Eamonn Holmes’ touching tribute as he officiates Corrie icon’s wedding in 'throne'
ok.co.ukCoronation Street stars past and present turned out to celebrate the marriage of Charlie Lawson and Debbie Stanley, but it was a certain familiar face presiding over proceedings that very nearly stole the show.
Charlie, 63, and 59 year old Debbie’s officiator was, remarkably, daytime TV legend Eamonn Holmes, 63, who’s been close pals with the groom for more than thirty years.
He conducted the service from an elaborate silver throne that had been set up for him, amid his ongoing mobility issues. Eamonn got the call asking him to “conduct the ceremony” a mere month before the wedding, joking, “I should maybe become some sort of preacher.” Charlie – who played Coronation Street’s fiery Jim McDonald from 1989 until 2000 and made brief comebacks between 2003 and 2018 – couldn’t have been more thrilled by Eamonn’s appearance. “We actually legally got married two weeks before the proper wedding at Macclesfield Registration Office, with just three witnesses, so that Eamonn could do the service,” he told OK! , who exclusively covered the wedding.
During the ceremony, guests sat on white chairs with sage green silk bows which tied in perfectly with pretty bunches of gypsophila - matching Debbie's bouquet flowers - lining the aisle, whilst at the head of the room sat officiant Eamonn, on a huge silver gilded throne.
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