A VICAR will today officiate at her own son’s wedding.

Nick Butler, 30, and Lizzie Brown, 28, will marry in Blewbury and it will be a double celebration for the Revd Louise Butler, 57, because it is also her birthday.

She said: “It was one of the first things they asked when they got engaged: would I like to take the service?

“I accepted without a moment’s hesitation, and said I would love to do it. Now I am chewing my nails and hoping I can stand up to it emotionally.”

Mr Butler, a former Blewbury School and St Birinus in Didcot pupil, met his bride-to-be as a singer at Oxford Gospel Choir.

Miss Brown is the choir’s conductor and composer.

The reception is being held in a marquee in the grounds of a friend’s house, before the couple travel to the south of France for their honeymoon.

Mr Butler, of Bridus Mead, Blewbury, said inviting his mum to oversee the cemetery was one of the first things he had thought of when he became engaged to Miss Brown, of Windmill Road, Headington.

He said: “We gave her the first opportunity, but asked her to think about it properly.

“I knew her first reaction would be to say yes, but I wanted to make sure she could get through the service.

“I think she will hold back the tears until maybe the end.”