A bride and groom from Leeds, England, UK, decided to
kill two birds wih one stone, they got married and attempted to beat
two Guinness World Records.
Amy Ewing, 26, and Alex Simmons, 32, tied the knot in front of a
record-breaking 130 bridesmaids and 103 ushers. The wedding is seeking
to break two records; most ushers to one groom, currently 47, and most
bridesmaids to one bride, currently 126.
The idea initiator was the couple’s wedding planner Abbi Lewis, who
was looking through the world records in the Guinness book and came
across one for most ushers which stood at 47 in Canada in 2003. The
woman decided that the number is easy beatable and decided to complicate
the task by hiring 130 bridesmaids.
Speaking about wedding preparations Abbi said, “I am one of the
130 bridesmaids. We will all be wearing the same dress. They were
specially made in the US and flown over three weeks ago. Since then we
conducted more than 90 dress fittings. We had a terrible time measuring
all the men’s wear. All you could hear was sewing machines going at one
point.”
The newlyweds have four children from previous relationships and are
currently expecting a baby together. The ceremony was conducted
according to Guinness Book of World Records guidelines to register it as
a world beater. Abbi said, “They are so much in love. ‘The whole
wedding would have cost £110,000 ($170,000 ; about 34,142,887N) but all
the wedding professionals provided their services for free, including
me.”
A world record wedding has taken place at Rudding Park Hotel in Harrogate North Yorkshire
Amy Ewing and Alex Simmonds with just a few of their bridesmaids and ushers
The couple kiss in front of their guests after saying ‘I do’
Amy and Alex in front of all of their wedding guests
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