Kensington and Chelsea Register Office
{{short description|Registry office in London, United Kingdom}}
File:1911 Britannica-Architecture-Chelsea Town Hall.png complex, the location of the register office, from Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911]]
Kensington and Chelsea Register Office is an office for the registration of births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships located in Chelsea Old Town Hall in Chelsea, London.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/births-deaths-marriages-and-citizenship/about-registrars-service/kensington-and-chelsea-register-office-opening-hours-and-location|title=Kensington and Chelsea Register Office opening hours and location | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea|website=www.rbkc.gov.uk}} It has hosted the weddings of many notable people.{{cite web|author=Ian McCurrach |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/the-50-best-wedding-locations-1-25-6263623.html |title=The 50 best wedding locations (1–25) | News & Advice | Travel |work=The Independent |date= 7 April 2006|accessdate=2016-05-25}}
According to The Independent, it is "still one of the hippest places to get married".
Notable people married there
- William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington and Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy (1944){{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Claudia |date=2024-08-01 |title=Kennedy Weddings: Looking Back at the Iconic Family’s Marriage Celebrations From 1914 to Now |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/kennedy-weddings-looking-back-at-the-iconic-familys-marriage-celebrations |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Architectural Digest |language=en-US}}
- Neil Aspinall, music industry executive and Suzy Ornstein (1968){{cite web|url=http://www.londontown.com/LondonEvents/Chelsea-Register-Office-Open-Day/0b4e6/ |title=Chelsea Register Office Open Day at Chelsea Register Office | Chelsea London | London hotels |publisher=LondonTown.com |date=2013-02-10 |accessdate=2016-05-25}}
- Lionel Blair, dancer and Susan Davis (1967)[https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/british-actor-and-dancer-lionel-blair-marries-model-susan-news-photo/901875474 Lionel Blair And Wife British actor and dancer Lionel Blair marries model Susan Davis at Kensington Register Office in London, 21st March 1967], gettyimages.co.uk, accessed 20 October 2021
- Marc Bolan, singer and June Child (1970){{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/kings-road-wedding-venue-that-has-hosted-celebrity-nuptials-from-judy-garland-to-hugh-grant-set-to-a4068341.html|title=Kings Road wedding venue that has hosted celebrity nuptials from Judy Garland to Hugh Grant set to reopen after year-long renovation|date=16 February 2019|accessdate=25 April 2020}}
- Pierce Brosnan, actor and Cassandra Harris, actress (1980)
- Nigel Dempster, journalist, and Lady Camilla Osborne (1977){{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9wDuDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT38|title=Nigel Dempster and the Death of Discretion|first=Tim|last= Willis|publisher=Short Books|year=2010|isbn=978-1906021849}}
- Judy Garland, actress and Mickey Deans (1969)
- Hugh Grant, actor and Anna Eberstein (2018)
- Patsy Kensit, actress and Jim Kerr, musician, (1992)
- Bobby Moore, footballer and Stephanie Parlane (1991){{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersM/BioMooreRFC.html|title=Booby Moore|publisher=England Football Online|accessdate=30 August 2020}}
- Prince Pavlos of Greece and Marie-Chantal Miller (1995)
- Irving Penn, American photographer, and Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish fashion model (1950){{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/6272245/Irving-Penn.html|title=Irving Penn|date=8 October 2009|publisher=The Telegraph}}
- Beth Rogan, actress and Tony Samuel, Shell oil heir and publisher (1962){{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12046078/Beth-Rogan-actress-obituary.html |title=Beth Rogan, actress - obituary|publisher=The Telegraph|date=11 December 2015}}
- Wallis Simpson, socialite and Ernest Simpson (1928)
- Sharon Tate, actress and Roman Polanski, film director (1968){{cite web|url=https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/07/28/polanski-and-tate/|title=The Swinging London Wedding of Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate|date=28 July 2018|publisher=The Vintage News}}
- Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt, pop musicians (2008){{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/london/hi/things_to_do/newsid_8595000/8595499.stm |title=BBC – Pop singer Tracey Thorn on the best and worst of London life |work=BBC News |date=30 March 2010 |accessdate=13 January 2012}}
- Marco Pierre White, chef and Alex McArthur (1988){{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/3334103/The-only-woman-I-have-ever-truly-loved.html|title=The only woman I have ever truly loved|publisher=The Telegraph|date=31 July 2006}}
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