The ceremony in a chapel, the bride in white, the guests all dressed up, the seats assigned to the tables, the flowers and gifts.
It may also have been a 'symbolic marriage' or a 'non-marriage' as the most mischievous say, but apart from the absence of an officiant, the one held today at Villa Gernetto, in Lesmo in Brianza, between Silvio Berlusconi and his partner Marta Fascina , it looked like a wedding ceremony.
Complete with blue Armani with a lily of the valley for the Cavaliere, while Marta Fascina wore a white dress created by designer Antonio Riva in French lace, with a bodice, half collar and chaste V-neckline, as well as a wide white train at least long. four meters.
The bouquet is also of lily of the valley, matching Berlusconi's buttonhole.
All the relatives of the Forza Italia parliamentarian were present at the ceremony, while on Berlusconi's side were his brother Paolo, his children Marina, Barbara, Eleonora and Luigi with their grandchildren.
Only the second son Pier Silvio is absent, who in this period prefers to keep away from too crowded events for fear of contagion from Covid.
Speaking of the virus, on Friday morning all the guests took a molecular swab as a precaution.
Less than a hundred were present: from long-time friends Gianni Letta, Marcello Dell'Utri, Fedele Confalonieri and Adriano Galliani, to party leaders Licia Ronzulli, Anna Maria Bernini and Antonio Tajani, up to entrepreneurs Diego Della Valle, Stefano Sala and Danilo Pilgrim.
Also present was the leader of the League, Matteo Salvini,
the only non-Forza Italia politician to have been invited to the ceremony.
In the brief solemn moment in the chapel of the Villa, with the sound of a violin in the background, a sort of 'exchange of promises' was held, with the Knight who dedicated words of gratitude and love towards the countryside, for having been close in the most difficult moments, but he also wanted to thank his family and closest friends for coming on this occasion of immense happiness for him.
Lunch was then served inside Villa Gernetto, prepared by the chefs Bobo and Chicco Cerea of the starred restaurant 'da Vittorio' in Brusaporto.
The menu, much appreciated by the guests, was inspired by the Lombard tradition, with dishes such as veal mondeghili with lemon with celery and turnip cream, ricotta and potato gnocchi with saffron, robiola and peppered bread and passito moscato produced by a Franciacorta winery.
Between courses, waiting for the three-tiered cake, to symbolize the couple's years of engagement, the singer Gigi D'Alessio sang a series of songs from the Neapolitan tradition, including 'Malafemmina' and 'O Sarracino '.
Instead, reviving ancient memories of when the two performed together on cruises in their youth,