life ples before their ceremony. ‘We normally actor Sean Connery married twice at the allocate half an hour for a ceremony taking Gibraltar Registry. Mid century movie star place inside the office and an hour for me Laurence Harvey also tied the knot on the to get to a wedding outside. There are Rock, along with Everton footballer Phil venues that are very popular, the Alameda Jagielka who Michael claims ‘was a very Gardens, the Mons Calpe Suite at the top nice man actually, attending to the little of the Cable car station, and the Caleta crowd that had gathered outside when Hotel which has a terrace overlooking the people heard he was here. He had injury beach, it’s very pleasant on a on his leg, and because of that he nice day.’ “We normally was able to take the time to come out and get married.’ In addition allocate half to the famous weddings, Michael an hour for Famous faces speaks of some of the interesting a ceremony themed weddings he’s performed, In addition to the well-known taking place including one couple dressed in marriage of John and Yoko inside...” Apple Store Genius bar t-shirts in Gibraltar, we discuss the who presented their rings in iPhone other famous faces that have boxes. Other equally eclectic partners have said their vows here. Former James Bond The first civil partnership in Gibraltar: Nadine and Alicia Muscat
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adorned full gothic outfits, Spanish flamenco dresses and roller skates. Having signed off on copious marriages and played a role in Channel 5’s Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun documentary series, Michael still finds himself surprised by how keen people are to get married, and how often they do so. ‘I think it’s certainly true that people are getting married later and often living together first, but I’m interested to find out that so many people eventually do get married. People take the moment and the ceremony of the marriage very seriously and see it as a very important part of their life. That took me by surprise. There is so much commitment to marriage itself.’
“There have been relatively few civil partnerships, many of them local...”
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