Chelsea Clinton Wedding Picture | Clinton Wedding

Chelsea Clinton Wedding Picture | Clinton Wedding

One of the nation’s favorite former First Daughters is now a missus.

Chelsea Clinton’s longtime beau officially “Put a Ring on It” in a Saturday afternoon ceremony at the Astor Courts in Upstate New York. And pictures of the wedding are slowly making their way onto the Net.

Chelsea — the daughter of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — married Marc Mezvinsky in an interfaith ceremony (He’s Jewish. She’s Methodist.) at the estate built by John Jacob

Astor on the Hudson River in scenic Rhinebeck, about two hours north of New York City.

According to The Associated Press, the bride wore a strapless white Vera Wang gown with a full skirt and silver beading around the waist and carried a bouquet of white flowers. The former president and the groom, investment banker Marc Mezvinsky, wore dark suits, while Mrs. Clinton wore a fuchsia dress.

NBC News correspondent Noah Oppenheium stood in as best man in a ceremony that boasted a guestlist of between 400-500 guests.

The interfaith ceremony was conducted by the Rev. William S. Shillady and Rabbi James Ponet.

“We could not have asked for a more perfect day to celebrate the beginning of their life together, and we are so happy to welcome Marc into our family,” the statement said. “On behalf of the newlyweds, we want to give special thanks to the people of Rhinebeck (N.Y.) for welcoming us and to everyone for their well-wishes on this special day,” The Clintons said in a statement following Saturday’s ceremony.

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Chelsea Clinton's wedding

Chelsea Clinton's wedding

The unfolding story:
Chelsea Clinton to be married

Chelsea Clinton, daughter of President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, the sitting secretary of state, is engaged to be married. According to an e-mail that she and longtime boyfriend, Marc Mezvinsky, sent to friends this afternoon, the wedding will take place next summer. A spokesman for the Clinton family has confirmed it.

The lucky man
Marc Mezvinsky will be the groom

Her boyfriend, Marc Mezvinsky, is the son of Democratic congressman Ed Mezvinsky and Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky. Both served in the United States congress representing Iowa and Pennsylvania respectively. Marjorie was a force to be reckoned with in Pennsylvania politics, running as the Democrat candidate for Lt. Governor in 1998 until her husband’s financial problems forced her to withdraw. Ed Mezvinsky reportedly served a prison sentence for fraud but was released in April, 2008.

The Romance
They met in Washington DC

Chelsea and Marc met in Washington, DC and both attended Stanford University. Several major news agencies have staked out the couple off and on for years. During President Clinton’s ongoing Monica Lewinsky scandal one major television network was going to break a story about the couple’s romance but backed off out of respect for their privacy. At the time I was working on the book, All the Presidents’ Children, and a person representing himself as an associate producer offered me his notes. I declined.

Chelsea and Marc live in New York where she attends school and he works for Goldman Sachs.

News about the wedding has been a story in itself, with speculation that the public, media savvy Clintons have purposely dropped disinformation to help shroud the event in privacy. Hints about the wedding last summer embarrassed news agencies when it didn’t happen. It is now set for July 31, 2010. Published accounts were also wrong and then right about the dress. It will be a Vera Wang creation, some said, not Oscar de la Renta as widely reported. Now the New York Times is certain it will be de la Renta. And the location will not be at Martha’s’ Vineyard but deep on the grounds of the Astor estate in Rhinebeck, N.Y., just a few hours north of New York City. The estate is now owned by a Clinton supporter.