Perhaps it was the moment that one young man decided that the best way to mark the end of his bachelorhood was by hunting boar in Morocco with a dozen of his closest friends. Or maybe it was when a couple thought that the only way they could possibly have their wedding rings produced at the appropriate moment was by having them carried up the aisle by a pair of pugs. Whenever it was, it is now beyond any doubt: the British wedding has got completely out of hand. Gilbert the pug was ring-bearer at one couple’s wedding SWNSWeddings have become so lavish and elaborate (to say nothing of stag parties and hen nights, where a three-day trip abroad is now commonplace) that one of the country’s leading observers of the middle classes has…

Source: The Times April 25, 2017 23:03 UTC