Choosing the right wording for your wedding invitations

You've chosen your wedding invitations... now you just need to think what to say on them...

Jointly hosted by divorced parents

Mr Hanks

and

Mrs Smith

request the pleasure of your company

at the marriage of their daughter

Natasha Ruth

to

Tim Hugh

son of

Mr & Mrs Brown

on date, month, year

at, time

St Cuthbert's Church, Styal,

Cheshire

Invitations from someone other than the bride or groom’s parents

If the host of the wedding is neither the bride nor the groom's parents but another relation, you should word the invitation submitting the word daughter/son and adding the hosts' relationship:

  • grandparents = granddaughter/grandson
  • aunt and uncle = niece/nephew
  • godparents = goddaughter/godson
  • foster parents = foster daughter/foster son
  • brother = sister/brother
  • sister = sister/brother

Invitations for joint weddings

If, for example, two sisters are getting married, the name of the older sister and her future husband should go first.