A Duchess’s Dillemma: the aisle
Over my long career creating wedding ceremonies there have been numerous occasions where a parent, or parents couldn’t attend their child’s wedding. At our own wedding it was because some weren’t invited, at others their parents could not be present on the day because of illness, travel complications, and for one of my couples, one died in the days before the wedding. So many are blessed to have had amazing parents whose presence we appreciate and enjoy, and when something important happens in our lives – like a marriage ceremony – we want them there to witness the day and cheer us on. So as the now Duke and Duchess of Sussex were entering their wedding week I couldn’t imagine the pain of finding out that Meghan’s father was not only extremely unwell, but also unable to attend their wedding. (Being the most televised wedding of recent times brings a silver lining to the issue in that someone didn’t have to stand there with an iPhone Facetiming the ceremony back to Mexico.) There was, h...