At this point we really started wondering if marriage wasn t meant to be for us.
Later the news came which would change all that – they were given the opportunity to get married the following day, at 5pm on Christmas Eve, and they decided to go ahead with it with less than 24 hours to go until the ceremony.
Matthew and Sophie Middleton finally got married in St Mary s Church, Redenhall, at 5pm on Christmas Eve, after having to cancel their planned ceremonies several times in 2020.
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But it wasn t so simple. The couple are butchers at family firm Pepperells Meats, based on the outskirts of Harleston, and Christmas is one of the busiest times of year.