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Woman says 'I do' on exact same date ancestors tied the knot at Scotland's marriage mecca
Amber Chappel and Benny de Garis got married at Gretna Green on August 12 – following in the footsteps of Amber's great grandparents Archibald and Isabella Bone.
A woman has said 'I do' at Scotland's marriage mecca exactly a century after her great grandparents tied the knot at the same place.
Amber Chappel and Benny de Garis got married at Gretna Green on August 12 – following in the footsteps of Amber's ancestors Archibald and Isabella Bone.
They crossed the border on motorbike on August 12, 1925 to get married in the village that was already legendary for runaway weddings.
Amber and Benny, both 36, opted for an intimate ceremony to honour the moment her family's story first intertwined with Gretna Green's.
Their own romance feels like fate playing a long game. Though they knew of each other as teenagers and shared mutual friends, their paths never quite aligned until years later, when a match on Tinder finally brought them face-to-face.
By then, the coincidences were uncanny: they had lived in the same cities, worked in the same shop at different times, and even walked the same streets years apart.
Marking the day with yet more history, Amber – from Salisbury – wore a handmade wedding dress first created by her grandmother and worn by both her grandmother and mother before her.
Head of sales at Gretna Green, Sophie Lytollis, said: 'It is incredibly special to welcome Amber and Benny on such a historic day.
To marry exactly 100 years after Amber's great-grandparents stood here is not just romantic, it is a living reminder of why Gretna Green has been such an enduring place for love stories through the generations.'
