| Travelling in style in a fairytale glass carriage
 By
Elaine Sheridan
IT COST £14,000 to buy, one year to make, had to be shipped all the way
from America and eventually featured in OK magazine.
It’s that famous horse-drawn carriage that Jordan arrived in on her
wedding day.
Fit for a princess the carriage was actually made for a seven-year-old
girl for her Holy Communion day. It belongs to Savannah Hudson from
Manchester and has since been hired out to many couples for their
wedding nuptials.
Savannah’s mum Georgina McDonagh explained the story behind the
carriage.
She said: “My dad Gerard was dying and knew that my daughter’s Communion
would probably be the last big family affair.
“My dad who comes from Cork really wanted to spoil his granddaughter and
asked me how he could do so. So being from a traveller background we
wanted to do things in style.
“I set about searching for a Cinderella type carriage that Savannah
could turn up to the church in. It was impossible to find anything
suitable in this country and I eventually found a company in America
that fitted the bill.
“I started designing the whole thing and dad helped pay for it.
Thankfully he lived to see his beloved grand-daughter on her special day
but sadly died seven weeks later.”
After spending so much money on this ornate piece of work Georgina came
up with a plan to make money out of it and put it to good use instead of
it just being stored in the garage.
She said: “I knew Jordan was getting married at some stage and thought
that this might suit her flamboyant taste. I decided to ring OK magazine
and track her down.
“I left my contact details with them and they passed it on to her. She
phoned me and asked me to send a picture of it. That was it as soon as
she saw it she fell in love with it.
“I came up with ideas of how to change things to her taste like putting
pink satin seats in it, fur on the floor and flowers on the roof. She
loved all my plans and went with them. She invited me to her wedding at
HighClere Castle which was amazing. We really had a great day surrounded
by all the stars and the media.”
UNICEF is using the carriage at the charity ball at the end of October
and the highest bidder gets to use the coach as a taxi home.
Georgina hires out the carriage to people at £1,400 a time. All the
money raised goes towards her children’s education in the future.
If you are interested in hiring it out phone 07908 225 278. | 