Kensington and Chelsea Register Office explained

Kensington and Chelsea Register Office is an office for the registration of births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships located in Chelsea Old Town Hall in Chelsea, London.^[1] It has hosted the weddings of many notable people.^[2]

According to The Independent, it is "still one of the hippest places to get married".^[2]

Notable people married there

• Neil Aspinall, music industry executive and Suzy Ornstein (1968)^[3]
• Lionel Blair, dancer and Susan Davis (1967)^[4]
• Marc Bolan, singer and June Child (1970)^[5]
• Pierce Brosnan, actor and Cassandra Harris, actress (1980)^[5]
• Nigel Dempster, journalist, and Lady Camilla Osborne (1977)^[6]
• Judy Garland, actress and Mickey Deans (1969)^[2]
• Hugh Grant, actor and Anna Eberstein (2018)^[5]
• James Joyce, author and Nora Barnacle (1933)^[7]
• Patsy Kensit, actress and Jim Kerr, musician, (1992)^[3]
• Bobby Moore, footballer and Stephanie Parlane (1991)^{[5] [8]}
• Prince Pavlos of Greece and Marie-Chantal Miller (1995)^[3]
• Irving Penn, American photographer, and Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish fashion model (1950)^[9]
• Beth Rogan, actress and Tony Samuel, Shell oil heir and publisher (1962)^[10]
• Wallis Simpson, socialite and Ernest Simpson (1928)^[3]
• Sharon Tate, actress and Roman Polanski, film director (1968)^[11]
• Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt, pop musicians (2008)^[12]
• Marco Pierre White, chef and Alex McArthur (1988)^[13]

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Kensington and Chelsea Register Office opening hours and location | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. www.rbkc.gov.uk.
2. Web site: Ian McCurrach . The 50 best wedding locations (1–25) | News & Advice | Travel . The Independent . 7 April 2006. 2016-05-25.
3. Web site: Chelsea Register Office Open Day at Chelsea Register Office | Chelsea London | London hotels . LondonTown.com . 2013-02-10 . 2016-05-25.
4. https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/british-actor-and-dancer-lionel-blair-marries-model-susan-news-photo/901875474 Lionel Blair And Wife British actor and dancer Lionel Blair marries model Susan Davis at Kensington Register Office in London, 21st March 1967
5. Web site: Kings Road wedding venue that has hosted celebrity nuptials from Judy Garland to Hugh Grant set to reopen after year-long renovation. 16 February 2019. 25 April 2020.
6. Book: Willis, Tim. Nigel Dempster and the Death of Discretion. Short Books. 2010. 978-1906021849.
7. Book: Bowker, Gordon . 2012 . James Joyce: A New Biography . registration . Farrar, Straus and Giroux . 9780374178727 . 802264865 . 419.
8. Web site: Booby Moore. England Football Online. 30 August 2020.
9. Web site: Irving Penn. 8 October 2009. The Telegraph.
10. Web site: Beth Rogan, actress - obituary. The Telegraph. 11 December 2015.
11. Web site: The Swinging London Wedding of Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate. 28 July 2018. The Vintage News.
12. News: BBC – Pop singer Tracey Thorn on the best and worst of London life . BBC News . 30 March 2010 . 13 January 2012.
13. Web site: The only woman I have ever truly loved. The Telegraph. 31 July 2006.