A Merseyside couple celebrated their wedding over the Jubilee weekend.
Steven and Lauren Smith, from Wirral, had initially planned to tie the knot in August 2020, however the pandemic forced the couple to postpone the wedding to May 2021. A family tragedy meant this date also had to be pushed back to Friday June 3..
A couple of weeks after choosing this date, it was announced the weekend would be a four day bank holiday to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Lauren, 33, told the ECHO: "We hoped the covid situation would have cleared up by then but unfortunately it was not to be.
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"We chose another date but Steve's nan Julia was suffering with cancer and sadly passed away on May 10 2021. This broke Ste so we rescheduled for June 3 2022."
The mum-of-two described her big day St Alban's Church in Liscard as "magical". She added: "It rained all night the night before and right up until we were ready to leave my mum Alison's flat in Wallasey. Everyone was surprised to see that we had marked the Jubilee by Steve wearing Union Jack socks and my wedding shoes being being blue with the Union Jack. My father in law Tony sported a Union Jack hat.
"It was a brilliant day to share with family and friends, our children Joshua aged 10, Ruby aged 7, and her majesty."
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