Weddings
‘Emma’ Costars Connor Swindells & Amber Anderson Marry in Romantic Scotland Wedding
Dressed in a gorgeous Vivienne Westwood gown, actress Amber Anderson walked down the aisle to her now-husband Connor Swindells. They first met on the set of Autumn de Wilde’s Emma, but the two didn’t fall in love until Covid times hit.
Being together in “a bubble,” the couple didn’t have their first official date until three months into their relationship. Now, after a lavish wedding in the Scottish Highlands, they’ve made their union official. Anderson’s custom veil even had both of their zodiac signs embroidered, although she forgot to wear it until after the ceremony, the actress revealed to Vogue.
In the spirit of love, Swindells also retold the story of how he proposed to Anderson on a group vacation to Botswana. “I was away filming in Italy a few months before we left when the realization hit me that this trip was going to be the moment,” he revealed. Asking her to marry him underneath a 1,400-year-old baobab tree, she happily said yes.
The sentimental wedding saw Swindell’s Sex Education costar and onscreen dad, Alistair Petrie, officiate the wedding. Standing in Grenson shoes with their initials on the soles, Swindells watched as Anderson approached the altar alongside her godmother.
Anderson shared, “My dad sadly isn’t very well, so he wasn’t able to do it,” so her godmother took on that role. “She is the godparent that he chose for me, so it felt like a nice way of having him there,” she added. Another way to have her dad present there was his guitar, which classical musician Sean Shibe used throughout the ceremony.
This is not where the heartwarming tales end. Moose, the couple’s rescue dog, was the ring bearer. An aura cleansing by the comedy duo Siblings completed the day. Anderson noted, “The tone was set for a wedding that was meaningful, but not overly serious—just how we wanted it.”
Setting the party with traditions like the Celtic quaich ceremony, Anderson explained, “It was originally to do with clans meeting—it’s a cup which you hold with both hands, with the symbolism being that you can’t have a sword in your hand if they’re both holding the cup – and you put whisky in it and drink from that.”
Keeping up with her Scottish heritage, they served haggis, neeps, and tatties.
Not ending it there, Anderson and Swindells invited their guests for one last celebration at the Kimberly, a pub near the North Sea, for some fish and chips. Afterward, many jumped into the ocean for a swim.
