Bea reads passage about decadent but 悲劇の Jay Gatsby 'because it reminded her sister of bridegroom Jack'

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Given that it 調査するs the 主題s of decadence, idealism and social mobility, The 広大な／多数の／重要な Gatsby was an unusual choice for a 王室の wedding reading.

But Princess Beatrice read an excerpt from F Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 Jazz Age novel at the wedding of her sister Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank in Windsor today.

Eugenie was drawn to the passage which 述べるd enigmatic Jay Gatsby's smile and is said to 逮捕（する） both the theatrical 質 of his character and his 教祖的指導力.

Princess Beatrice read an excerpt from F Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 Jazz Age novel at the wedding of her sister today

Princess Beatrice reads an excerpt from F Scott Fitzgerald's novel The 広大な／多数の／重要な Gatsby today during her sister's wedding

Beatrice arrives at St George's Chapel this morning with her mother Sarah, Duchess of York

The Dean of Windsor, the 権利 Reverend David Conner, carries out the marriage of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank in Windsor this morning

The choir sing during the wedding of Eugenie to Jack at St George's Chapel in Windsor 城

Sarah, Duchess of York and Princess Beatrice wave to the （人が）群がるs outside the chapel today

Sarah, Beatrice and Peter Phillips (third 権利) take their seats for the wedding in Windsor today

Sarah Ferguson and Princess Beatrice, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Thomas Brooksbank, the bridesmaids and page boys leave after the 王室の wedding at Windsor 城 today

The exce rpt read by Maid of Honour Beatrice was chosen as the second reading in one of only a handful of 慣習に捕らわれない touches for a 大部分は 伝統的な service.

述べるing Gatsy ? the 豊富な protagonist who 献身的な his life to throwing lavish parties ? it says: 'He smiled understandingly - much more than understandingly.

'It was one of those rare smiles with a 質 of eternal 安心 in it, that you may come across four or five times in life.

'It 直面するd - or seemed to 直面する - the whole eternal world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favour.

Beatrice arrives with her mother this morning for the wedding of her sister in Windsor

(支援する 列／漕ぐ／騒動, from left) The Queen, Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Prince William, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Princess Anne, and (前線 列／漕ぐ／騒動, from left) Sarah, Duchess of York, Princess Beatrice, Peter Phillips, Autumn Phillips, マイク Tindall, Zara Tindall, Lady Louise Windsor and 栄冠を与える Prince Pavlos of Greece today

Eugenie smiles as she passes her bouquet to bridesmaid Savannah Phillips during the wedding

The Queen, Prince Philip and Prince Charles stand toget her for the wedding this morning

Eugenie gives her bouquet to bridesmaid Savannah Phillips during her wedding 儀式

Princess Eugenie arrives with her father, the Duke of York, for her wedding to Jack this morning

Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank travel in the Scottish 明言する／公表する Coach at the start of their carriage 行列

Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank kiss as they 出口 St George's Chapel in Windsor 城 after their 王室の wedding

Eugenie and Jack leave 手渡す-in-手渡す from St George's Chapel に引き続いて their wedding at Windsor 城 today

The 広大な／多数の／重要な Gatsby has been filmed and dramatised many times - with the most 最近の movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio (left) and Carey Mulligan (centre) 解放（する）d in 2013

'It understood you just as far as you 手配中の，お尋ね者 to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and 保証するd you that it had 正確に the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to 伝える.

'正確に at that point it 消えるd - and I was looking at an elegant young rough-neck, a year or two over thirty, whose (a)手の込んだ／(v)詳述する 形式順守 of speech just 行方不明になるd 存在 absurd.

'Some time before he introduced himself I'd got a strong impression that he was 選ぶing his words with care.'

The passage occurs 早期に on in the novel as the main protagonist and 語り手 Nick Carraway first 診察するs Gatsby's character and 外見.

Beginning his sermon, Dean of Windsor, the 権利 Reverend David Conner, said: 'It was soon after she and Jack had first met that Princess Eugenie read The 広大な／多数の／重要な Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald.

'One particular passage in whcih Jay Gatsby is 述べるd reminded her すぐに of Jack. She decided that she 手配中の，お尋ね者 結局 to let Jack know how much those words had brought him to mind.?That is why they have had a special place (as the second reading) in today's wedding service.

'The words that 特に reminded her of Jack 関心 Gatsby's smile. As we heard from the reading: 'It was one of those rare smiles with a 質 of eternal 安心 in it... It concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favour'.

'In doing so, they understand that marriage is something far more 深遠な than any 肉親，親類d of '契約', as we usually understand it.?

'There are no 条件s here; no 限界s. They 申し込む／申し出 each other an unqualified 約束 to be there for each other come what may. It is the unqualified nature of the 約束 that 生成するs a feeling of 安全, the gift o f 'eternal 安心'.'

