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Esther Anderson: My dream wedding

The former Home And Away star has tied the knot with the love of her life - by New Idea
  • 20 Feb 2017
Esther Anderson: My dream wedding
Michelle Day

Showers gave way to sunshine, and a brilliant rainbow arced across the sky as Esther Anderson walked barefoot on the beach with her brand new husband.

‘It was magic, just ridiculously beautiful and romantic,’ smiles the former Home And Away favourite, who tied the knot with her ‘soulmate and best friend’ Howard Moggs near her old home town of Geelong. The couple were surrounded by family and friends, love and laughter as they were married by good-humoured celebrant Greg Evans, the host of hit television show Perfect Match.

It seemed somehow appropriate for a twosome who refused an offer to set them up on a blind date, but later met anyway at a mutual friend’s Christmas party in Los Angeles!

‘I have never been so happy in my life,’ confided the arresting bride, who shot to fame as police officer Charlie Buckton before swapping Summer Bay for Hollywood.

‘Everything was perfect. Even the rain was a blessing,’ confides former model Esther, 37, stunning as ever in an elaborately beaded ivory and blush gown by Israeli fashion house Berta Bridal.

‘We had the best day and we loved every minute of it.’

 

 

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Michelle Day

It was late afternoon as 87 guests – including former Home And Away stars Tessa James, Kimberley Cooper and Bernard Curry – gathered at the scenic Terindah Estate on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula.

Half a world away from Esther and Howard’s ‘gingerbread house’ in LA, it proved the 
ideal wedding backdrop, with breathtaking views of Port Phillip Bay and the distant You Yangs regional park. 
No wonder the bride couldn’t wait to get there, arriving almost exactly on time in a classic
 white Jaguar with her father 
Jack and sister Lara Eldridge, who was maid of honour.

In keeping with tradition, Esther’s gorgeous dress and full-length veil were new, her earrings were borrowed and her tiny gold bracelet was old, a gift from her late stepmother.

Something blue came in the form of the ribbon around the neck of one-year-old nephew Clancy Eldridge, cute as a button and taking his ring-bearer responsibilities very seriously.

British-born Howard – accompanied by his best man, twin brother Daniel, and their younger sibling Josh – readily admits he started crying the second he set eyes on the bridal party. And the tears continued to flow as the groom, a 35-year-old advertising executive, exchanged Cartier rings and heartfelt vows with his ‘hilarious, super-sweet and honest’ partner.

‘You are proof that dreams really do come true,’ he told Esther. She, in turn, said: ‘I look forward to every day because you are a part of it. I love that on your way home from work, we talk on the phone the whole way because we can’t wait 30 more minutes until we see each other. I feel so honoured you have chosen me to be the person you spend the rest of your life with, to have a family with, to grow old with.’

For the full story, see this week’s New Idea – out now.

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