A 23-year-old bride has become the youngest married lesbian after tying the knot with her fiancée on the first day of legalised gay marriage.
Sarah-Louise Billington exchanged vows with Rebecca Green, 31, in a ceremony at Dudley Register Office this morning.
Both wore white wedding gowns to mark the occasion just hours after the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act came into effect.
They joined couples across Britain celebrating the law, passed in July and brought into force today, 13 years after the Netherlands, and four years after Argentina, a Catholic country.
Sarah-Louise Billington, 23, (right) became the youngest married lesbian in the UK after saying 'I do' to her 31-year-old fiancée Rebecca Green at Dudley Register Office today wearing wedding dresses
Dozens flocked to register offices at midnight vying to claim the title of being the first ever to be married in the country.
Rebecca said: 'It's absolutely amazing; it was such a nice ceremony and so emotional.
'It feels like we're part of history being one of the first couples to get married.
Despite all the media attention the beaming brides celebrated their nuptials with a quiet family meal.
It was not until March 13 this year when couples were able to register their intention to marry under the Act for the first time.
From that date couples who had taken advantage of legal gay marriage abroad were able to officially recognise their unions in the UK.
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