Your Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Wedding- February / March 2021 (Issue 25)

Rosie Chanel Atkins married Harrison James Atkins on 4 th November 2020 at Lapstone Barn in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire. AN intimate AFFAI R R osie and Harrison met on a dating website. “My friends know that I’m a big Harry Potter fan so I had written in my bio on my profile that it was a must that a potential date also likes it!” Rosie tells us. “I received a message from Harrison saying ‘how about this for a chat-up line, I was in the movie Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’. At that point, I jokingly said to my friend that I was going to marry him! We enjoyed the first date and instantly felt a connection. We liked the same movies, had a similar sense of humour and both want a secure family life.” The couple became engaged during a trip to Florida. “I had begged Harrison for three years to agree to a holiday in Walt Disney World, Orlando and he finally gave in, knowing that it was my favourite place in the world!” Rosie tells us. “On our third night there, we had tickets to Disney After Hours at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park where only a limited number of tickets are sold so that guests can enjoy the park when it closes with no queues. Just as it was beginning to close, we queued to have our photograph taken in front of the Tree of Life. When it was our turn, I could feel Harrison’s hands shaking as he suggested that we have a photograph taken facing each other (which I thought was odd because he isn’t usually into posing for photos!) He then got down on one knee and popped the question! I don’t think I said ‘yes’ for the first minute of him being on his knee because I couldn’t stop crying! When I finally composed myself, and we embraced, a roar of cheers and clapping followed, and it was only then that I remembered we were in front of lots of people! For those few minutes, it felt like it was just Harrison and myself and that he had created the magical moment just for us.” Here, Rosie tells us all about their micro wedding with 13 loved ones at Lapstone Barn that was decorated with chic green and white touches dotted with pops of dusky pink. Rosie and Harrison’s micro wedding at Lapstone Barn in Chipping Campden was styled with simple white and green touches with splashes of pink Images courtesy of James Merrick Photography REAL WEDDINGS 27 