Former American president George W. Bush was the picture of pride as he watched his daughter Barbara Bush marry the man of her dreams, screenwriter Craig Coyne.
The daughter of the former president and First Lady Laura Bush said “I do” on Sunday in an intimate secret wedding.
Sharing a look inside the day with PEOPLE, the couple wed in front of 20 family members at the Bush family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine.
“A very short, sweet ceremony” is how the bride described her special day.
Bush walked his daughter down the aisle, before the family watched the bride and groom profess their love to one another.
Guests included former President Bush, 72, Mrs. Bush, 71, and Barbara’s grandfather, former President George H.W. Bush, 94. Barbara’s twin sister, Jenna Bush Hager, served as matron of honor, and her daughters, Margaret, 5, and Poppy, 3, were flower girls along with Coyne’s niece, Emma, 5. Poppy did double duty at the ceremony, also serving as the ring bearer.
The bride paid tribute to her namesake – her grandmother former First Lady Barbara Bush who died in April at age 92 – with “something borrowed”.
The 36-year-old teamed her custom ivory silk Vera Wang gown with a sentimental jewel.
“It’s really sweet. The ‘something borrowed’ that I’m wearing is this bracelet that my grandfather gave to my grandmother on their 70th anniversary,” Barbara told PEOPLE.
Her “something blue” was a pair of earrings from Jenna.
The former first daughter and Coyne married after a five-week engagement.
The couple have been rather secretive about their romance after being set up by friends on a blind date last November. By New Year’s Eve they were official.
“We’ve been excited to do such a small wedding with just our family,” Bush admitted.
“It’s just been a very sweet romance,” she confessed. “And we’ve been long-distance for most of it — he’s been in LA and I’ve been in New York — but we’ve gotten to spend a lot of time together.”
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