Best Man Loses Bride's Wedding Band At Altar

Matt Aubrey reached into his pocket at his brother’s wedding and both were there, he thought he was home and dry.

But as the service began a small ‘ping’ rang out through the church as he dropped one of them.

His brother Lewis, 31, and the  bride Elizabeth Gray, 29, stopped the service as they tried to find it.

Flower displays were pulled apart and the carpets lifted as the red-faced best man and guests searched on hands and knees at St John’s Church in Redhill, Surrey, but the ring was nowhere to be seen.

Bridesmaid  Kelly Love, 31, said: ‘Everything had been going so well. The bride and groom were there on time, the weather was lovely, the church was beautiful.

‘The vicar had just started the service when all of a sudden I heard this “ping”.

‘The vicar turned to Matt and said, “Was that the ring?” Matt said, “Yes”. At that point all eyes turned to the floor.

We thought we would find it quickly and get on with the ceremony. 

But the more time that went by, the more people came from the congregation to look. There were ushers lying on the floor, people lifting up carpets. 

We had all the grates in the church floor up. By the end we probably had about 20 people looking.’

After ten minutes of frantic hunting, Elizabeth’s mother offered the use of her ring so the couple could get married.

After the service, guests continued the search but to no avail. 

When the vicar, the Reverend Nicholas Calver, returned to the church in the evening to search for another two hours, he spotted a tiny crack between the step up to the altar and the floor. 

He got a spade to lever the gap wider, shone a torch down... and saw the ring.

Source : Daily Mail