Lady V sees Marquess brother tie the knot

IT’S the season of Anglo - American alliances. Just one week before Meghan Markle marries into the Royal Family, U.S. art consultant Meredith Dunn joined one of this country’s most extraordinary aristocratic dynasties.

Meredith, 36, tied the knot yesterday with the 38-yearold Marquess of Bristol at the Brompton Oratory in South Kensington (above).

Fred Bristol was joined by his elder sister Lady Victoria Hervey, 41, who wore a figure-hugging dusky pink dress ( right). Their late father, Victor, a thrice-married playboy known as The Reptile, was jailed for jewel theft and had a brief career as an arms dealer.

Fred inherited the title in 1999 from his older brother, John, who squandered £30 million on drugs, lost the family seat, Ickworth House in Suffolk, and died aged 44.

Yesterday, the priest, Father Julian Large, alluded to the clan’s history in his homily, saying no one could ‘accuse the Herveys of being boring or predictable’.