IT is ten years since Prince William married Catherine Middleton and nearly 60 million people around the world tuned into watch their amazing wedding day.
This summer there will be another wedding. Bubbly will flow, guests will dance and a famous royal photographer will capture every magical move by the bride in her gorgeous wedding dress with her dashing groom.
Email here with DREAM WEDDING in the subject, saying in fewer than 200 words why you deserve to win
And this wedding could be YOURS, if you win The Celeb Report’s Dream Wedding Competition which we are launching today.
It means that love really is back in the air this Valentine’s Day after hundreds of thousands of wedding ceremonies were cancelled during the past year.
While the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge married on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London our bride and groom will tie the knot at luxurious Down Hall Hotel, Spa & Estate in Essex (https://www.downhall.co.uk/).
It boasts historic royal connections, was home to 2020’s Great British Bake Off and has just had a multi-million-pound makeover.
Kirsten Burley, Head of Weddings at Down Hall, says, “We are delighted to be working with The Celeb Report on Sunday to give one lucky couple the chance to win their dream wedding.
“After an incredibly tough year for everyone, we can’t wait to welcome guests to the hotel and provide a truly magical day for the winners.”
A range of award winning wedding experts will help make the day truly magical.
Before the wedding the bride will have a bespoke facial at London celebrity clinic Skin+IQ (https://skinplusiq.co.uk/) ready for the big day and will be given the full bridal experience as she chooses her dress, underskirt, veil, tiara and three bridesmaid dresses from wedding dress experts WED2B
(www.wed2b.com)
A spokesperson for WED2B, the UK’s largest and fastest-growing bridal retailer with 39 stores in the UK, said: “We’re so excited to be able to take part in The Celeb Report’s Dream Wedding Competition and cannot wait to meet the lucky bride.
At WED2B brides, when able, can come into any of our stores without an appointment and our highly trained bridal experts can help find the perfect dress that they can take home that very same day with many priced under £599.
Plus they can have made to order bridesmaid dresses and an accessories range featuring hair-pieces, veils, bolero jackets, and belts so brides can add the perfect finishing touch to their wedding day look.”
Shoes and the groom’s suits will be chosen from Mason’s Great Event Co (https://www.masonsgreateventco.co.uk/) and her stunning flowers from bespoke specialists Cherub’s Florists of Chelmsford, Essex (https://www.cherubsflorists.co.uk/).
The owner Alice Thomas-Scrine told us: “We create beautiful bespoke wedding flowers and venue styling to make our couples’ day truly special.
“We are so excited to be part of The Celeb Report on Sunday’s competition and can’t wait to meet the lucky couple.”
The bride and groom can choose up to 30 guests to be at their midweek wedding when Covid restrictions allow on a date to be decided and 33 Pixels (https://www.33pixels-wedding-stationery.com/), a design studio run by Lauren Lynch will work with the couple to provide stunning bespoke ‘save the date’ stationery and invitations.
On the big day a celebrity make up artist and hairdresser will work their magic as the bride gets ready in the elegant bridal dressing suite at Down Hall.
Our legendary royal photographer Arthur Edwards MBE – who photographed William and Kate at their wedding – will capture every precious moment as the couple then tie the knot in the hotel’s Wedding Gazebo, set in its private hedged garden, or the historic Prior Suite.
The couple will exchange hand-etched ethical wedding bands from Lebrusan Studio in London’s famous Hatton Garden. (https://www.lebrusanstudio.com/).
Arabel Lebrusan, the founder and designer, said: “Ten years on from William and Kate’s beautiful day we could all do with a sprinkling of joy in our lives and a reminder of that gorgeous event.
“That’s why we’re thrilled to be taking part, it feels great to share some love and provide hand-etched engraved wedding bands.
“Cast in Fairtrade Gold, the lucky winners can wear them with pride, knowing that their existence has contributed positively to small mining communities when they needed it most.”
After the vows the wedding party will retire to the elegant Harley Suite, with its jaw-dropping chandeliers, for a three-course wedding breakfast featuring the finest locally sourced, seasonal ingredients and accompanied by fine wines.
