I know every time I say this people get shirty, good luck with getting married in a Registry Office, they only register Title Deeds,land,property, and then people say, its only a word,only a couple of letters different, yes, and how many people get into problems usually of the financial kind, because they do not pay attention to the small print in contracts, etc.Why get married in secret, have just put a similar post on here. We had been married before, had 4 DKs, 2 mortgages, very little money, but wanted it to be a bit special, so booked Gretna Green, we live the complete end of the country, so it would mean a night in a Hotel, and because it's Gretna, not cheap, just about afford the night train up and a night in a Hotel,all booked, DH casually mentioned to MIL, that we were having a nice quiet wedding, not telling her where.(for the record,no relationship,there, she had walked out when he was small) she went berserk, said we couldnt get married without her,then it all started cancelled Gretna, booked 3 separate Register Offices,,getting bigger and bigger, plus places for meal, lost our deposit every single time,in the end I went into the lounge crying my eyes out,said to my (now) DH, that if his M said one more word, the wedding was off, he laughed, I meant it,We ended up having our Honeymoon before the wedding, we couldn't afford to cancel and loose the money, We were just going to grab 2 people off the street as witnesses in Gretna. Had our twenty year anniversary, and I am still angry I didnt get MY wedding, but someone elses, because everyone (yes, including me!!) were too scared to stand up to a bully