Couple swap Highland wedding for virtual promise ceremony

Amy Dickenson and Lloyd Dias had planned to marry at Dornoch Cathedral in the Highlands on May 25.

An engaged couple switched their Highland cathedral wedding for a home “promise ceremony” as the coronavirus pandemic delayed their big day.

Amy Dickenson, 32, and Lloyd Dias, 36, took to video platform Zoom for the traditional “betrothal through handfasting” service, conducted by Church of Scotland minister the Very Rev Dr Susan Brown.

The couple had planned to marry at Dornoch Cathedral in the Highlands last Monday but instead dressed up for the promise ceremony in their south London conservatory.