The £100,000 white wedding for the 16-year-old girl who lives in a caravan!

By David Wilkes

What Daddy's little girl wants Daddy's little girl gets.

So when Missy Quinn insisted on a big white wedding with her boyfriend, her father said Yes. It didn't matter that she was only 16 and the groom 17.

Daddy also said Yes to a £16,000 wedding dress (which looked suspiciously like a crop top and skirt) and Yes to 150 guests at the reception. Then there were the cars, the hotels, the tiara and the £500 bouquet.

In the end, making Missy's wedding dreams come true cost her father - who lives in a caravan and surfaces driveways for a living - a whopping £100,000.

But as his princess, who hasn't been in a classroom since she was nine and wants to be a glamour model, posed for photographs, her father Simon, 35, declared it was worth every penny. 'I'm very proud of her today,' he said.

Missy was just happy to be the undisputed centre of attention.

Her dress, studded with Swarovski crystals, and with a 10ft wide train, was so heavy that it took ten guests to help her struggle out of the Rolls-Royce Phantom that brought her to the church.

'It was huge. I wanted to outdo everyone else's wedding dress,' she said.

'It was extremely heavy and just standing in the church was really difficult. But despite all that, I felt just like Cinderella.'

The bill was around five times the cost of the average British wedding.

Missy said: 'It cost a fortune, but I've always wanted a big wedding and my dad has been saving for ages to pay for it.' She met Thomas at Alton Towers theme park when she was 13.

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Hello Goodbye - New Sky One Show

Lion Television are producing a new feel-good reality series called Hello Good-bye, for Sky One. We are filming at Heathrow arrivals and departure lounges from the end of October until January 2009.

We hope to take a look at the lives and relationships that come together (and apart) at the airport terminals. Presenter Kate Thornton will meet and greet travelers to explore the stories of emotions bubbling in the crowds at the terminals.

Perhaps you are at heading to the airport to say a joyous ‘hello’ to family members returning to Britain after their wedding in the sun or perhaps you are leaving to get married and will be bidding farewell to your family and friends at the airport.

If you or someone you know is leaving or returning to the UK for a wedding, or has story to share we would love to hear from you.

Please email linzi.small@liontv.co.uk or call me on 0208 846 2191

Kindest regards,

Linzi Small

Lion TV

Wedding bells are ringing, it’s your special day - how would you feel if another girl was wearing the same dress?

MOST girls have been dreaming of their wedding right down to their bridal outfit since they were little.

Lisa Goodhew and Emma Johal - who had never met - were no different.

Both were planning their marriages for over a year and both had bought their wedding dresses many months before the ceremony.

So as they stood on the lawn at the Bickley Manor Hotel, Thornet Wood Road, Bickley, they were more than a little surprised.

Lisa, whose maiden name is Tanner, said: “I was in total shock. I have always dreamed of wearing a big white dress.

“At first I didn’t like it - how could this happen?”

Emma, born Higgins, said: “What made me laugh is that I had two friends who were arguing the week before the wedding because they wanted to wear the same dress.

“They went in different ones in the end.

“Instead I was the one person who was meant to be wearing a special dress, and someone else was wearing it!”

Solicitor’s firm operations manager Emma had just tied the knot with partner of eight years, 31-year-old IT analyst Sukhdeep, at the hotel at 2.30pm.

The 26-year-old bride had then gone outside to have photos taken with her family, when she looked through the window of the hotel to watch another bride sign the registry book.

Emma, who lives in Swanley, said: “I started to say ‘That’s my dress! That’s my dress!’ over and over.”

Lisa, of River Park Gardens, Shortlands, didn’t find out until after getting hitched to 29-year-old Brad, a marine insurance surveyor.

She said: ”I couldn’t believe it when people were saying to me the other bride had the same dress.

“You wouldn’t ever dream of that happening. But it all worked out fine.”

Emma said: “Some people might have found it upsetting but we found it hilarious.”

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Here comes the credit crunch bride... in a £15 Marks & Spencer wedding dress

With wedding budgets being hit, thrifty brides may now walk down the aisle in the strapless, ivory dress, at a fraction of the traditional cost.

The bargain, full-length gown features a boned bodice and comes with a satin ribbon belt.

It also has a net layered skirt and matching stole and is designed to make any bride 'feel like a goddess'.

The dress greatly reduces the cost of tying the knot in the current economic climate with recent research revealing the average traditional gown goes for more than £800.

The cut-price dress, which has been slashed in price from £100, has astounded those in the wedding industry.

Wedding expert Rachel Moschke, editor of Wedding Ideas magazine, said: "I have never seen a wedding dress this cheap.

"If you are on a really, really tight budget then it's great.

"A wedding dress doesn't have to be expensive but it has to give you a wow feeling and give you confidence - if it makes you feel that then great.

"Buying a wedding dress is usually a once in a lifetime experience and it's usually the most expensive dress you will ever buy - although probably not in this case.

"You can go to somewhere like M&S to buy a dress at any time. Do you want to do that with your wedding dress?

"Personally I think the experience of buying a designer dress from a boutique is great. When you pay more the whole experience and one-to-one service is very special.

"To an extent we need to protect our bridal industry. You can spend thousands of pounds but there are manufacturers who can create a dress from 200 pounds in some cases.

"If you can blow the budget on anything it is usually the dress.

"Maybe this is a sign of the times with the credit crunch and will appeal to those trying to save money.

"However, I would say there are so many other ways to cut costs rather than the dress."

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New rules for easy church weddings.....

The Church of England has pledged to play a greater role in the marriage market as new legislation making it easier to tie the knot in a chosen parish comes into force.

Couples hoping to get married will have a greater choice of churches to choose from under the Marriage Measure, which has become law, the Church of England said.

Up until the law change, a couple could only marry in a parish church where one of them was resident or on the parish electoral roll unless they had a special licence from the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The new legislation will allow couples to choose other churches where they have links, for example where one of them was baptised or prepared for confirmation.

The legislation also includes the right for a couple to choose to marry in a church were one of their parents has regularly attended public worship for six months or more in their child's lifetime. A couple might also choose a parish where their parents or grandparents were married.

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