Couple who feared coronavirus would cancel their wedding plan a new ceremony at St Pancras in 24 hours

Pictured: Wedding at Searcy's, St Pancras A couple who feared their dream April wedding would be cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak took swift action and planned a ceremony in 24 hours - at a train station. Claire Zinsner and Matt Zinsner had a 'simply perfect' impromptu marriage at St Pancras in London in front of just two close friends as witnesses and station staff. And when the moment came to kiss as a newly married couple, Mrs Zinsner, 36, and Mr Zinsner, 39, hilariously did the coronavirus elbow-to-elbow greeting. The newlyweds' big day next month was due to be seen by a long list of family and friends but fears the coronavirus crisis would prevent them from getting hitched spurred them to bring it forward. SEE OUR COPY FOR DETAILS Please byline: St Pancras/Solent News ? St Pancras/Solent News & Photo Agency UK +44 (0) 2380 458800
Claire and Matt planned an impromptu wedding ceremony at St Pancras after coronavirus cancelled their big day (Picture: Solent News & Photo Agency)

Claire and Matt Zinsner were worried their big wedding in April would be cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic – so they ditched that plan and organised a new ceremony in 24 hours – to take place at St Pancras train station.

The couple had a ‘simple perfect’ wedding at the station with just two close friends as witnesses along with station staff.

And as well as a kiss, they made things official with an elbow-tap greeting.

The pair’s big day was due to take place in 11 April with a long list of family and friends.

But as coronavirus pushes more of us into self-isolation and social distancing, Claire and Matt worried their dream wedding wouldn’t be able to go ahead, so decided to bring it forward and change up the plan.

Pictured: Wedding at Searcy's, St Pancras A couple who feared their dream April wedding would be cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak took swift action and planned a ceremony in 24 hours - at a train station. Claire Zinsner and Matt Zinsner had a 'simply perfect' impromptu marriage at St Pancras in London in front of just two close friends as witnesses and station staff. And when the moment came to kiss as a newly married couple, Mrs Zinsner, 36, and Mr Zinsner, 39, hilariously did the coronavirus elbow-to-elbow greeting. The newlyweds' big day next month was due to be seen by a long list of family and friends but fears the coronavirus crisis would prevent them from getting hitched spurred them to bring it forward. SEE OUR COPY FOR DETAILS Please byline: St Pancras/Solent News ? St Pancras/Solent News & Photo Agency UK +44 (0) 2380 458800
They had just two guests in attendance (Picture: St Pancras/Solent News)

Some last-minute arranging allowed teacher and headmistress Claire to get her lesson covered and Matt to take the afternoon off from his hospitality job, so they were able to tie the knot at Searcy’s restaurant at St Pancras.

Claire said: ‘It was not the wedding either of us imagined; it turned out to be far better than that.

‘I was keeping a very good eye on the situation, and I thought we weren’t going to make it to April 11.

‘Last weekend, we had already downsized it considerably, deciding that it was too much of a risk to our families to ask them attend, especially our parents.

Pictured: Wedding at Searcy's, St Pancras A couple who feared their dream April wedding would be cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak took swift action and planned a ceremony in 24 hours - at a train station. Claire Zinsner and Matt Zinsner had a 'simply perfect' impromptu marriage at St Pancras in London in front of just two close friends as witnesses and station staff. And when the moment came to kiss as a newly married couple, Mrs Zinsner, 36, and Mr Zinsner, 39, hilariously did the coronavirus elbow-to-elbow greeting. The newlyweds' big day next month was due to be seen by a long list of family and friends but fears the coronavirus crisis would prevent them from getting hitched spurred them to bring it forward. SEE OUR COPY FOR DETAILS Please byline: St Pancras/Solent News ? St Pancras/Solent News & Photo Agency UK +44 (0) 2380 458800
Claire and Matt originally planned to have a big wedding on 11 April (Picture: St Pancras/Solent News)

‘We cancelled the reception and decided that we would only have us and two witnesses, and try and stagger through to the 11th. None of [Matt’s] family would have be able to travel because of the lockdown.

‘Then, things really started to kick off, so I thought “I wonder if we could bring it forward instead?”

‘So on Tuesday I rang the council, who were amazing, and I rang Searcy’s, who were amazing, and within two hours the wedding was organised for the next day at 2pm.’

Claire managed to sort out proceedings without Matt, who didn’t know of the plan until 6pm when he was finally out of meetings and his wife-to-be could tell him what was going on.

Claire Zinsner and Matt Zinsner had a 'simply perfect' impromptu marriage at St Pancras in London in front of just two close friends as witnesses and station staff
The couple chose St Pancras as the location as it’s where the Eurostar starts, symbolising their British and French union (Picture: Solent News & Photo Agency)

She said: ‘Neither of us was fussed about having a large wedding – it was just important to us that we got married.

‘We’ll have a blessing and a shindig after all this has blown over.

‘It was a slightly strange experience as the tube, train and station were all so quiet, but there was a real sense of happiness and goodwill from everyone we met; the registrars, the small group in an empty pub who cheered as we exchanged vows, and the wonderful staff of Searcy’s.

‘We chose St Pancras because it is where the Eurostar starts and terminates, and we thought it symbolised our British-French union.’

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