The Wanted star Nathan Sykes recently tied the knot with Charlotte Burke in a stunning wedding in North Yorkshire – but disaster almost struck moments before the ceremony
The Wanted star Nathan Sykes and Charlotte Burke recently tied the knot in a fairytale wedding – but disaster almost struck moments before they were due to walk down the aisle.
The loved-up pair, who have been together for eight years before tying the knot, exchanged vows and said “I do” St Mary’s Church, Birdsall, in the North Yorkshire countryside earlier this month on October 11.
In an interview with OK!, Charlotte describes their wedding as the “most perfect weekend” – but things didn’t go completely without a hitch as some of the bridesmaids almost didn’t make it down the aisle.
Nathan chose three best men, school friend Shea Davis, songwriter David Sneddon and producer Tobie Tripp, while Charlotte had six bridesmaids and two flower girls – with Nathan’s mother also walking down the aisle in a special moment.
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Charlotte recalled a dramatic situation which saw four of her bridesmaids trapped. She explained: “Four of my bridesmaids got locked in a bedroom.
“They nearly had to get a cherry picker to get them out of the window.” Nathan then joked: “I almost wish they had — the pictures would have been amazing.”
Meanwhile, the groom was also very to the wire with his timings and making it to the church on time. The morning of the wedding, Nathan and Charlotte’s dad, Conan, were treated to a deep-tissue massage – which left the groom a little too relaxed.
“The relaxing massage quickly changed into panic,” he laughed as he explained he was still in the shower 20 minutes before he was due to leave for St Mary’s, which — luckily — is on the estate grounds.
Luckily, the romantic, traditional ceremony went smoothly and Nathan revealed the first time he saw Charlotte in her dress has become a memory embedded in his mind forever.
“It was breathtaking,” he recalled. “Clair De Lune by Debussy was playing and Char was silhouetted in the doorway of the church with her dad — it was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.
“The light was coming from behind her, through her veil. I was like, ‘Oh my God!’.”
The pair then exchanged traditional vows before Nathan slipped a wedding ring — a custom-made extension of Charlotte’s platinum and diamond Douglas & Blair engagement ring — onto his new bride’s finger.
With a traditional ceremony, the couple opted for some unique twists on the rest of the day’s celebrations as wedding guests were ferried back to the reception venue on a trailer, towed by a tractor.
At the venue, the wedding party was greeted by a string quartet playing Be Our Guest from Beauty And The Beast, followed by a rather more surprising number — SisqÓ’s Thong Song. “Nathan thought it would be funny and, once everyone clicked what song it was, they were singing it at the top of their voices,” Charlotte said. “We really mixed it up.”
Guests were served a plant-based wedding breakfast and opted against having a wedding cake. Charlotte explained: “We had scones with cream and jam during the reception, and then sticky toffee pudding during the wedding breakfast, so we thought that was enough!”
Source: Mirror
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