A Scots groom was left in tears when he turned up for his wedding ceremony in New Zealand to seek out his household there – as life-sized cardboard cutouts.
David MacIver, 28, was devastated that Covid restrictions stopped his kin travelling to New Zealand to see him tie the knot with Kaye, 29.
However his sister Lainy was decided they might nonetheless be there on the massive day and organised a shock for her brother.
As a substitute of turning up in particular person, she had cutouts created of the entire household despatched as a substitute.
She mentioned: “On the day we needed to cancel our flights to New Zealand, I knew we needed to do one thing to make up for not being there.
“We needed to discover a method the place we may very well be a part of the day, and to make my brother and sister-in-law really feel like we had been with them despite the fact that we couldn’t journey to be there in particular person.
"There was me and 20 different members of the family who couldn’t make it to the marriage because of Covid-19 border restrictions, so I ordered life-sized cardboard cutouts as a shock.
“And it meant we may very well be within the wedding ceremony pictures.”
David met civil servant Kaye by way of their church after transferring in 2018 to seek out work.
Lainy, of Invergordon in Easter Ross, bought Kaye’s brother to cover the cutouts till the massive day.
She added: “After the ceremony we obtained movies of my brother and his spouse seeing the cutouts for the primary time, their response made all the things price it.”
The couple plan to carry a second wedding ceremony in Scotland subsequent 12 months.
Telecoms employee David mentioned: “It was an unimaginable shock for us each.”