(From left) Peter and Autumn Phillips with マイク and Zara Tindall take their seats ahead of the wedding this morning

Jack and Eugenie sit 近づく the 王室の family during their wedding 儀式 at St George's Chapel this morning

Eugenie smiles as she looks 支援する に向かって the Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York at Windsor 城

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex with the Princess 王室の (権利) in their seats ahead of the wedding this morning

Eugenie and Jack smile during their wedding at St George's Chapel in Windsor this morning

Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank walk up the aisle at St George's Chapel in Windsor 城 after their wedding,

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh walk together as they …に出席する the wedding of Eugenie and Jack

Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, at the wedding of Princess Eugenie to Jack Brooksbank at St George's Chapel

The Prince of むちの跡s 株 a joke with other members of the 王室の family 含むing Beatrice ahead of the wedding

Tenor Andrea Bocelli, a friend of Sarah, Duchess of York, 成し遂げるd at the wedding today

Bocelli and the orchestra 成し遂げるd a 素晴らしい rendition of Bach's Ave Maria this morning

The bridesmaids and page boys, 含むing Prince George, arrive for the wedding this morning

Prince George of Cambridge 反応するs as he arrives with other bridesmaids and page boys to …に出席する the wedding today

Bridesmaids and page boys, 含むing Prince George and Princess Charlotte, at the wedding?

An image of abstract art called Here by 示す Bradford was printed on the Order of Service

'井戸／弁護士席, a few years have passed, and Eugenie and Jack come here today to smile on each other, and to 申し込む／申し出 each other something like 'eternal 安心' and the 約束 of an 'irresistible prejudice' in each other's favour.'

The service was led by the Dean of Windsor, with 祈りs led by the Most Reverend and 権利 Honourable John Sentamu, 大司教 of York.

The organists 含むd Peter Roper-Curzon, a member of the bride's family, with 業績／成果s by tenor Andrea Bocelli, a friend of Sarah, Duchess of York.?

Music before the service 含むd Bach's Allegro, from Trio Sonata number five, and Mendelssohn's 組織／臓器 Sonata number three in A major.

After the 公約するs, Bocelli and the orchestra 成し遂げるd a 素晴らしい rendition of Bach's Ave Maria. They also 成し遂げるd Panis Angelicus together.

But the atmosphere created by one of Bocelli's 業績／成果s during the 儀式 was interrupted at one point by the （犯罪の）一味ing of a 動きやすい phone.

ピアニスト Peter Roper-Curzon, who …を伴ってd Bocelli, later told how he enjoyed having risotto at the 王室の wedding, but 行方不明になるd out on having any wedding cake.

As he left Windsor 城 with his wife Victoria, he told MailOnline: 'We had risotto, but I never got any cake. I played Bach and Vaughan Williams at the service, and of course I …を伴ってd Andrea Bocelli.

'In the speeches there was something about always loving and obeying.'

His wife Victoria 追加するd: 'Eugenie looked beautiful, really 絶対 素晴らしい.'

The other reading was taken from St Paul's Letter to the Colossians 一時期／支部 3, and was read by Jack's paternal cousin, Charles Brooksbank.

Other recitals 含むd A Gaelic Blessing by the choir and the hymn Love Divine, All Loves Excelling.

The service ended with the 国家の 国家 and the 行列 of the bride and bridegroom out to 1ere Symphonic, Op14 by Louise Vierne.

A n image of abstract art called Here by 示す Bradford was printed on the Order of Service.?The 傾向 of the artwork was likely a nod to Eugenie's love of art and her 職業 as a director at the 同時代の art gallery Hauser & Wirth in London.

Earlier, bridesmaid Princess Charlotte took a 宙返り／暴落する as she arrived before the 儀式.

…を伴ってd by brother Prince George, five, 事実上の／代理 as page boy, the three year-old enthusiastically waved to the adoring （人が）群がるs as they approached the chapel.

Charlotte was not the only member of the young bridal party to struggle with the steps. Page boy Louis de Givenchy also つまずくd as he entered the church.

What did the Dean of Windsor, the 権利 Reverend David Conner, say about The 広大な／多数の／重要な Gatsby and Eugenie?

Dean of Windsor, the 権利 Reverend David Conner, pictured today

'It was soon after she and Jack had first met that Princess Eugenie read The 広大な／多数の／重要な Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald.

'One particular passage in whcih Jay Gatsby is 述べるd reminded her すぐに of Jack. She decided that she 手配中の，お尋ね者 結局 to let Jack know how much those words had brought him to mind.?That is why they have had a special place (as the second reading) in today's wedding service.

'The words that 特に reminded her of Jack 関心 Gatsby's smile. As we heard from the reading: 'It was one of those rare smiles with a 質 of eternal 安心 in it... It concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favour'.

'In doing so, they understand that marriage is something far more 深遠な than any 肉親，親類d of '契約', as we usually understand it.?

'There are no 条件s here; no 限界s. They 申し込む／申し出 each other an unqualified 約束 to be there for each other come what may. It is the unqualified nature of the 約束 that 生成するs a feeling of 安全, the gift of 'eternal 安心'.'

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