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Richard and Victoria’s wedding featured hues of dusty blue and burgundy

Images courtesy of James Mottram Wedding Photography

Richard and Victoria first crossed paths on Tinder back in 2016 and instantly hit it off. “We always had an easy time finding something to talk about over text and decided to meet up at The Exchange Bar in Leicester where we had the best first date and couldn’t stop talking”, says Victoria.

Two months later, she was discussing Richard with a friend when she realised how strong her feelings were for him; he really was the one for her. Richard knew she was his soulmate during a stag do to Vegas, where he started to miss Victoria.

Fast forward two years, Richard popped the question during a romantic, candlelit dinner. Victoria comments, “We’d spoken briefly about marriage and both wanted to say ‘I do’ in the future, but we’d never really discussed it apart from that. He cooked an impressive Spanish tapas meal and halfway through dinner, he disappeared off upstairs and snuck the ring box back down with him. I didn’t realise anything was going on until he held my hand and got down on one knee – I was completely shocked! There was so much happiness and tears that we never ended up finishing the lovely meal he’d made!”

Here Victoria shares details about their special day...

We wanted to have a fun day that all our family and friends loved. After quite a few weekends searching for a venue, we visited Prestwold Hall and instantly fell in love!

Each guest was given little Lindt chocolates for favours as well as a personalised face mask and hand sanitiser due to getting married during a pandemic. Jessica at Bramble and Twine provided all of our flowers, which included a big arrangement in the ceremony room and flowers for the centrepieces.

Prestwold Hall couldn’t hold the sit down meal aspect for only 15 guests due to COVID-19 restrictions, so we ended up moving our wedding breakfast to The Royal Arms at Sutton Cheney. The venue had a smaller private room which worked perfectly! We had a classic Beauford Tourer adorned with ivory ribbons for our transport.

As soon as I put on a Stella York dress from Dress Me Pretty Bridal Room in Hinckley, I knew it was the one! The groom and groomsmen wore matching suits, but Richard wore an ivory waistcoat to standout.

The ceremony was my favourite part of the day; it was so emotional and romantic.

Rich said it was the happiest half-day of his life; he was really nervous in the morning, but was so happy after the ceremony. Nearly everyone at the table ended up giving an impromptu speech – it was so lovely and made us both feel very loved!

Our guest list was reduced from 75 to 15 because of restrictions, but the best man (the groom’s brother) and maid-of-honour (my sister) asked all our missing guests to record video messages, which was played after the speeches! We were genuinely shocked and it was so emotional – I cried all the way through!

RICHARD AND VICTORIA’S LITTLE WHITE BOOK

Venue, www.prestwold-hall.com, www.royalarms.co.uk | Photographer, www.jamesmottram.co.uk | Bride’s dress, www.dressmepretty.co.uk Bride’s shoes, www.irregularchoice.com | Earrings, www.jonrichard.com | Clutch bag, https://katieloxton.com Hair, S.T.stacietomlinsonhair@outlook.com | Make-up, www.instagram.com/amyunderwoodmakeup_ Bridesmaids’ dresses, www.wed2b.com | Groom’s suit, www.moss.co.uk | Cake, www.bakerlu.co.uk Flowers, www.brambleandtwine.co.uk | Transport, www.mrmcars.com | Entertainment, www.weddingguitaristuk.com Venue styling, www.sageandbelle.co.uk

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