On Saturday, Huma Abedin, the political strategist, author, and longtime aide to Hillary Clinton, married investor and philanthropist Alex Soros at the couple’s home in Water Mill, NY. The couple first met at a party hosted by their friends James and Nicky Hilton Rothschild in October 2023 and started dating shortly thereafter. In June 2024, they got engaged after Soros proposed to Abedin with an emerald cut diamond ring flanked by a pair of slim baguettes at their Manhattan apartment.

“Alex bought the ring one morning and proposed by our dining table that same evening. He handed me the ring in a taking out bag saying that it was ‘dessert,’” Abedin tells Vogue. “It had been a long day at work, and I was distracted because I was leaving for a trip early the next morning. It was a total surprise and a beautiful one!” A few weeks later, they traveled to Italy, and he proposed again on the balcony of their hotel room.

Abedin and Soros had always intended to elope, but the plan changed at an engagement party co-hosted by former first lady and secretary of state—and Abedin’s longtime boss—Hillary Clinton, whom she started working for as a 19-year-old intern while attending George Washington University.

“It was an unexpectedly wonderful journey,” Abedin says. “We got engaged with no plans to have a wedding. We talked about hosting small dinners in different cities because we have close family and friends all over the world. But once we decided to have a wedding, or rather when we were instructed to have a wedding by Hillary and Anna [Wintour], who pulled out their calendars and suggested the date—despite Alex saying he was scheduled to be at a conference in Europe!—it was set.” After they locked in the date, the couple knew immediately that they wanted to do it at home.

Partly because a big wedding was never originally in the cards, Abedin was relatively laid back throughout the entire planning process—which, she notes, made it a lot more fun. “Our first meeting was at my mother-in-law Susan’s house with Hillary and Anna, and when all three asked me what I wanted, it was a surreal moment to have people who cared so much about making the day perfect for all our friends and family,” Abedin recalls. “I am pretty set on what I do and don’t like, so making decisions was easy—but there were a lot of decisions.”