Ding dong....

The offical photo of the happy couple

“She's getting married in the morning, ding dong the bells are going to chime.” Hot on the heels of her major successes in Utrecht and Amsterdam my niece Chloe has only gone and got engaged to that lovely boyfriend of hers, Alex. 

A week after we left them he whisked her away to the beautiful city of Milan (classy) and proposed on one knee from the dizzying heights of the Duomo – followed by a round of applause from nearby onlookers. Fantastic! The boy's got style. My favourite part of the story was that the engagement ring set off the security sensor on entry to the Duomo, causing Alex to rapidly do some secretive explanations to the security guard who was rather vocal in his apology. All this caused a slight quizzical exchange from Chloe but he bluffed his way through and plans were not derailed.

Needless to say, after what has been a bit of a tough year, we are delighted to have a wedding to look forward to. And even though it might not be tomorrow morning, it seems like the bells might chime next year with a bit of luck. And what’s more we have 2 VERY excited girls in our house as Chloe has kindly asked them to be bridesmaids! Emily was jumping with glee, to be joined by Niomi after she initially went into spellbound shock at the prospect.

Congratulations Chole and Alex!! We are simply delighted💕

Rock on!

Niomi is clearly expecting a carriage to travel in

And Emily is clearly very excited!! (as are we all!)