digital issue, which features a beautiful cover photo of India in a stunning Emilia Wickstead lace gown and veil. A post shared by India Hicks (@indiahicksstyle)The mother of five revealed that her husband initially proposed when she got pregnant with their first child 25 years ago, and she turned him down. «I said 'No, thank you.' (In my mind, I was saying, 'I'm a strong, independent woman!
I don't need to get married!' Which is what I said for 26 years, until suddenly I didn't.).» She shared that after decades together, it was actually the COVID-19 pandemic that inspired her idea to get married. «When the lockdown ended and we began to tentatively come out of that time together, there were a lot of questions for the kids, aged 24 down to 13.
The world felt very turbulent, very unstable, and the future looked very unpredictable,» she wrote. «I wanted something grounding and anchoring not just for my children but also for myself.
I suggested we get married.»India joked that it was «surprising» for her to find her husband at the altar because he was «stunned all the way up to the very last minute» and claimed he hadn't accepted her offer.
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