Talk about tying the knot! Couple get married in Glastonbury in a unique ‘handfasting’ ceremony with the bride wearing a Day of the Dead dress
- Stuart Beauchamp, 49, and Anna Stevens, 44, married by Celtic handfasting
- It was overseen by Glenda Procter, who has done the ceremonies since 2006
Talk about tying the knot – a couple got married in Glastonbury in a unique ‘fasting’ ceremony while wearing Day of the Dead dresses.
Finance director Stuart Beauchamp, 49, and Anna Stevens, 44, tied the knot earlier today with their hands tied at Glastonbury as a crowd of festival-goers watched.
Mr Beauchamp said: “We wanted to do it here because it’s the best festival on the planet and we fit our costume perfectly, we wanted to put our own spin on our wedding.”
Finance director Stuart Beauchamp, 49, and Anna Stevens, 44, tied the knot earlier today with their hands tied at Glastonbury as a crowd of festival-goers watched.
The Birmingham natives tied the knot four weeks earlier in their hometown but found the wedding ceremony online and booked ahead.
The couple met through a mutual friend at a Birmingham nightclub and have been together for 25 years, but finally decided to wed this year.
The Birmingham natives tied the knot four weeks earlier in their hometown but found the wedding ceremony online and booked ahead.
“We will not stay linked during the whole festival! We’ll probably untie when she needs to go to the bathroom,” laughed Beauchamp.
The couple met through a mutual friend at a Birmingham nightclub and have been together for 25 years, but finally decided to wed this year.
“Glenda’s ceremony is really just the icing on the cake, and she made it so personal to us,” Ms Stevens said.
Glenda Procter, who leads the ceremony, quit her job as registrar and started Handfasting in 2006
Glenda Procter, who leads the ceremony, quit her job as registrar and started Handfasting in 2006.
Festival-goers lined up with loved ones to have their love legitimized through the Handfasting ceremony, but were eager to make sure it didn’t legally bind them.
Glenda told MailOnline: ‘I’m so popular and in demand. I have reservations all day. I did five weddings yesterday and eight today, but I really lost count.
Glenda said her practice follows ancient Celtic traditions with a modern interpretation that is a non-legal unison “at the heart of two people”.
