Emma and Will were introduced by friends over text messages back in 2016. “I had been on a flurry of dates and had decided to give up on dating but my friend Jodie asked if I’d go on one last date with Will before and I reluctantly agreed!” Emma tells us. “We met at a bar in London’s Covent Garden and as soon as I saw him I knew he would be the man I’d marry…and six years down the line, here we are!” The couple became engaged during the pandemic in 2020 just before Christmas. “Will had planned to propose on a trip we had arranged to New Zealand but sadly it got cancelled,” Emma says. “We were enjoying a minibreak in the UK and I would love to say it was a surprise but I accidentally found the ring the night before he asked me!” SETTING THE SCENE Emma and Will wanted to get married somewhere locally. “Neither Will nor I am from the area originally but we’ve lived in Buckinghamshire for the past four years so it feels like home to us,” Emma explains. “Hedsor House was the second venue we visited and we both fell in love with it.” The couple decorated their day with an olive green colour theme. “Our table plan, table names and place names were all in this shade,” Emma tells us. “The tables were named after pubs which meant something to our guests seated at that particular table and our beautiful centrepieces were white roses as a symbol of Yorkshire mixed with green foliage which also decorated our mouth-watering cake.” Emma had lily of the valley in her bouquet which also featured in her dad’s buttonhole. “It represented my grandma who sadly passed away before I was born.” “My auntie Linda gave a beautiful reading while holding photographs of both of my grandparents which was a very memorable moment for me.” – Emma 29 REAL WEDDINGS
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