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http://www.independent.co.uk

The bride thought he said 'I do'. But the groom didn't

After a romantic marriage ceremony in South Africa Mr. Leigh and Ms Hudson are still not married legally. They celebrated their wedding in South Africa and exchange the wedding rings in front of a priest and their gust as a sign of marriage and they decided to marry each other I a court when they get back to England from South Africa, but before getting married in the court they decided to divorce each other.

Yesterday the judge decided that it was not a marriage ceremony in the eyes of the law. That is why Ms Hudson has no right to seek a settlement from his former partner. The only thing that Mr. Leigh should pay is the costs for his 4 years daughter.

Ms Hudson said: "I felt a complete transition in my whole being after I took the vows. I felt very married. I felt like a different woman and I felt like a wife.

Mr. Leigh said yesterday after the ruling: "I think the judge's findings reached the honest truth of what happened."

The couple now lives at separate addresses in Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey.

Reflection:

This is a funny and strange story. The couple or the woman thought that she is married, but the man and the law thought it is no marriage. The only thing that is not happened in this marriage ceremony was to put a signature on a piece of paper. It is disgusting that the woman does not get her rights because there is no paper which can say that they are married. They have got the whole ceremony and they have got witnesses as well.