Sandy Pfluger and Mark Phillips Wedding Party

Asked what the abiding memory of her wedding celebration would be, international dressage star Sandy Pfluger said it would be the drama of her husband Captain Mark Philips almost not being there. Heavy storms in Atlanta, where Mark had been coaching the US eventing team, meant that aeroplanes were grounded. So while Sandy prepared to greet 300 of their friends in Gloucestershire, Mark paced the departure lounge. In the end he made it with just a couple of hours to spare and donned his traditional Hawaiian maile lei, which he wore all evening. Sandy, however, abandoned hers as it clashed somewhat with her Catherine Walker dress. They had been married a month previously at Sandy's home in Hawaii, and had a short honeymoon in Maui. The long honeymoon awaits a gap in the gruelling equestrian schedules.