Charlotte and Jerry met through mutual friends on a night out. “Jerry was so easy to talk to and we found out pretty quickly that we have the same dry sense of humour!” Charlotte tells us. “We’ve been inseparable ever since.” Jerry proposed during a holiday to Rhodes in July 2022 after being a couple for six years. “He got down on one knee on the final night of our holiday before we were going out to dinner,” Charlotte tells us. “It took me by surprise as I thought if it was going to happen it would have been at the start of the holiday. After telling our parents, we celebrated with champagne and a seafood supper.” SETTING THE SCENE Charlotte and Jerry chose Woolstone: All Saints church for their ceremony because both of Charlotte’s grandparents are buried there so it’s a special place to her. “We both decided, after looking at a few wedding venues, that having a marquee wedding was what we wanted so that we had the freedom to choose all of our own suppliers,” Charlotte explains. Charlotte and Jerry invited 100 of their family and very close friends to their church service and had a further 80 guests meet them afterwards at their marquee reception. “We had a big welcome and cheers when we arrived!” Charlotte says. “We were both smiling from the moment we saw each other in the church until the end of the night. We can’t explain the high we were both feeling, we kept taking a few moments together to embrace everything that was happening around us and appreciate every step we had worked so hard to organise.” Charlotte and Jerry have good friends who live not far from their chosen church who let them have their couple photos taken in their garden. “There was a perfect spot in front of their pond where you can see White Horse Hill in the background,” Charlotte says. “We also used their driveway that was lined with trees for a few shots - the photos turned out amazing!” A family friend of the couple allowed them to use their field REAL WEDDINGS 45
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