Royal wedding: Guests and spectators reveal joy over Eugenie and Jack's big day

Princess Eugenie and her new husband Jack Brooksbank leave St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle following their wedding. PIC: PAPrincess Eugenie and her new husband Jack Brooksbank leave St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle following their wedding. PIC: PA
Princess Eugenie and her new husband Jack Brooksbank leave St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle following their wedding. PIC: PA
Wedding guests, spectators and die-hard royal fans spoke of their joy at experiencing the wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank.

Jack’s former headmaster Anthony Wallersteiner said he was very proud of his former pupil and happy to have witnessed the marriage of the couple

he knows.

Meanwhile, 2nd Lieutenant Mark Osmond, 26, who was part of a guard of honour, said: “When the doors opened and the bride and groom came out the West

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Door it was quite a special moment - hairs on the back of my neck were standing up.”

But some in the crowds thought the newlyweds’ much-anticipated carriage ride through the streets of Windsor was underwhelming.

Mr Wallerseiner, who became headmaster of Stowe in 2003, a year before Jack left, said about the wedding: “Very exciting, happy day, they are

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obviously very much in love. So it’s one of those days that brings a smile to everyone’s faces.

“Actually they’re a very modern couple because she works for Hauser & Wirth as a director of the art gallery and he’s just set up his company.”

He described the decision by the couple to have the wedding service readings performed in the nave, where the majority of the 800 guests were

seated, as “inclusive”.

Mr Wallersteiner, who said Jack still supports Stowe as one of the school’s old boys known as Old Stoics, added: “They’re very down to earth

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