The heartwarming footage of 3-year-old Evie Gwilliam has taken the internet by storm, amassing more than 120 million views on social media.
Elliot stood waiting at Hawkstone Hall for his fiancée Emma Beddow, 27, on their December 28th wedding day, when Evie’s voice suddenly came through the sound system.
‘Hello daddy, it’s me, Evie,’ she began sweetly.
‘I’m walking down the aisle and will be with you now because you’re going to marry my mommy and she looks beautiful. Like me.’
‘We love you so, so much to the moon and back,’ she added.
The groom, unable to hold back his tears, was quickly handed a pocket handkerchief by his groomsmen.
Speaking later to SWNS, Elliot recalled, ‘We’d been planning the wedding for about a year. I wasn’t nervous at all until I heard Evie’s voice.
Within moments I was gone. I didn’t manage to pull myself together until Emma was standing next to me.’
‘There wasn’t a dry eye in the room,’ he added. ‘Evie walked down the aisle as one of the flower girls, and she completely stole the show. She’s such a character she always keeps us smiling.’
The touching moment was filmed by wedding videographer Owen Bloor of JOL Videography, who worked with Emma and Evie to plan the surprise.
Bloor later told the BBC he never expected the video to reach so many hearts worldwide. ‘Elliot was so emotional you can see it in the footage,’ he said.
‘It’s amazing how one small, heartfelt message has connected with so many people. It’s a beautiful thing.’