real
life
Bride&Home
2007
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IT
MUST
HA
VE
BEEN
FA
TE
Dr
Meg
Davies
and
Gilgamesh
Kabir
met
on
New
Ye
ar8217s
Day
,
2003,
in
the
departure
lounge
of
Dubai
airport.
Meg,
a
psychiatrist
originally
from
Usk,
was
en
route
to
medical
training
in
Ke
rala,
southern
India,
while
Gilgamesh,
a
pilot
for
Air
India,
was
on
his
way
home
to
Calcutta
after
three
years
teaching
flying
in
Te
xas.
8220W
e
just
got
talki
ng
in
the
loung
e
while
wait
ing
for
our
flig
ht,8221
said
Meg.
And
the
rest
is
hist
ory
.
PLANNING
AHEAD
The
couple
got
engaged
in
July
2005,
and
soon
began
planning
their
wedding
for
June
10,
2006,
with
help
from
Meg8217s
mum
Cathy
,
a
garden
designer
,
and
dad
John,
a
cardiologist
at
the
Ro
yal
Gwent
Hospital
in
Newport.
8220My
mum
was
the
most
amazing
wedding
planner
,8221
said
Meg.
8220I
had
a
million
ideas
and
she
made
sure
everything
work
ed.8221
THE
VENUE
Usk
holds
a
special
place
in
Meg8217s
heart,
so
Usk
Castle
was
the
perfect
choice
(01
291
672
563
).
8220Usk
is
very
important
to
me.
I
moved
to
London
in
2000,
but
my
parents
still
live
there
and
I
visit
every
couple
of
weeks,8221
said
Meg.
8220W
e
had
the
service
in
the
barn!
I
had
always
wanted
to
get
married
outside
but
we
were
worried
about
it
raining,
but
when
we
saw
how
beautiful
it
was
we
ended
up
having
it
in
there
anyway
8211
even
though
it
was
a
lovely
sunny
day!8221
love
in
the
WHEN
A
DOCTOR
AND
A
PIL
OT
BEG
AN
CHA
TTING
AS
THEY
WA
ITED
FOR
THEIR
FLIGHTS,
LITTLE
DID
THEY
KNOW
THEY
8217D
BE
SPEN
DING
THE
REST
OF
THEI
R
LIVE
S
TOGE
THER
10045
WE
WERE
WORRIED
ABOUT
IT
RAINING
BUT
WHEN
WE
SA
W
HOW
BEAUTIFUL
THE
BARN
WA
S
WE
ENDED
UP
HA
VING
THE
SER
VICE
IN
THERE
ANYW
AY
!8216depar
ture
lounge
10148
Wo
rd
s:
Vi
ctoria
Richar
ds
031-032_real
life_Meg
10/4/07
12:32
PM
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