Bride who went ahead with wedding after being left at altar gets engaged

A woman who continued with her wedding day after being left at the altar has revealed that she has just become engaged.

After being stood up on her big day in 2022, Kayley Stead, now 30, became a social media sensation after deciding to continue with the day, with many of her guests also agreeing to "just go with this madness".

Her non-wedding day video was viewed by more than 800,000 people online.

Now, four years on, Kayley has found love again and described how her partner shocked her with a proposal.

Kayley first met her now fiancé Richard Perrott, 31, when they were on the same course in university.

He got in touch to offer support after he heard about her wedding day that wasn't.

They rekindled their friendship and, after being in a relationship for the last two years, they set up home together in Swansea.

He popped the question during a return visit to their old campus at University of Wales Trinity St David in Carmarthen.

"It was just a complete shock," she said.

"We'd spoken about marriage... but I think to put me off the scent, he was always kind of going, 'oh, I don't know whether I do or not'.

"So it was a long game he played."

Recalling her first supposed wedding, she said one of the reasons she continued with the day was because guests were preparing to gather and she "wanted to lead by example" as her nieces and nephews were also attending.

"I wanted to kind of prove that these [experiences] don't just exist in songs... that we can still reclaim some fragments of strength in that time," she added.

Rather than cancel the £12,000 wedding, Kayley went ahead with it, and shared photographs and films on social media.

She has since heard from other people recounting their own experiences of weddings or other events being cancelled.

"People, when they go through break-ups just want to kind of go into their own bubble which they have their right to do," she said.

"But reclaiming my strength and love in that moment has shaped me so much more.

"It's made me a more confident person. It's made me stand up for myself."

She and her fiancé are planning to marry in April 2028.