EastEnders star Louisa Lytton has shared a lovely set of photos from her private UK-based wedding ahead of her nuptials in Italy.
The Ruby Allen actress confirmed back in July that she had finally tied the knot with partner Ben Bhanvra in Florence, having been forced to postpone three times amid COVID-19.
However, the couple had a smaller ceremony in the UK beforehand, with Louisa now sharing a reel of snaps on Instagram from the legal ceremony.
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"I wouldn't want to have it any other way . . . @bennnyy__ and I legally got married a few days before we headed to Italy," she explained in the comments.
"With just parents and witnesses (and Aura) it was so special. Dad and I had a glass of Prosecco, did up my dress and we strolled down our road to the church , we felt like we were walking to Sainsburys. Like any other day.
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"It was so surreal, the overwhelming feeling of what I was actually about to do hit me as soon as I spotted Ben down the aisle. I'll never forget that feeling."
Speaking back in July about their Italy ceremony, Louisa admitted she and Ben were "so relieved" after the numerous delays, and found themselves "giggling at the altar".
"I did not stop crying, because it had taken people so much to get there," she told OK!. "I was waiting by my phone from the Friday for people to tell me that they had landed. And then they were saying, 'Our train has been cancelled, so now we're on the coach'.
"We couldn't believe how much effort people made to get out there for our special day, so I cried a lot when I saw people that I wasn’t sure if they were going to make it or not.
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"Obviously, I cried walking down the aisle with my dad," she further recalled. "It was so emotional. Me and him are such emotional people anyway, so we couldn't stop.
"I was so nervous, but the moment I got there and I saw Ben, my whole body relaxed, it was really weird. I had been so tense since I landed in Italy. The moment I got there and saw him, I felt relaxed and I remember thinking, 'I could go to sleep right now!'"
EastEnders airs on Mondays-Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC One. The show also streams on BBC iPlayer.
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