The great and the gilded of Europe were out in full force on 7 February, when Prince Nikolaos married Chrysí at the Holy Church of Saint Nicholas Ragavas, one of the oldest churches in Athens. Chrysí, the daughter of shipowner Giorgos Vardinogiánnis and Agapi Politi, wore a custom lace gown by Christos Costarellos for her big day, as well as the Antique Corsage tiara, straight from the vaults of her mother-in-law, Queen Anne Marie. It's fair to say that this was a quite extraordinary ‘something borrowed’, but Chrysí's ‘something new’ was perhaps even more significant: a custom set of earrings, the design masterminded by the bride herself, with a subtle and poignant symbolic meaning. The diamond set, crafted in the shape of cascading ivy, was made especially for the royal wedding day by the Greek jeweller, Serkos, which detailed the whole experience to Tatler. The Achillea, also known as a yarrow plant, holds deep meaning that's especially apt for a royal wedding: as a perennial bloom, it's said to represent everlasting love and, in ancient Greek myth, it was used by the legendary hero Achilles to heal wounds on the battlefield.