Donald Trump Jr. married Bettina Anderson, his partner of over a year. The civil ceremony took place in West Palm Beach, Florida on Thursday, and the wedding itself on a private island in the Bahamas - with just 40 select guests. The elder Trump didn't come - allegedly due to government duties and heightened tensions with Iran - but sent congratulations via social media.

The details are typical for elite American weddings: Lewis Miller Design did the floral arrangements, Sweet Stacy's from Palm Beach baked the cake, and calligrapher Bernard Maisner hand-wrote the menus. The rings have an inner inscription in Spanish: "Para siempre tuya, para siempre mío" - forever yours, forever mine. The bride wore a thin gold band, the groom a standard "cigar band."

Eric Trump, the groom's brother, was present and spoke emotionally for the occasion: "They light each other up." Donald Trump, on the other hand - didn't. Whether it was due to real government duties or something else is a story for political commentators, not for global wedding news. Still, the absence of a father from his own son's wedding leaves a mark, especially when the father is simultaneously one of the most publicized people on the planet.

Bettina Anderson is a longstanding member of the Palm Beach and New York circles - model and socialite, known to American media for a long time. The marriage to Trump Jr. is his second - with Vanessa Trump, he has five children. As with many weddings of wealthy families - the style will stay within the frame of one selected fashion magazine. The forgetting, however, will be on the outside.