Scots judo star Stephanie Inglis has tied the knot with her ‘Prince Charming’ after surviving a horror bike crash which ended her promising career and almost claimed her life. The 2014 Commonwealth Games silver medallist celebrated her Disney-themed nuptials to Ally Morrison at the SKYBar in Edinburgh after a ceremony at Dunfermline Abbey on Friday.
Steph, who is originally from Inverness but now lives in Fife, is now looking forward to her “happily ever after” with her 33-year-old husband after first meeting on the dating app Tinder in 2017. The retired fighter told how she never thought she’d be this happy after being given just a one percent chance of survival following a freak motorbike accident in Vietnam in May 2016.
The 33-year-old was left fighting for her life after suffering a catastrophic head injury which left her in a medically induced coma for three weeks. She was flown to a hospital in Thailand with well-wishers back in Scotland raising hundreds of thousands of pounds to bring her home after her travel insurance refused to pay out.
After having a titanium cap bolted to her skull as part of her treatment, Steph was forced to retire from judo as a blow to the head could prove fatal. But now the future is bright for Steph, who is due to start her probationary year as a primary school teacher next week, following her “perfect wedding day” which left her feeling like a “Disney princess”.
Speaking to the Daily Record, she said: “Never could I have imagined in my dreams to find someone like Ally or be as happy as this. I’m just so lucky. My only wish is that all my friends and family experience this themselves.
“As cheesy as it is, I’ve said that Disney has sold their love stories short. They’ve not done it justice. Our wedding day was absolutely awesome.
“We couldn’t have asked for anything better. We had a Disney theme and it just fit so nicely. Our ceremony was at Dunfermline Abbey which was just absolutely beautiful.
“Then we had our reception at the SKYBar in Edinburgh with all our friends and family. It was a beautiful day - we were very lucky.”
She added: “We met on Tinder in 2017. Ally was working up in Wick at the time and I was living with mum and dad. We had our first date in Inverness. I told him from the off that I wanted to get married and hopefully, if I’m lucky enough, to have three kids one day.
“And to have a good enough job so that we can go to Disney World every couple of years. He didn’t run away so he knows what he’s signed himself up for.”
The loved up couple are now looking forward to their honeymoon in October which will see them travel to Texas to visit the home of Ally’s beloved Dallas Cowboys. They’ll then jet off for a week in the Hawaiian sunshine before finishing off with a visit to Disney World in Orlando.
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