The girl who was a gift to Queen Victoria
As Brighton's oldest church, I imagine St Nicholas Church on Dyke Road has seen a few weddings in its time. I wonder if any brides have created quite as much as a stir, though, as Sarah Forbes Bonetta who married here in August 1862?
The wedding was a grand occasion and a big day in Brighton. Twenty year old Sarah was as close to the heart of British upperÂclass society as it was possible to get, and Queen Victoria herself had had a hand in making the match.
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