Newlyweds who asked a stubborn sunbather to move while they attempted to have their wedding photos taken have been left ‘deeply upset’ by comments online. Mark and Mandy Ling have faced backlash after pictures of the bikini-clad woman interrupting their romantic wedding shoot in Torquay, Devon on Sunday, were shared on social media. The groom’s sister-in-law Fay Ling told MailOnline: ‘They’ve been deeply upset to read some of the comments on social media.
‘It has got very personal – completely out of hand. People are painting them as the bad guys, saying the woman shouldn’t have been asked to move.’ She explained that the newlyweds had asked several time politely and that woman was given many occasions to move.
In the end, the wedding party were forced to pose around her at Tessier Gardens, next to Furrough Cross Church in Torquay.The wedding guests were so shocked by the woman’s refusal to budge that many took photos of the moment, which were shared online.
‘She was surrounded by wedding guests, the couple were behind her and the photographer kept calling different people over for pictures – so she knew what was going on.’ ‘I don’t know if the photographer got any good photos or not. ‘Eventually she got up and left after about 10 minutes of us being there taking photos – but she still left all her stuff there. ‘It was bloody rude and disrespectful.’