Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs Van Rol who were married at The Temple Church, Fleet Street, London, opposite The High Court where Kate spends her time as a barrister. We arrived the day prior to the wedding, & after negotiating central London, (with the sat nav trying to turn us into the Thames at every opportunity). We arrived at our digs at The Inner Temples lovely lodging rooms, complete with a very steep floor to walk up to go to the bathroom!   It was a maze of cobbled streets  & courtyards of Georgian buildings, complete with fire jugglers & street entertainers!

The Church was built by the Knights Templar, the order of crusading monks founded to protect pilgrims on their way to and from Jerusalem in the 12th century. The Church is in two parts: the Round and the Chancel. The Round Church was consecrated in 1185 by the patriarch of Jerusalem. It was designed to recall the holiest place in the Crusaders’ world: the circular Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

The Temple Church was used in the filming of the “DaVinci Code” with Tom Hanks!

Kate & her Bridesmaids prepared for the “Big Day” at the Inner Temple, with its grand rooms & beautiful Georgian-style banqueting hall, complete with silver trolley full of full fat luxury cakes, yum!!