the ceremony
It is traditional for the bride's father to give her away (=to walk to the front of the church with her and formally give permission for her to marry). The bride and her father walk slowly up the SISLE (=the central passage) and the bridesmaids follow. When the bride and bridegroom are together at the altar, the priest begins the wedding service. He or she asks if there if there is anyone present who knows of nay legal reason why the couple should not get married. Then the bride and groom exchange the traditional vows. It is sometimes possible to change the vows or even write your own. I, Jane Smith, take thee David Jones, to be my lawful wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forth, for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish forsaking all others, until death do us part.