Chapter 419 Gift

Since September, as Barron's wedding date approaches, the entire Chatsworth Estate is no longer open to the public, but is being decorated in various ways to welcome the wedding of the young Duke of Devonshire.

Even the church within the manor underwent urgent repairs - it would serve as an important venue for the wedding ceremony and needed to appear as perfect as possible to welcome guests.

As a result, the venue for Barron's wedding this time was chosen to be the family's traditional residence, Chatsworth House. Perhaps there is no place more suitable than this.

Even though the preparations for his wedding were extremely low-key, all the guests were given invitations by a special person - decorated with gold thread, bearing the Devonshire family emblem, written in the most standard cursive script with ink containing gold powder, and completely worthy of collection.

Even for guests who are far away overseas, or even in America, halfway across the world, their gifts will be personally delivered by a special person flying in.

But the news of his wedding was still revealed by some tabloids such as The Sun.

However, these have little impact. Barron vividly explained that it is not only the wedding on the island that can be kept secret. Even though he chose Chatsworth House as the wedding venue, it is difficult for tabloid reporters and curious people to spy on the inner process and scenes.

Therefore, he mobilized a "troop" of up to 1,500 people from the Protector Security Company to surround Chatsworth House and did not allow any outsiders to enter.

Even starting a week before the wedding, two helicopters took turns patrolling within a five-kilometer radius of the manor house around the clock. This level of security eliminated any possibility of sneaking in and spying.

When Her Majesty the Queen arrived at Chatsworth House the day before her wedding, she couldn't help but complain that there was no need for the Royal Guard to be on guard. The security here was even tighter than when she attended major events...

Yes, Her Majesty the Queen arrived at Chatsworth House the day before the wedding, accompanied by almost all members of the royal family.

Her Majesty the Queen stayed in the same bedroom where Queen Victoria lived when she came to Chatsworth House, which can be regarded as a kind of historical inheritance.

In addition to all members of the royal family who came to the wedding, the distinguished guests who arrived later included Jeb Bush, the younger brother of the President of the United States and currently the Governor of Florida. Since it was inconvenient for the President to come, he brought his wife to attend the wedding on behalf of the Bush family; Joey Hastert, Speaker of the United States House and also the son of Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Speaker in the history of the United States, came to the wedding on behalf of his father; and several members of the Kennedy family... It is worth mentioning that when the Bush family and the Kennedy family met, there was no special scene, but everything was peaceful.

In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia's Mohammed Salman, the future "strongest crown prince", and Prince Walid and his wife, etc.; Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Saad Abdullah Salim Al Sabah and Kuwait Investment Authority President Badr Mohammed El Salad; Qatari Crown Prince Tamim and others...

On the Chinese side, Superman Li, his two sons, Boss Ma, Pony Ma and other entrepreneurs were also invited to Chatsworth House.

Others include the Duke of Westminster and his family, the Earl of Bute and his family, the Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer Brown, Conservative Party leader Howard, as well as Cameron, Johnson and others...

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The rest include the company managers under Barron, Julia Moore, Daisy, Amber Sheehan and others.

Although the media is not allowed to enter the wedding site, and the guests have also communicated that they do not want to release the photos even if they take them as souvenirs, there will be a professional photography team throughout the entire process. As a media tycoon, Barron will definitely have the most reliable and professional team.

The footage of this process was never made public until decades later, when the live footage of the wedding was seen by the public.

In addition to the "heavyweights" attending the wedding, people were surprised to find that in addition to the current British Prime Minister, the British politicians who attended the Duke of Devonshire's wedding also "coincidentally" included several British Prime Ministers in the past, including Brown, Cameron, Johnson... A total of five British Prime Ministers attended this wedding!

Although there were many guests, Chatsworth House had more than 300 rooms, which was enough for these guests to rest temporarily. However, in order to take care of these people, Grace Cultural Tourism Group specially dispatched more than 500 staff to serve the guests - all of whom had undergone security checks and signed strict confidentiality agreements.

Before the wedding, Barron also met John Bogle, the founder of Vanguard Group, who came from the United States.

"I'm so glad you could come to my wedding in person, Mr. Bogle."

Although he is 76 years old, John Bogle still looks energetic. He sat in front of Barron and said with a smile:

"For an old man of my age, traveling across states is indeed challenging, but it is still worth it to be able to attend your wedding. In addition, Your Highness, I also brought you a gift..."

"Your coming here is the best gift."

When Barron met John Bogle, he already had some expectations.

As expected, he said,

"My gift is very valuable. I believe you will understand, Your Highness. It is 5% of the shares of the Pilot Group, and you can become a member of the board of directors of the Pilot Group..."

John Bogle looked at Barron meaningfully:

"It's also the friendship of our big family... and a ticket to the game."

"It's a very tempting gift, Mr. Bogle, but... I don't know what I need to pay for it?"

Seeing that Barron's expression was still calm and his tone was a little playful, Bolger laughed:

"It's simple. 15% of DS Capital and two seats on the board of directors."

Barron stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the busy setting outside - for this wedding, they airlifted 10 tons of flowers from the Netherlands to decorate the scene.

He was silent.

In terms of the scale of assets under management, DS Capital is only in the hundreds of billions of dollars, while Vanguard Group manages trillions of dollars of assets...

From this perspective, getting 5% of Vanguard Group and a seat on the board of directors in exchange for 15% of DS Capital's shares is not a loss, and may even be an advantage.

But apart from the fact that the two board seats are a bit of a concern for Barron, he also knows the future prospects of DS Capital. It is no exaggeration to say that it is not impossible for it to surpass Vanguard Group in the future.

Although Vanguard Group manages a large number of assets, in fact, the characteristic of Vanguard Group is that its fees are extremely low, and the assets of Vanguard Group belong to the investors - that is to say, the assets that belong entirely to Vanguard Group itself do not account for a large proportion of the trillions of assets.

DS Capital is different. A large proportion of its assets also come from investors, but the assets it owns are much more than outsiders imagine.