Like a fairytale, Nicole ties the knot at twilight
JONATHAN MORAN
26jun06
HOLLYWOOD combined with Nashville in Sydney yesterday when Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban married in a romantic twilight ceremony at Cardinal Cerretti Chapel on the clifftop at Manly.
Veiled and wearing an ivory gown designed by Nicolas Ghesquiere for Balenciaga, Kidman was every bit the princess bride as thousands of well-wishers lined the streets in scenes reminiscent of a royal wedding.
The Hollywood star, 39, walked down the aisle accompanied by her father Dr Antony Kidman, with her bridesmaids her sister Antonia as matron of honour, her 13-year-old daughter Isabella as bridesmaid and her niece, Lucia as flower girl.
She was met at the altar by Urban, 38, who wore a simple black suit teamed with black tie, and his groomsmen - his brother Shane, good friend Marlon Holden and his nephew, Blake.
Clutching a simple posy of white roses dotted with tiny red blooms, the bride was joined by her father in a vintage white Rolls Royce.
It was a scene reminiscent of royal visits, with fans lining both sides of the street with cameras, as police officers and private security guards kept order.
With an Aussie theme throughout, Hugh Jackman was accompanied by the choir, who sang Peter Allen's classic Tenterfield Saddler during the ceremony, and former Crowded House frontman Neil Finn.
About 230 family and friends, including Naomi Watts, Jackman's wife Deborra-Lee Furness, director Baz Luhrmann, Russell Crowe, News Corporation chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch and his wife Wendi Deng and Lachlan and Sarah Murdoch attended the service, presided over by Father Paul Coleman.
Thrilling onlookers as she arrived at the gates of the church, Kidman wound down her window to wave at fans and thank the crowd for turning out.
"It's very simple, there's no big operation - she's just like you, me or any other bride," Kidman's spokeswoman Wendy Day said.
"She didn't want anything strange or odd or underhand about this, no black umbrellas or tinted windows.
Wedding bells chimed at 6.25pm, signalling the couple had become husband and wife.
Soft jazz music was played straight after the wedding bells while guests were served food and champagne. At 7.10pm a huge cheer went up from the crowd after being introduced to the guests as husband and wife.
The reception is believed to have had a Moulin Rouge-style theme. Walking arm-in-arm from their hotel lobby prior to the ceremony the groom's parents Bob and Marienne were full of compliments for their new daughter-in-law. "She's going to be a beautiful daughter-in-law," Mrs Urban announced.
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