Post by Michael RhodesThe marriage of Ed van Cutsem and Lady Tamara Grosvenor is to take
place at Eaton Hall, Chester, 6 Nov. 2004, according to the Daily
Telegraph diary, 25 September, 2004.
...Michael Rhodes
Useful information from the Cheshire journals
http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/chesterchronicle/tm_objectid=14706155%26method=full%26siteid=50020%26headline=it%2ds%2dthe%2dwedding%2dof%2dthe%2dcentury%2d-name_page.html
The wedding is to take place at Chester Cathedral.
from which I quote:
"After the service guests will return to the Grosvenor family
residence at Eaton Hall for a spectacular party.
The announcement of the couple's engagement was made in March.
Lady Tamara studied theology at Newcastle University and is known to
enjoy hunting. She was previously listed at number 10 in Tatler's
Little Black Book of Eligible Dates.
Mr van Cutsem, 30, works in finance in the City and is a childhood
friend of the young princes - Prince William could be best man. His
father Hugh van Cutsem and mother Emilie, of Hilborough, Norfolk are
good friends of the Prince of Wales."
The same journal (diff article) claims that Prince William is likely
to be best man for his old friend Edward van Cutsem (who was a pageboy
back in 1981, and who is one of Prince Charles's godsons).
"Lady Tamara, 24, and her sister Lady Edwina are friends with the
princes, who attended Tamara's 21st birthday bash at Eaton Hall.
Little is known about the rarely photographed Lady Tamara, but during
a Chronicle interview with the Duke and Duchess of Westminster in
December 2001 it became clear she was close to her younger sister
Edwina.
At the time Lady Tamara was studying theology at Newcastle University
and Lady Edwina was reading criminology and sociology at Northumbria
University."
The article also claims that Charles and Diana spent their wedding
night at the van Cutsem's estate (weren't they then renting a royal
estate or a house on a royal estate)?
And in news about the Duke of Westminster:
"The Duke of Westminster, who has lost a lot of weight during the past
year, is looking at the peak of fitness in readiness to give his
daughter away. The duke, who still chain-smokes, contracted a nasty
leg infection last summer which put him in hospital for a few days.
Since then he is said to have cut his alcohol intake and led a
healthier lifestyle. After the wedding he is due to fly to Iraq in his
capacity as Major General of the Territorial Army."
AFAIK he had aged considerably in photographs over the last five to
seven years.
http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/chesterchronicle/tm_objectid=14706822%26method=full%26siteid=50020%26headline=william%2dcould%2dtake%2don%2dbest%2dman%2dduties%2dfor%2dhis%2dclose%2dfriend-name_page.html
The information was found via the Royal News page
(www.etoile.co.uk/Rnews.html) which has been revamped considerably in
the last few months to show stories by monarchy, and by latest
stories.
Another article claims that Lady Tamara (b. 1979) and Ed van Cutsem
(b. 1974?) are childhood friends. Isn't five years rather a big
difference for childhood friends, even though their parents knew each
other?
Ok, question about Emilie van Cutsem, nee Quarles van Ufford.
How is she related to Leopold Quarles van Ufford (Dutch consul in the
western USA during the Second World War) or to Paul Quarles van Ufford
(who apparently lives in Senegal and works for UNICEF)? Although the
family is of the Dutch aristocracy, they are descended from a Norfolk
man John Quarles (presumably from Ufford) who emigrated to the Low
Countries centuries back.
Shinjinee