{"id":705617,"date":"2026-07-22T17:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/705617\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T17:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:31:09","slug":"inside-tennis-stars-katie-boulter-and-alex-de-minaurs-romantic-tuscan-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/705617\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Tennis Stars Katie Boulter and Alex De Minaur\u2019s Romantic Tuscan Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

De Minaur spent the morning walking the couple\u2019s dog\u2014and ring bearer\u2014Poppy, with his brother, before the couple exchanged vows in front of just eight guests. \u201cIt was perfect, so intimate,\u201d he recalls. Both bride and groom chose looks that nodded to the location: Boulter wore beloved British brand Vivienne Westwood<\/a>, and de Minaur a midnight-blue, single-breasted Ralph Lauren tuxedo, chosen to feel more English in tone than the look he had planned for the Italian celebrations. After the ceremony, the couple headed to a nearby manor for photographs before rejoining their family at the local pub for dinner.<\/p>\n

The next day, the couple flew to Tuscany, giving themselves one quiet day together at the venue\u2014Borgo Santo Pietro, an 800-year-old farmhouse and estate\u2014before their guests began arriving. The couple worked with planners Studio Sorores to put together an itinerary that encouraged their guests to immerse themselves fully in the picturesque surroundings. A rehearsal dinner in the estate\u2019s kitchen gardens set the tone: a long table groaning with family-style Italian dishes, made using ingredients gathered from the grounds (Borgo Santo Pietro produces its own vegetables, fruit, wine and chocolate). Guests tucked into burrata, risotto and lemon tart while a traditional Italian band played. De Minaur wore a relaxed linen look\u2014pleated pants and a navy striped Ralph Lauren polo\u2014while Boulter chose a sleek, open-backed gown by The Own Studio, a deliberate contrast to her more elaborate look for the day itself.<\/p>\n

Boulter had spent months working with the British bridal designer Caroline Castigliano on a dress that was built from the corset outwards: a sweetheart neckline, a flowing lace skirt built from multiple layers, and detailing inspired by English roses. Woven into the dress, by Boulter\u2019s own hand, was a piece of fabric taken from her late grandmother\u2019s own wedding dress. \u201cI wanted to feel like she was with me in Italy,\u201d she explains, \u201cand it was my grandmother who taught me how to sew.\u201d A lace-trimmed veil that fell, in Boulter\u2019s words, \u201clike a waterfall down my back\u201d, completed the look. \u201cIt was everything I envisioned,\u201d she says of finally trying the finished dress on. As for de Minaur\u2019s response when he first glimpsed his bride walking down the aisle? \u201cIt felt like a fairy tale.\u201d He was wearing another suit by Ralph Lauren, this time a double-breasted tuxedo. \u201cI wanted to feel like James Bond,\u201d he says. Mission accomplished.<\/p>\n

The ceremony itself, held among ruins on the estate, eschewed traditional readings to center on the couple\u2019s own story instead: a compilation, as de Minaur puts it, of \u201chow it all kind of came together, what our values are, what we think is important.\u201d Family, they agree, was at the heart of the day. And no one was more central, quite literally, than the groom\u2019s grandmother, who spent the reception dancing with such enthusiasm and stamina that Boulter calls her the wedding\u2019s unlikely MVP. Alongside her was her husband, de Minaur\u2019s grandfather, who, despite struggling to walk due to recovering from a stroke, rose from his seat to film her dancing. A moving example of what the future holds. \u201cThat is the kind of love that I want,\u201d Boulter says, beaming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"De Minaur spent the morning walking the couple\u2019s dog\u2014and ring bearer\u2014Poppy, with his brother, before the couple exchanged…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705618,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55,48003],"class_list":["post-705617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wedding-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}