Institute of Directors wedding suppliers

How about a little peek into the lives of the rich and famous? Did you see Nicola and Charlie's gorgeous luxury wedding at the Palace of Westminster and Institute of Directors on the blog yesterday? Let's go behind the scenes...

Wedding planner Andri Benson of Always Andri Wedding Design, who had the privilege of working with Nicola and Charlie to coordinate their wedding day, has shared some extra little bits with English Wedding. Find out who worked all the magic on their wedding day - from singing waiters to a gospel choir and more... it's great to know who top wedding planners recommend!

Always Andri: On The Day Coordination

I have to mention wedding planner Andri first, of course. I've followed @AlwaysAndri on twitter for the last year and would recommend her to any bride - not only is she an expert wedding planner full of great tips and advice, she also has her own UK wedding blog where she posts endless inspiration for everything wedding.

Always Andri Wedding Design

Duncan Kerridge: London wedding photographer

Then there's the wedding photographer. Duncan Kerridge is based in Norfolk and describes his style as "natural, insightful and empathic, observing closely to capture the joy of your wedding and the natural grace that everyone has within." His wedding photography blog is gorgeous - www.kerridgeweddings.co.uk/blog

Wedding photography by Duncan Kerridge

Victorian Carriages Ltd: Brougham carriage

An opportunity you won't have very often in life... and on your wedding day this is a real treat: ride in a horse-drawn carriage. Victorian Carriages Ltd, owned by David Parsons, is based in Sandwell. (I've no idea how he travelled from there to London... seems that would be pushing it a bit!) Full contact details on the website www.VictorianCarriagesInSandwell.co.uk

Victorian horse-drawn carriage in London

Brougham carriage for wedding

It's All About You: bridal hair and make up

Kate Hughes is the tal­ented lady behind Nicola’s beau­ti­ful wed­ding hair and make up, and her­self has 25 years’ expe­ri­ence as a pro­fes­sional make up artist. Her com­pany It’s All About You offers a com­plete hair and make-up ser­vice for brides, and Kate Hughes her­self has worked with celebrity actors, pre­sen­ters, musi­cians and models.

It’s All About You wed­ding hair and make up

Wed­ding Dress: Pronovias

Pronovias began as a fam­ily busi­ness in Barcelona and has become one of the world’s lead­ing bridal out­lets with col­lec­tions to be found in Har­rods and across the UK.

The Lon­don Gospel Choir

The Lon­don Gospel Choir look amaz­ing — I’d imag­ine they’re just the per­fect sound to fill such a mag­nif­i­cent wed­ding venue! Find out more via Rev The Ses­sion Agency

The Lon­don Gospel Choir

The Lon­don Gospel Choir

Incog­nito: singing wait­ers for your wedding!

These guys are amaz­ing: singing wait­ers from Incog­nito. Andri told me they went down an absolute storm and wed­ding guests loved the per­for­mance! If that isn’t acco­lade enough, Prince William called them “awe­some” (that’d be Prince William of Amer­ica, I assume…) and Max Clif­ford said they “brought the house down” wher­ever he’d seen them — but don’t let that put you off! There are some great videos from Incog­nito Artists online — find the best via their face­book page.

Singing wait­ers from Incog­nito Artists

Singing waiter from Incog­nito Artists

Peggy Porschen: wed­ding cupcakes

Peggy Porschen is a lead­ing name in wed­ding cup­cakes. Nicola and Charlie’s cup­cakes in assorted flavours were dec­o­rated with dif­fer­ent motifs –lip­stick, mobile phone, skis and more rep­re­sent­ing the couple’s love of sports and gad­gets. Don’t they look divine?

The cut­ting cake on the top tier is by Jane Asher

Peggy Porschen cup­cake tower

Mas­ter of Cer­e­monies: David Evans

David Evans Mas­ter of Ceremonies

Wed­ding table plan with excel­lent mon­key: The Tableplanner

wed­ding table plan with good monkey

Wed­ding flow­ers by Rita Henry of Four Sea­sons Flo­ral Design

Four Sea­sons Flo­ral Design are based in Cater­ham, Sur­rey and pro­vide wed­ding flow­ers for Lon­don and sur­round­ing areas.

Four Sea­sons flo­ral design wed­ding flowers

Four Sea­sons flo­ral design at The Insti­tute of Directors

Four Sea­sons flo­ral design at The Insti­tute of Directors