Mr Russell said: “It’s about meeting families, two families coming together and then friends on the night.” Bryan Russell and Wendy McEnery (Bryan Russell/PA) He said some guests may watch the coronation on television during the day, and the wedding venue has hung Union Jack bunting to celebrate the coronation – but the royal event “will be at the back of our minds”.īoth the bride and groom have been married before and wanted to celebrate their union at Haden Hill House with a “very relaxed wedding”. We’ve watched the royal weddings, but I’m not cancelling the third time.”

He added: “We watched the Jubilee celebrations. Mr Russell said it would be a “shame” that the couple will not be able to watch the historic event as “we are royalists at the end of the day”. Mr Russell said that upon learning the date of the coronation: “My words were, ‘He can move his coronation before I move our wedding day’.” Wendy McEnery and Bryan Russell (Bryan Russell/PA) The Halesowen couple had set the date for their big day for the third time when the date of the coronation for the King was announced. Groom Bryan Russell, 57, and bride Wendy McEnery, 56, have been forced to cancel their wedding on two occasions due to the Covid-19 pandemic and Mr Russell losing his job.

After postponing their wedding twice, a West Midlands couple are now sharing their special day with the King’s coronation following a seven-year-long engagement.

The Day of the Dinosaurs by Eve Bunting