Couple chosen for historic “I do” at Royal Pavilion
The first same sex marriage ceremony in Brighton & Hove will take place just after midnight on Saturday, March 29, as soon as the law allows. The ceremony will mark a first in the city and is also set to be one of the first same sex marriages anywhere in the country. Brighton & Hove […]
The first same sex marriage ceremony in Brighton & Hove will take place just after midnight on Saturday, March 29, as soon as the law allows.
The ceremony will mark a first in the city and is also set to be one of the first same sex marriages anywhere in the country.
“I am writing to apply for my partner and I to be the first same-sex couple to be married in Brighton, at The Royal Pavilion Music Room, on 29th. March 2014.“On March 3, we will have been together for 7 years, and we can’t think of any better way to celebrate than to publicly proclaim our love, and to make our commitment to one another legally binding, in one of the most beautiful and iconic settings in our home city. The Royal Pavilion provided the backdrop to our early dates – visits to the theatre, picnics in the gardens and strolls around the Pavilion itself – it continues to feature in our daily lives together.“The Royal Pavilion is such a special place to us and is representative of so much of why we love Brighton and Hove – it’s such a unique building, the design of which expresses a love of colour, contrast and individual taste.“The building, and its creator, gave the city its reputation for free thinking and a shameless appreciation of pleasure which have fed the imaginations of its community and those of countless numbers of visitors over the decades.“In previous years we had been planning to have a civil partnership, but decided to hold on when it became clear that the day might come when law changed to allow us to have a ceremony which brought us true equality. “We are so happy, for ourselves and for the thousands of other committed same-sex couples that that day is nearly here. To be the first same-sex couple to marry in Brighton would be an honour and a thrilling privilege.“Although we would dearly love to have our ceremony in the Royal Pavilion, the fact that we are now allowed to marry at all is enough to counteract any disappointment we might feel if we are not chosen, and we would wish the lucky couple the most wonderful wedding.”
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