I now declare you man and woof
Man’s best friend is now man’s best man, too. The fastest growing wedding accessory in the States is the family pet — dolling Ruffles up in a tuxedo (chihuahua $85, great dane $135, from Alexis Creations) is de rigueur for 40 per cent of Beverly Hills couples — and as in Beverly Hills, so in Ascot and Alderley Edge any time soon. Cute eh? Hugh, the bumbling aristocrat in Four Weddings, would have been so much more at ease at the altar with his beloved labrador by his side. Proffering the ring delicately between its teeth, walking to heel down the aisle and then the speech — a few woofs to toast the bridesmaids but not a yelp about old girlfriends or the time his master got paralytic and was found with his trousers round his ankles. A relief for everyone.