Gothic couple marry in graveyard

A gothic couple fulfilled their dream of marrying in a cemetery, becoming the first in the UK to have their wedding blessed in a graveyard.

Samantha Smyth and 33-year-old Paul Adams were wed by a Spiritualist minister in their local graveyard - Wisbech General Cemetery - surrounded by 40 family and friends in the ancient disused stone chapel on the four-acre site.

The blessing was held eight months after they were married in a traditional register office, as they realised a wedding ceremony at the unlikely venue would not be legally recognised.

Dressed in a white gown speckled with strips of red material, 25-year-old Samantha added a black fur coat and black flowers to complete her ensemble.

The mother-of-three said her friends thought she was mad after she told them of plans to have the £2000 wedding in a graveyard.

She said: "My dad, who is a hardcore Catholic didn't believe me when I told him but when I showed him the site - he just said to do whatever made me happy."

"We had a wonderful day and it was actually very peaceful and tranquil with all the graves and trees sweeping over the chapel."

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