He did what?

For Saturday's wedding, the couple had engaged a very experienced toastmaster, who stationed himself just inside the doors of the ceremony room after the bride and her dad went up the aisle.

Everything proceeded as normal until the couple had completed the declarations, at which point it would seem that the toastmaster could stand it no longer. As the couple stood facing the registrar, who was in full flow with the next bit of her spiel, they were alarmed and astonished to have their wrists grabbed from behind and their hands joined together!

The Man In The Red Coat obviously thought it remiss of the bride and groom to be standing there and not holding hands, so he had marched up the aisle in the middle of the ceremony and in front of 90 guests and rearranged the couple to his liking.

The expressions on the faces of the bride, groom and registrars were a picture, but unfortunately not one that either of us took. It's not often that anything surprises us at a wedding any more, but we have to admit that this did catch us out.

And tempting though it is to say more on this subject, I'll be good ...