‘Not letting the Queen’s death ruin their big day’: ‘Newlywed’ couple are blasted for holding photoshoot in front of Windsor Castle as mourners lay flowers in tribute to late monarch
A ‘newlywed’ couple have been slammed over an insensitive wedding photoshoot staged in front of the flowers and tributes laid for the Queen outside Windsor Castle on Monday.
A video clip of a man and woman, wearing a suit and wedding dress, smiling for photographs while members of the public mourned behind them was posted to TikTok and received hundreds of comments from shocked viewers.
Footage of the bizarre photoshoot shows a blonde-haired woman gazing into a man’s eyes, as she touches his face while a snapper takes photographs.
Couple dressed in wedding attire pose for photographs outside Windsor Castle as members of the public lay flowers for the Queen on Monday
Members of the public paid their respects to the Queen (pictured) as a couple posed for a wedding photoshoot
Later, the man can be seen holding the woman’s waist whilst she lifts her left leg up to pose for the camera.
Members of the public paying their respects to the late monarch, who died last Thursday, are shown standing in front of the gates behind the couple while flowers line the railings.
One visitor walks past the couple while holding a bouquet of flowers as the pair appear to be transfixed on each other.
One onlooker, who took the video posted the clip on TikTok yesterday, writing: ‘Fully having a wedding shoot in front of the Queen’s floral tribute.
People have shared their reactions to the video which was uploaded on TikTok yesterday
‘Not letting the Queen’s death ruin their day.’
Speaking today, the person who captured the photoshoot, but wished to remain anonymous said: ‘ I was just taking photos and a few videos and turned around and this couple were doing a wedding photoshoot.
‘Looking back it might not have even been a real wedding. I know people do wedding shoots.
A pair of ‘newlyweds’ have been seen posing for photographs outside Windsor Castle while members of the public laid flowers and tributes to the Queen
In the TikTok video, people could be seen laying down flowers to her Majesty who died last Thursday
‘Literally by the gates people were laying flowers and paying their respects and I even saw people crying so it was pretty insensitive.
‘Most people reacted in a bemused way, a few people verbally commented how bad it was but no one stopped them.’
The video has attracted over 87,000 views and hundreds of comments from viewers who blasted the brazen couple for their actions.
One said: ‘Such bad taste.’
Another wrote: ‘Sorry but, no time and place.’
A third commented: ‘Totally not the time or the place!’
A pair of ‘newlyweds’ have been seen posing for photographs outside Windsor Castle while members of the public laid flowers and tributes to the Queen
The woman is seen lifting her leg up and being held by the man while posing for photographs
The couple are seen staring into each others eyes while people holding flowers pass to pay their respects to the Queen at Windsor Castle
Another replied: ‘No way! The audacity of some people.’
However, one person said: ‘Why do people think it is so bad? She doesn’t have to cancel her wedding, it costs money, let her enjoy it.’
While another added: ‘Maybe they are foreigners and booked the wedding a long time ago. Then what can they do?’
The Queen died ‘peacefully’ at her Balmoral estate, aged 96, on Thursday, September 8.
Tens of thousands of people have flocked to royal residences around the UK, including Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace, Sandringham and Balmoral, to pay their respects to the UK’s longest reigning monarch.
The sea of tributes including flowers, cards, soft toys, drawings, Union Jack flags and balloons in Green Park have poured in as people pay their condolences to Her Majesty.
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