DOWN BY THE riverside Gemma and Alex’s big day at Oakley Court followed a mint green, white and cream colour theme with hints of gold Images courtesy of Annabel Farley Photography Gemma Bartholomew married Alexander Martin (known as Alex) on 6th August 2021 at Oakley Court in Windsor. Gemma and Alex met through a dating app. “I never imagined it would lead me to my husband,” Gemma tells us. “We enjoyed our first date in Windsor and Alex came across as kind, genuine and he made me laugh. It wasn’t long before we found a shared love of travelling and began planning adventures of our own.” Alex adds, “When I first saw Gemma’s online dating profile, I was immediately attracted to her. She has a beautiful smile and deep blue eyes and we got along well from the start. Everything felt so natural and easy and before we knew it, we had fallen in love.” The couple became engaged during a surprise proposal in Singapore. “Alex proposed on holiday. I’d sensed that he might pop the question but we’d travelled across Vietnam for almost three weeks and he hadn’t asked me so to be honest, I wasn’t thinking about it,” Gemma tells us. “Little did I know, but obstacles kept getting in the way of his plan to propose, one of them being that I had unknowingly put the ring in the hold luggage when I’d reorganised our bags for a flight! Another time, there was a storm whilst we were on a cruise across Hą Long Bay. Eventually, Alex asked me to marry him when we arrived in Singapore which was a wonderful surprise.” Here, Gemma tells us about their special day at riverside wedding venue Oakley Court in Windsor. REAL WEDDINGS 35
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