<p>I loved reading Hitched&#8217;s wedding trends prediction for 2026, which landed in my inbox this morning. Taking inspiration from Bridgerton, a rise in stately home celebrations and a search for innovative, alternative wedding cakes, 2026 weddings are going to be so exciting! There&#8217;s one trend I&#8217;m waaaayyy out of sync with &#8211; and one conspicuously missing from the list! &#8211; but the rest of Zoe&#8217;s predictions are utterly fabulous. (I&#8217;ll leave the one I think is suspect until last!)</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">The latest </span><a href="https://www.hitched.co.uk/wedding-planning/organising-and-planning/wedding-trends/"><b>Wedding Trends Report</b></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> from leading wedding planning website </span><b>Hitched </b></strong>reveals <strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">that weddings in 2026 are going to be more intentional and expressive than ever, full of meaningful experiences and some incredibly retro choices.</span></strong> <span class="post-teaser-more">&nbsp;<a href="https://english-wedding.com/2025/10/2026-weddings-looking-to-regal-refinery-with-a-cheeky-twist-and-an-epic-after-party/" title="Permanent Link: 2026 weddings will embrace regal refinery with a cheeky twist &#8211; and an epic after party" rel="bookmark">See more...</a></span></p>{"id":157577,"date":"2025-10-20T11:31:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T10:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english-wedding.com\/?p=157577"},"modified":"2025-10-20T11:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T10:31:53","slug":"2026-weddings-looking-to-regal-refinery-with-a-cheeky-twist-and-an-epic-after-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english-wedding.com\/2025\/10\/2026-weddings-looking-to-regal-refinery-with-a-cheeky-twist-and-an-epic-after-party\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 weddings will embrace regal refinery with a cheeky twist &#8211; and an epic after party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I loved reading Hitched&#8217;s wedding trends prediction for 2026, which landed in my inbox this morning. Taking inspiration from Bridgerton, a rise in stately home celebrations and a search for innovative, alternative wedding cakes, 2026 weddings are going to be so exciting! There&#8217;s one trend I&#8217;m waaaayyy out of sync with &#8211; and one conspicuously missing from the list! &#8211; but the rest of Zoe&#8217;s predictions are utterly fabulous. (I&#8217;ll leave the one I think is suspect until last!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The latest <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitched.co.uk\/wedding-planning\/organising-and-planning\/wedding-trends\/\"><b>Wedding Trends Report<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from leading wedding planning website\u00a0<\/span><b>Hitched <\/b><\/strong>reveals <strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that weddings in 2026 are going to be more intentional and expressive than ever, full of meaningful experiences and some incredibly retro choices.<\/span><\/strong> <span class=\"post-teaser-more\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/english-wedding.com\/2025\/10\/2026-weddings-looking-to-regal-refinery-with-a-cheeky-twist-and-an-epic-after-party\/\" title=\"Permanent Link: 2026 weddings will embrace regal refinery with a cheeky twist &#8211; and an epic after party\" rel=\"bookmark\">See more...<\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[289,1231],"tags":[1898],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.1 (Yoast SEO v18.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2026 weddings will embrace regal refinery with a cheeky twist - and an epic after party - English Wedding<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/english-wedding.com\/2025\/10\/2026-weddings-looking-to-regal-refinery-with-a-cheeky-twist-and-an-epic-after-party\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2026 weddings will embrace regal refinery with a cheeky twist - and an epic after party\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I loved reading Hitched&#8217;s wedding trends prediction for 2026, which landed in my inbox this morning. 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