Inside Jack Whitehall And Roxy Horner’s Country Wedding: 2 Dresses, An 8-Tier Cake And Lots Of “Blubbing”
It wasn’t the only wardrobe malfunction. Groom Jack, 37, started the day in a Tom Ford suit, but was forced to change into his back-up suit by Dunhill. “I squatted down to pick up Elsie and my trousers split, my whole ass was hanging out,” he says, deadpan. Elsie, who was one of three flower girls at the ceremony, wore a white dress to be a mini-me of her mum. “It was very sweet when she got to the end of the aisle,” says Roxy. “I just heard her go, ‘Daddy, Daddy!’”
Roxy kept her glam team within her inner circle, asking longtime friend, Nikki Wolff, to do her make-up, and her sister, Josie, to do her hair. “Josie lives in Australia, so we couldn’t do a trial, but I just trusted her,” says the bride. “I wore it up with a few loose tendrils hanging down, and my make-up was fairly natural – nothing too heavy and definitely no bright colours.” Larry King did Jack’s hair. There were eight bridesmaids, made up of family and friends, with a Bobbi Brown team on make-up while the Lucie App looked after hair. “They wore gold dresses from By The Bride, with different styles so they could all feel comfortable,” says Roxy. Hairstylist Narad Kutowaroo and make-up artist Sasha Keene got Roxy’s mum and sisters ready on the day.
“I was really nervous just before I walked out,” shares Roxy. “But my dad was so calm, he kept saying, ‘Everyone here is people you love, I’ve got you,’ and I immediately felt calm. Then I got the giggles because there were so many stairs and I had this huge dress on, so I had to keep kicking my feet out to stop myself tripping over it. And then Jack was blubbing at the end of the aisle!”
A string quartet organised by ALR played during the ceremony. “I wanted some Disney music because I love Disney,” says Jack. “They played ‘Beauty and the Beast’, which I felt was a bit on the nose.” There were also readings from close friends and family. “We had Roxy’s sister, Rihanna, read a lovely piece from Winnie the Pooh,” says Jack. “And then Tally Gilbert, one of my oldest friends from Pinky Studio, read a personalised poem she had written for us. My dad’s best friend, Neil Stuke, who’s a classically trained actor, performed a Shakespearean sonnet.”
