Britain’s Great Wedding Traditions are Under Threat

White dress? Traditional vows? Confetti? Decorated get-away car? Not any more…

Picture a British wedding and some familiar images come to mind – a white dress, vows we all know by heart, a toast to the bride and groom, and confetti in the air as the happy couple drive away in a ‘just married’ car.

 

That kind of vignette has been the closing shot to many a film and has been ingrained in British culture for more than a century.

 

But all those traditions are under threat according to a survey by stag and hen experts Red7.

 

The survey, which polled 2,002 respondents in the UK, showed that attitudes to weddings are seriously changing.

 

The findings included: