening settled in and the chandeliers did their thing, Lucy and Harry took to the dance floor for their first dance, followed by a killer playlist, dancing shoes on (or off), and the evening party really began.
