£25,000 knives for a wedding! What’s wrong with a toaster?

My parents started their married life nearly 65 years ago with £8 in the bank and a single wedding gift of a radio. still together today, they considered themselves blessed, then and now.

so heaven knows what Mum would make of tatler magazine’s ultimate wedding gift-list, which includes a £25,000 set of knives, a £590 cashmere throw, an £11,520 poker set and a £2,850 decanter featuring a stag-head bottle stopper.

Well, I do know actually. she’d say: ‘Och, what a lot of nonsense.’ then bake some more shortbread on the trays she has had for about half a century and knit Dad a kipper for his tea, while wondering why today’s wealthy couples can’t be content with a matching toaster and kettle from John Lewis, just like everyone else.