The traditional ‘big day’ featuring a white dress, a morning suit and a church is still a popular way to get married.
But now, in the biggest wedding shakeup since the 19th century, rules are about to be relaxed so couples can get married wherever they want to.
Some, however, have already veered away from tradition. Woman’s Own speaks to two women whose weddings were anything but conventional.
‘I transformed into a white swan!’
Sophie Cousens, 41, is a novelist and lives with husband Tim, 39, in Jersey, with two daughters aged six and four. They married in Dillington House, Ilminster, Somerset, in July 2013.
I’m one of five siblings and, by the time Tim and I decided to get married in our early 30s, we’d been to a lot…
