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Harriet Bullough & Saffron Otter

Couple have Lord of the Rings wedding after wife's devastating rare diagnosis

A Lord of the Rings-obsessed couple tied the knot in a Tolkien-themed wedding - complete with hobbit centrepieces and elven lanterns - after the bride was diagnosed with a devastating rare autoimmune condition.

Becky Unwin, 34, was over the moon when fellow Tolkien enthusiast, Jack, 28, a senior projects engineer, proposed in Edinburgh in May 2017. A year later in July 2018, they welcomed their son, Albert, now four.

But in January 2021, the family was struck with heartache when Becky was diagnosed with systemic sclerosis, which causes the hardening of her internal organs.

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