Writing wedding vows uk

We wrote our vows for our civil ceremony - there is certain legal wording you have to include and then there was a section for us to say what we wanted.
We weren’t told of any restrictions but did have to send them to the registrar in advance so I guess we’d have been told if they were not ok!
Ours were just a few lines long - one side of a cue card but we really liked having our own (and enjoyed writing them) - particularly as we didn’t like any of the suggested promise wording provided! I cant see why you wouldn’t be allowed your own vows (so long as not religious/offensive/obviously unsuitable) but your registrar should be able to advise.

We’re getting married in Essex too, and currently finalising our ‘promises’ ready to send to the registrar this week for approval with our ceremony form!
On the ceremony plan for approved premises in Section 7, there’s only one pre-written option for the promises, if you don’t like/want that option, you can write your own.
We were advised that the promises couldn’t include anything religious and had to be approved beforehand (the form is required 10 weeks in advance). We’re keeping ours a similar length to the pre-written promise on the form. For the other parts of the ceremony (sections 3, 6, 9) you can choose which wording you like best for each section but as far as I know, the wording for these sections can’t be changed/written yourself, unless anything has changed since we asked!

View quoted message That's really helpful, thank you! 😊

View quoted message Congratulations on your upcoming wedding too! Okay, I'll keep that in mind when I'm writing mine.


Thanks for your advice x

Thanks for advice!