Children will always ruin weddings – that’s why I banned them from mine

Weddings are supposed to be days where we celebrate the love of our friends and relatives, writes Flic Everett. But with little ones in tow, they can become an exercise in crisis management

Flic Everett
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The sun shone, the gathered friends and family cheered, and we walked back between the rows of chairs set out in the garden as a newly minted husband and wife, towards champagne and canapes on the terrace. My new husband and I had nothing to think about but the comfort of our guests and the excitement of being married at last.

What we definitely didn’t have to consider were the various urgent needs of wailing babies, frustrated toddlers and bored teenagers – all of whom can ruin a wedding faster than salmonella in the coronation chicken.