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A white wedding is a term for a traditional formal or semi-formal Western wedding. This term refers to the colour of the wedding dress, which became popular after Queen Victoria wore a white gown when she married Prince Albert, and many copied her choice. At the time, the colour white did to many symbolized both extravagance and sexual purity, and had become the colour to wear by girls of the royal court. Though white no longer symbolizes the same ideas today, the colour remains the most popular choice for first time brides.
A civil marriage ceremony or civil partnership can take place in any register office in England or Wales, or at any venue approved by the local authority. These include stately homes and other prestigious buildings, hotels and restaurants.
You will first need to formally give notice of marriage or notice of civil partnership.
On the day of your marriage or civil partnership, you will need to bring at least two other people who can sign as witnesses.
A civil marriage ceremony cannot have any religious content, but you may be able to arrange for individual touches such as non-religious music and readings to be added to the legal wording, and for the ceremony to be videoed. The register office where you intend to marry will be able to tell you more about the options available.
A Civil Partnership is legally formed by the signing of the civil partnership schedule. Like a civil marriage, this is also non-religious, but couples who wish to arrange for a ceremony should discuss this with the registration officials.
Elopement is often used to refer to a marriage conducted in sudden and secretive fashion, usually involving hurried travel away from one's home together with one's beloved with the intention of getting married.
In England, a legal prerequisite of marriage was the "reading of the banns" for the three Sundays prior to the intended date of the ceremony, the names of every couple intending marriage had to be read aloud by the priest(s) of their parish(es) of residence. The intention of this was to prevent bigamy or other unlawful marriages by giving fair warning to anybody who might have a legal right to object. In practice, however, it also gave warning to the couples' parents, who sometimes objected on purely personal grounds. To contravene this law, it was necessary to get a special license from the Archbishop of Canterbury or to flee somewhere the law did not apply, across the border to Gretna Green, Scotland, for instance.
Not to be confused with an elopement, a destination wedding is when a wedding is hosted, often in a vacation-like setting, at a location to which most of the invited guests must travel and often stay for several days. This could be a beach ceremony in the tropics, a lavish event in a metropolitan resort, or a simple ceremony at the home of a geographically distant friend or relative.
A weekend wedding is a wedding in which couples and their guests celebrate over the course of an entire weekend. Special activities, such as spa treatments and golf tournaments may be scheduled into the wedding itinerary. Lodging usually is at the same facility as the wedding and couples often host a Sunday brunch for the weekend's end.
A double wedding is a single ceremony where two affianced couples rendezvous for two simultaneous or consecutive weddings. Typically, a fiancé with a sibling who is also engaged might plan a double wedding where both couples legally marry. This is also referred to as a “double ring ceremony”.
Same-sex couples can have their relationships legally recognised as ' civil partnerships'.
Civil partners must be treated the same as married couples on a wide range of legal matters, including:
* tax, including Inheritance Tax
* employment benefits
* most state and occupational pension benefits
* income-related benefits, tax credits and child support
* their duty to provide reasonable maintenance for their civil partner and any children of the family
* ability to apply for parental responsibility for their civil partner's child
* inheritance of tenancy agreements
* protection from domestic violence
* immigration and nationality purposes
How to register a civil partnership
In order to form a civil partnership you must first give notice of your plans. This involves letting a registration office know about your intention to register a civil partnership.
Once you've done that, notices are publicised by the registration authority for a period of 15 days, similar to marriage notices. A civil partnership can be formed in England and Wales at register offices or other approved locations. You can get a list of approved places from your local council.
The General Register Office has detailed information on how to go about forming a civil partnership.
A military wedding is a ceremony conducted in a military chapel and may involve a ceremonial sword Arch. In most military weddings the groom, bride, or both (depending on which is a member of the armed services) will wear a military dress uniform in lieu of civilian formal wear, although military dress uniforms largely serve the same purpose. Some retired military personnel who marry after their service has ended may opt for a military wedding.
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