To have and to hold: getting hitched in lockdown weddings

It hasn't been the easiest year for wedding planners, but despite the restrictions these four happy couples proved that where there's a will there's a way

When it became clear that their planned December wedding in a church in Cambridge was going to be at best Covid-complicated, they shifted into How do we make this into a virtual wedding?" says Christine, who works for a tech nonprofit in the city. We didn't want people travelling; we couldn't risk a super-spreader wedding. My parents are in South Korea, while Matthew's parents work in global health in San Francisco, so there was no family drama. They all totally agreed with us."