A Million Dreams Wedding at The Royal Berkshire
We met Kieran and Harriet on a chilly winters day for their pre-wedding shoot on the beautiful Ray Mill Island, in Maidenhead, where we got to know them and showed them how “not scary” we are and how we easily pose them without any awkwardness or discomfort! We loved them! What a super fun couple! They had such an incredible vision for their wedding day, A Million Dreams from the Greatest Showman was the general theme of their wedding day and Boy! did it deliver! They worked so hard on creating a magical dream day, and it was everything they hoped for and more! Harriet got ready at The Royal Berkshire Hotel where the ceremony was to take place. As the ceremony was to be a fusion of cultures and dreams she had the most exquisite Henna Tattoos incorporating all things special to them as a couple, including their cats! Her custom designed wedding shoes from S.Dee Shoe Studio were the perfect shoes for her exquisite gown.
We were a little nervous, truth be told, as our groom, Kieran was a self-confessed micro-manager and we received intricately detailed spreadsheets with all the timings of the day and all the activities that were to take place throughout the wedding day. (we since found out that all the suppliers were a little nervous of this ‘groom-zilla’ but he was an absolute gem and just super organised - and, as all extremely well timed intentions for plans go, they all went out the window and the day just unfolded in it’s own perfect way! Kieran even had a giggle in the speeches and said that all the wedding suppliers were nervous of him as a ‘groom-zilla’ but he needn’t have worried, he was very chilled and relaxed on the day!
From the outset the layout for the ceremony was just absolutely magnificent - we have done several weddings at The Royal Berkshire before, but never an outdoor ceremony overlooking the reflection pool. The moon gate backdrop for the ceremony was jawdroppingly gorgeous with jewel coloured Dahlias specially grown in Harriet’s father’s garden especially for the wedding. These beautiful blooms were all incorporated into Harriet’s bouquet, her hair, the table centre pieces, the wedding aisle and of course the moon gate. The very talented Alex from The Wild Garden Florist was responsible for all the flowers and Harriet’s carefully and craftfully handtied MASSIVE bridal bouquet and created a very impressive aisle display and moon gate from all the garden grown Dahlias. Harriet’s dad walked her down the aisle and her incredible veil was a masterfully designed cape-style veil which was a showstopper in itself! The ceremony was beautiful, and very emotional - led by the fabulous team of Viv and Nicky at Royal Borough Registrars it was a very special ceremony - we’ve been to several ceremonies led by the RBWM team and they are always very thoughtfully prepared and so personal to the couples.
After the ceremony, and after the group shots and bridal portraits, the newlyweds had organised an afternoon and evening of amazing acrobatic entertainment including rollerskating duos, aerial hoops and aerial ribbon displays and a very impressive fire juggling act, all led by Ringmaster, Attila
Halfway through the afternoon, the couple went and changed into traditional Indian wedding dress and tossed the bridal bouquet from the Bridal Suite Balcony (another first for the Royal Berkshire!) and returned to make an entrance back into the wedding party to a confetti toss in their bejeweled lehnga and sherwani.
The food, as always, at The Royal Berkshire was delicious, and after dessert they cut the 2 cakes - a beautiful multicolored creation and a cheese tower before opening the dance floor with a very well choreographed first dance as husband and wife. It was a superb wedding that just flowed and truly captured the joy and love and vibrance of this wonderful couple! We thoroughly enjoyed capturing their wedding day with video, photography & drone.
