Weddings Dresses, Heterosexual Civil Partnerships, 'Bridezillas'

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A celebration of wedding dresses at a new exhibition at the V&A in London. It traces the development of the fashionable white dress and its interpretation by leading designers over the last two centuries. Calls for Civil Partnerships to be available to heterosexual couples. Are opposite sex couples being discriminated against or would opening this relatively new institution be a threat to the sanctity of marriage? Why do weddings remain so popular, despite the high divorce rate? A wedding planner and agony aunt and author of The English Marriage; Tales of Love, Money and Adultery reveal all. Plus brides-to-be Petra and Rosie tell us about their plans for their big day and listeners share their experience of things not quite going to plan on what they'd hoped would be the "best day of their life".