Weddings and lockdown

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I am totally baffled by the latest unclear, last minute update, can anyone help? Please be kind, my Dsis is v upset so I'm trying to be practical.

The BBC news update is saying:
Planned wedding rule easing (supposed to start tomorrow) now at least two weeks' delayed until August 15
Only 6 people at ceremony

My DSis is supposed to be getting married on August 14.

Socially distant wedding ceremony planned, everyone planning to self isolate beforehand.

20 of us were then having wedding breakfast in our parents' garden. Our DB and his family have come back from abroad to self isolate.

Not in the North West. No elderly relatives (parents all healthy and in 60s).

Am I right that as it stands, we can have the socially distant gathering and it's just the ceremony that can only have six people?

Sadly I think the answer is no - unless there are just two households involved the limit is 6 people for a gathering

No, in theory you can’t. Whether you do or not is another matter.

www.gov.uk/guidance/meeting-people-from-outside-your-household-from-4-july

Wedding ceremonies can go ahead but wedding receptions/celebrations can’t.

No it’s not allowed now. I’ve been following very closely as DS is being christened in late August.

This is what it said until yesterday but now this has been taken down and we are back to 6 people or two households again.

To clarify, the ceremony can go ahead but not the reception

Thanks @Pumpertrumper.

I'm frantically trying to think of an outdoors solution that might work - they have a marquee hired anyway but it's really saddening to know it's probably not a goer (unless the company is a Covid secure organisation!)

No, it’s not a goer, unless you choose to say sod it and do it anyway

You could all go to the pub, and sit at separate tables, and that’s allowed...

I’m really sorry, for all of you

I think you can have up to 30 at the wedding ceremony, as long as social distancing is maintained. But you cannot have a reception with more than 2 households inside or 6 people outside.

If the rules change for the 15th, could they get married on the 14th and then you have the reception on the 15th?

Or maybe you could all get on a confined plane and go on holiday together? Or you could all pop a mask on and go to the pub together? Or you could all book a table in the same restaurant?

I assume all these things are still allowed yet God Forbid people who know each other celebrate a wedding in a open garden.

The whole thing is ridiculous, hence my annoyed sarcasm.

I really feel sorry for your sister OP, and for everyone else who is getting married in the near future. It’s really sad for them all

Thanks all. They are both gutted.