The former first daughter Barbara Bush is married and has only invited 20 members of her family

Former President George Bush played another important role this weekend, walking his daughter in the alley during her wedding.

Barbara Bush, the former first daughter, married her fiancé, Craig Coyne, to Kennebunkport, Maine on Sunday.

Her proud parents shared the pictures of the big day on Instagram Monday morning.

In one photo, we can see George Bush walking Barbara, 36, in the alley at the outdoor ceremony in the Bush family compound.

In his message, George Bush paid tribute to his late mother, Barbara Bush, by explaining that her daughter and mother had similar traits.

"Barbara is named after a unique and strong woman – and rightly so, because she's unique and strong. @Laurawbush and I are so proud of our compassionate, daring, fierce, kind, intelligent daughter and loving, and we are thrilled to welcome Craig Coyne into our family, "he writes in the Instagram legend.

Former First Lady Laura Bush shared a family portrait of Barbara's twin sister, Jenna Bush Hager, her husband and daughters.

Laura Bush called it a "wonderful day".

Barbara Bush told People magazine that only 20 family members were present for the "very short, sweet ceremony."

Her twin sister, Jenna Bush Hager, also shared photos of this memorable day, noting that her eldest daughter, Poppy, played the dual role of flower girl and ring bearer.

Hager explained to his colleagues at the Today Show that it was a "very secretive wedding that looked a bit like my elusive sister" and that it was "just a family in a place that means love." of the family".

She also said that the couple had chosen to get married in the Bush precinct, Maine, so that her grandfather, former President George H. W. Bush, could attend.

Hager gave a speech at the reception, singing the praises of his sister.

"I just told her, to everyone, how much she meant to me, but I ended up with a letter that my grandfather wrote to my grandmother because I had been looking for all the romantics and that Shakespeare just did not do it, "said Hager in a telephone interview given today. .

Photographer Paul Morse published three photos of the ceremony, one showing how the couple had received a shower of white flower petals while he was walking down the aisle after the ceremony.

The wedding ceremony was a real family affair, under the chairmanship of the bride's aunt, Dorothy Bush Koch.

Barbara Bush wore a Vera Wang dress in custom ivory silk. She told People that she respected the tradition by wearing a bracelet that her grandfather had offered to her grandmother Barbara, who died in April, under the pseudonym "something borrowed" and to a pair of earrings of his sister Jenna under the pseudonym of "something blue".

The groom is a screenwriter and the married couple will live in New York, just like his sister Jenna and his family.

"We are excited about making such a small wedding with our family," said Barbara Bush to People.