“We decided to use the music off Dhani’s father’s jukebox,” explains the
Icelandic former model of walking down the aisle to Led Zeppelin’s “The
Rain Song” at their intimate June ceremony. But make no mistake, this
was no ordinary jukebox. Sola Káradóttir wed the musician and son
of the Beatles’ late lead guitarist, George Harrison, in the garden
amphitheater of Dhani’s childhood home, Friar Park in Henley-on-Thames.
Befitting a Beatles-family wedding, Káradóttir wore an embroidered
Stella McCartney dress. Káradóttir’s bridesmaids carried peonies as they
walked through a field of wild spring flowers, and the scent of crushed
lavender wafted from under guests’ feet, including those of Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.
Before setting off to honeymoon in the Maldives and Seychelles, the
couple took to the dance floor to a tune by another sixties rock band,
from across the pond: the Beach Boys’ “Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My
Shoulder).”
After meeting with Stella McCartney (pictured left) and her team, Sola Káradóttir decided on a simple shape with embroidery instead of lace to keep her wedding dress modern, yet traditional. It was made
Stella suggested the beautifully romantic secret detail of including the bride and groom’s names on the train of the dress. (The bride’s full Icelandic first name, Solveig, was used.)
Here, the bride poses under a Wisteria arch at Friar Park just before the ceremony.
The wedding party pauses for a portrait after the ceremony. The groomsmen and the bridesman all wore suits by Spencer Hart.
The bridesmaids are in long, light teal Stella McCartney dresses. The two maids of honor (pictured on either side of the bride) wore dresses that have embroidery details similar to those on the bride's wedding dress .
Sola and Dhani take a private moment before making their way to the reception.
The bride and the groom's first dance was to The Beach Boys’ “Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder).” McCartney’s team had beautiful silk ballerina slippers made for the bride, and the groom wore shoes by








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