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A view from Simon Hoggart's diary recounting an English wedding...

"We went to a country wedding last weekend. The sun was bright and hot but there was a crisp breeze to cut through it. The village - all thatch and stone cottages and pretty terraces - curled round the hillside, so there was a different view round every corner. The church was packed. Nearly all the men were in morning dress, which I hadn't worn for 25 years, and had to borrow. Nowadays chaps seem to brighten up the traditional rig with fancy ties and waistcoats - "very East Enders" someone sniffed to me. The bride was gorgeous in cream silk with a lace top, the music divine and the marriage sermon by the Catholic priest perfectly judged. "I have never been married, of course, but often a spectator can see rather more of the game than some of the players."

Then we trooped, like refugees from a bomb scare at Ascot, through the village to the lawns of the house where we drank champagne and ate nibbles, heard funny speeches, then went into the marquee for dinner. They had the fine idea of appointing each table with a carver and a whole roast leg of lamb. Afterwards we danced to Glen Miller tunes, and I thought there must have been weddings in this village many decades ago and the music and the clothes and the hairdos would have been very similar.

There are a few things we still get right in this country."

Simon Hoggart is a columnist for the Guardian newspaper
(17 May 2008)

"The only thing that matters to a woman on her special day is that she feels beautiful. It's not rocket science. Make them feel amazing and you have succeeded!" - John Smith

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