Bride

When should she arrive at the church?

The bride should arrive on time. The photographer and the chat with the minister will make her six or seven minutes (fashionably?) late down the aisle.

When should she arrive for a civil ceremony?

She must arrive at the venue ten to fifteen minutes prior to the ceremony as she has to have an interview with the registrar. Please remember that on a Saturday Registrars are usually scheduled for a wedding every thirty/forty minutes or so. We have had a bride twenty five minutes late for the ceremony which was then cancelled as there were so many ceremonies that day. The wedding had to take place much later in the day. At four o’clock instead of eleven thirty!!!  DON’T BE LATE.