My partner and I had protest wedding because we can’t have the real thing

Standing in front of the fountain, both of us dressed head to toe in white, it was hard not to get swept up in the moment.

We’d picked out rings, each had a bouquet and were about to say ‘I Do’ at our make-shift altar with our friends and family watching on.

To the unassuming eye, this was a wedding ceremony like any other. Only, instead…