wedding, originally planned for July 18. Many of the replies breezily assured me that by July ‘this’ would all be over. Ignorance really was bliss.Since then my fiancé and I, like thousands of other ‘Covid bride and grooms’, have been unable to make a Plan B, C or D for the long-awaited happiest day of our lives.
Weddings in England have been off the table. Places of worship and registry offices have been closed. Couples have been unable to give the legal notice necessary to be married - which in itself requires a definite date and location, two things impossible to confirm.
So the answer to the well-meaning friends who’ve asked, ‘Can’t you go and get married just the two of you?’ was a 'no', not even if we’d wanted to.Of course, a.