Julia Moffett and Toby Constantine Orangery in Kensington’s Holland Park, London
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t’s said that people in love will follow each other to the ends of the earth. In the case of Londoner Toby Constantine and former D.C. native Julia Moffett, this turned out to be true—and not only because they lived an ocean apart. Not long after their transatlantic romance began, Toby–a media and marketing veteran who runs his own firm, Market Evolution—set off for the remote island in Indonesia he co-owns with several partners. He suggested that Julia—a former Clinton aide who now works as Director of Strategy and Development for the BBC World Service Trust—consider joining him. With the help of two jets, a small plane, a motor boat of questionable buoyancy and a steely nerve, she did just that. Two years and a great many plane trips later, the globetrotting couple were wed on July 9, on a perfect summer’s day at the Orangery in Kensington’s idyllic Holland Park, accompanied by a small gospel choir that had the assembled guests dancing in their pews long before the DJ started spinning at the reception, held at the Belvedere. Participating in the picture-perfect ceremony were, among many others, Best Man Paddy Byng; Lopo Champalimaud, who introduced the peripatetic bride and groom, Susannah Constantine, the groom’s first cousin and creator of “What Not to Wear”; Julia’s father, former United States Congressman and chief executive of the Livingston Moffett International Practive Group Toby Moffett; her seven siblings; Toby’s young son Finn Constantine; and the very joyful presence of a prominent bump under Julia’s Proenza Schouler gown. (The happy couple are now proud parents of Calla and Estelle, born in London in early December.) Honored guests included the groom’s father, Robert Loudon Constantine and the bride’s mother, Suzanne Cliver. Among many Washingtonians past and present who joined the festivities were Liz Bernstein Norton, James P. Rubin and his wife, Christiane Amanpour, Jake Siewert, Carrie Goux, Jonathan Spalter and Jordan Tamagni. The bride, who will keep her name, and groom (who says he plans to keep his, too) will continue to reside in Notting Hill Gate–in between trips across the Atlantic and around the world. The twins’ passports are in the works.
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