Chichester couple celebrates civil partnership with matching handmade waistcoats and face masks at Edes House

Eros, who is currently volunteering in the pharmacy at St Richard’s Hospital, put his sewing skills to use to create matching tropical waistcoats and face masks for himself and Chris, who is joint strategic director of commissioning at West Sussex County Council and Sussex Clinical Commissioning Groups.

The couple has been together since 2012, and previously lived in London and Hove before they moved to Lavant in October, where Eros also puts his beekeeping skills to good use with two beehives in their garden.

They were joined at the small ceremony by their two witnesses, friends Silvia Campese and Paula Chatfield.

After the ceremony, Eros’s fellow Chichester Rowing Club members formed an arch with oars outside Edes House.

Chris and Eros are hoping to celebrate their honeymoon in Japan later this year.

Instead of presents, the couple asked family and friends to donate to MindOut, and have raised more than £1,200 for the LGBTQ mental health charity – justgiving.com/fundraising/chrisneros2020

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