Get there early: Clerk Orr to name first couple to obtain a marriage license on 4/29 “Cook County’s Royal Couple”
By Sebastian James at April 28, 2011 | 2:47 pm | Print
What: In honor of the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, Clerk David Orr will dub the first couple to obtain a marriage license tomorrow morning as Cook County’s royal couple. The couple will cut a three-tiered wedding cake donated by Eli’s Cheesecake and take another cake home.
When: 8:30 a.m. Friday, April 29
Where: Cook County Vital Records, 50 W. Washington, CL 25 in the Daley Center Pedway.
Background: The Clerk’s office and Eli’s Cheesecake held a similar “ceremony” in 1981 on the day Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer.
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David Orr, 2 years ago
Absolutely! We have a lot planned for the first civil union licenses on June 1. It will be a celebration.
Kyle Hillman, 2 years ago
Hope he is going to do this for the first couple to get a Civil Union.