Bride organises wedding in 36 hours after groom gets devastating cancer news
Stuart and Esther Bathers are now also trying for a baby after they immediately hit it off on their first date last June.
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The pair hit it off from their first date
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Weddings resumed in England on Monday following a lockdown ban, and two sweethearts that couldn’t wait any longer to tie the knot were a Scotsman and an Australian who have made Stroud their home. Newlyweds Amanda and Peter Girvan were married at Stroud Register Office and photographed in Stratford Park with their eight-week-old baby, Bear, as soon as restrictions were eased. The pandemic had delayed their big day for months, but all that was forgotten when they finally exchanged their vows. “It was fantastic,” said Amanda, 31, who moved from Melbourne to Stroud for a job in publishing. “It was a bit sad that my family couldn’t have come over and celebrated with us and that we couldn’t have friends there, but it just felt so amazing to finally be marrying this man that I’m completely in love with.”