Decided not to invite anybody

Christopher said, “and that didn’t seem to fit with us.

“We wanted something a bit more personal.”

“Civil ceremonies are so scripted,” Victoria added, “a humanist ceremony felt much more natural, more honest.’

Another motivation for a humanist wedding was that Victoria and Christopher did not want to get married in a building, whether it was a church or a registry office.

Instead, the ceremony took place on a hillside in Glencoe, which they chose after seeing it in the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall.

“We just thought it looked amazing from the film,” Victoria said.

The area was also the site of filming for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in 2003.

After seeing wedding photographs taken in that spot on Instagram, the two decided that it was the perfect location for them.

The couple discovered the Humanist Society of Scotland online.

They couldn’t get married in their native Manchester, as humanist weddings are not legally recognised in England.

They got in touch with a humanist celebrant, Claire Digance, who helped them to design their bespoke ceremony from scratch.

There was no cake, no decorations and no guests – save for the photographers and a video team sent from the Humanist Society of Scotland to film the happy event.

Family and friends were invited to a wedding reception held a few days later, in the couple’s home town of Manchester.

The wedding breakfast, in a local pub, was attended by just Victoria, Christopher and the photographer.

“We didn’t know who to invite,” said Victoria, “So we just wanted to elope and not invite anyone.”