A half-Scottish Swede who married his wife in a dreamy Highland ceremony where his ancestor wed is hoping the Proclaimers will bless their coupling.
Record producer Christopher Caird Dominique and wife Tess travelled well over 500 Miles from Lund in Sweden to Dunnotar Parish Church near Stonehaven to be married - 220 years on from when Christopher's six-times-great grandfather was wed on the same spot. The couple had their first dance to a cover of the hit song Christopher recorded himself.
Christopher, the child of a Scottish father and a Swedish mother, arranged the entire wedding with the permission of a very trusting Tess, who was kept in the dark until arriving in Scotland for a week of Highland camping before the ceremony. The couple are hoping Craig and Charlie Reid might hear the cover - and send them their blessings.
Speaking to the Record, Christopher said: "I had wanted to make something musical for my wife but it was difficult because I couldn't express what I felt. I kept writing and re-writing and it didn't turn out the way I wanted.
"But then one day I was in the car with the children. They love singing along to 500 Miles, and I started listening more closely to the lyrics and I realised they are really beautiful.
"It's actually a wonderful love song. I think it's the best Scottish love song in the world.
"We've tried to reach out to the Proclaimers to ask for their blessing and I'm waiting to hear from them. There's even a Reid in our family - my great-grandfather's mother was a Reid, just outside of Edinburgh.
"I haven't looked into it to find out if I'm a distant relation - some things become more magical by not knowing if they're true."
The couple, both 43, were wed in the presence of close family from across Scotland and their kids Ferdinand, six, and Nils, four - as well as Molly, 12, and John, 10, Christopher's children from a previous relationship. He and his kids wore traditional Highland dress in the Sinclair tartan, while Tess wore a traditional Swedish dress known as a Värend, made by his Swedish grandmother.
They signed the wedding register in chairs that are more than 200 years old - and may have been sat in by Christopher's grandfather when he was married in 1802.
The producer had decided he wanted to get married in Scotland after researching his roots. While he loves his life in Sweden, he added that he had never quite "fitted in" with the country's reserved and humble culture.
He said: "For the past four or five years I've been doing a lot of genealogy research on the Scottish side of my family. Sweden has a very different culture from Scotland, a different sense of humour and I felt like I didn't fit in.
"In 2018, my brother and I took a trip to Scotland. We went to a petrol station, sat down to eat a sausage roll, and struck up conversation with the people next to us. We both realised we were in a place where we fitted in.
"Tess and I had a wonderful trip and the ceremony was very, very special. It has given us a memory to keep for the rest of our lives. I would love to hear what the Proclaimers think of what we've done - and if it helps, we're coming back to Scotland for our honeymoon."
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