{"id":205916,"date":"2016-07-29T11:05:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T01:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/uk\/real-weddings\/wedding-of-the-year-rowena-stuart-win-june\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T10:51:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T23:51:29","slug":"wedding-of-the-year-rowena-stuart-win-june","status":"publish","type":"uk-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/uk\/real-weddings\/wedding-of-the-year-rowena-stuart-win-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding of the Year: Rowena and Stuart win June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Rowena and Stuart&#8217;s cross-cultural fusion wedding has been crowned Wedding of the Month!<\/p>\n<p>The Manchester couple first crossed paths as &#8216;Brazil&#8217; and &#8216;New Zealand&#8217; at a Word Cup fancy dress party. But on their wedding day, it was India and Ireland on show in honour of Rowena&#8217;s unique heritage. 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special mention to our other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/competition\/june-2016-nominees\/\">eight June nominees<\/a>, thank you all for sharing your stories (and the love!) with us.<\/p>\n<p>You can see Rowena and Stuart&#8217;s full post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/cultures-come-together-at-rowena-and-stuarts-classic-wedding\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-87843\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Rowena_Stuart_Classic-Wedding_015.jpg\" alt=\"Rowena_Stuart_Classic-Wedding_015\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-87838\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Rowena_Stuart_Classic-Wedding_012.jpg\" alt=\"Rowena_Stuart_Classic-Wedding_012\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" 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