A TALE TObe told Liz and Mitch’s day was all about their love story Images courtesy of Boutique Films Liz and Claire (or Mitch as she’s better known as), met at work in 2010. They didn’t have much to do with each other at first, until Liz became Mitch’s boss! They soon bonded over music and comedy and had the same sense of humour. “She was my best friend within months. I’d never had a friend like her,” says Mitch. In 2014, Mitch’s relationship broke down and she went to stay with Liz and her dad for the weekend but never left. “We lived, worked, and socialised together yet never got sick of each other. I loved her more than I’d ever loved anyone and couldn’t imagine there could be more to come,” says Mitch. In 2015 they fell in love, became girlfriends, and never looked back. A year later Liz proposed. “On the weekend of our anniversary Mitch thought we were just going for dinner but I hired a private dining area at Lost Society in Battersea and got some of our closest friends and family to meet in the main bar so we could party after,” she recalls. “I made a playlist of our favourite songs that played while we ate dinner, and we exchanged gifts.” Liz gave Mitch a necklace as a decoy, but other plans were underway. “Mitch absolutely loves dogs, so when our song came on the playlist, my friend’s dog, Dudley, came in wearing his doggie backpack that contained the ring. I’d already started crying but managed to ask her to marry me,” she says. “We wanted our day to be personal and tell our story. For the first four years of our relationship, we lived in the Middle East where we weren’t allowed to be an open couple,” explains Mitch. “We also didn’t tell our friends and family until we’d been together for almost a year, so we wanted to show the chapter of our story that they weren’t there to see,” she says. Here, they share the details… 45 REAL WEDDINGS
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