Godmother and maid of honor

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 131860

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "anders217" <rkelley at b...> wrote:
> We hear lots about Sirius being Harry's godfather, and he was 
> the best man at Lily & James' wedding.  Why do we never hear 
> anything about who was Lily's maid of honor, or whether or not 
> Harry has a godmother?  Was Petunia Lily's wedding attendant?  


Jen: We know there's not a Godmother according to JKR. Melissa in 
message 131844 offered the quote from the Edinburgh Book Festival 
where JKR explained that the christening was a rushed affair.

But as for Lily's possible friends, and maid of honor, the two who 
jump out as being approximately the same age are Alice Longbottom and 
Hestia Jones (from the Advance Guard). We know for sure Alice and Lily 
had much in common, both working to defeat LV, both newly married with 
almost identical-age sons. Hestia's description of being 'pink-cheeked 
and black-haired' gives us little to go on, except she did request to 
be part of the Advance Guard, presumably to see Harry--was it because 
he's the son of her deceased friend?

Maybe it's just a vain hope on my part, but I could see someone coming 
forward to explain more about Lily's life to Harry. What we know so 
far seems woefully inadequate. JKR is definitely prolonging the big 
reveal about Lily's eyes, but perhaps the rest of her life falls under 
the category of 'adds nothing to the plot'.

Jen