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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