Infanta Elena is the eldest child of King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía of Spain, at the time of her marriage, she was second in line to the Spanish throne.

[1] Infanta Elena, the elder daughter of King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía of Spain, met Spanish nobleman Jaime de Marichalar, in Paris in 1987.

Felipe González, Prime Minister of Spain, was the last to arrive before the groom and members of foreign royal families.

As the bride and her father arrived at the cathedral, the Marcha Real, Spain's national anthem, was played on the organ.

[citation needed] Televisión Española (TVE) produced the live institutional television signal, directed by Pilar Miró, that was distributed to all major networks in Spain.