A jibe about Lisa Wilkinson, the perfect man’s speech fake pas that silenced everybody, and the lavish Euro menu – all the within data on Brittany’s massive day

One of the best man at Brittany Higgins’ lavish French-themed marriage ceremony used his speech to crack jokes about David Sharaz’s first marriage and Lisa Wilkinson’s Logies catastrophe.

Ms Higgins married her long-term boyfriend in entrance of about 80 friends at The Valley Property on Saturday afternoon – a sprawling luxurious property on the Gold Coast which was rumoured to have value greater than $100,000.

Following an intimate chapel ceremony, friends loved a European-inspired dinner, Mr Sharaz’s sister carried out a musical quantity, Édith Piaf’s 1945 music ‘La vie en rose’ was performed, and Ms Higgins shared a dance together with her father.

Cheers erupted when the speeches started, with phrases from mother and father, the groom, and the maid of honour Emma Webster, who affectionately dubbed Mr Sharaz ‘bridezilla’.

Every day Mail Australia understands there was laughter and when the perfect man and MC, Alan Horner, jokingly mentioned that Wilkinson – who wasn’t invited – handed on her apologies not attending, however was involved that she may make a speech.

Nonetheless, it’s additional understood the room fell silent when he provided a poorly-timed quip about how he wasn’t invited to the groom’s first marriage ceremony to Alexandra Craig in 2018.

Mr Sharaz married political advisor Alexandra Craig at Canberra’s Yarralumla Brickworks in 2018, however the couple filed for divorce just a few years later.

Ms Craig did not touch upon her ex-husband’s nuptials on Saturday, as a substitute posting a photograph of her tour to a frozen yogurt franchise referred to as Yogurberry. 

The groom’s palms shook uncontrollably whereas delivering his vows throughout the ceremony on Saturday, however he was way more composed throughout his speech after dinner.

He mentioned Ms Higgins was the love of his life and that she seemed lovely in her designer robe.

Nonetheless, his handle ended with a weird confession about how he put the speech collectively the night time earlier than whereas watching a film, and by no means completed writing it.

Following an intimate chapel ceremony that includes a string quartet enjoying Vivaldi and Taylor Swift’s ‘Love Story’, the newlyweds made their approach into the reception corridor, hand-in-hand, to current themselves as husband and spouse for the very first time.

Regardless of studies claiming helicopter noise delayed the ceremony by 45 minutes, it’s understood all the pieces ran on time and there have been no prolonged delays. 

Company got two decisions for entrées: stracciatella with prosciutto and melon, dehydrated olives and a balsamic discount; or cut up prawns with seaweed butter and foraged sea herbs.

Foremost meals comprised of hen breast with potato galette, confit tomato and shallot salsa; or beef sirloin with potato puree, mushrooms and black garlic jus – all served with roasted potatoes and a rocket salad.

Dessert was a choice of popcorn snickers bars with salted peanuts and caramel popcorn, together with lemon myrtle meringue tart with whipped creme fraiche.

Company mentioned the venue was extravagant, however the occasion itself wasn’t excessive or tacky – the couple selected in opposition to forking out a number of thousand {dollars} additional for a champagne stack or an oyster bar provided by the venue.

The overall feeling was that the marriage was like a brand new begin for the completely satisfied couple following a tumultuous few years, after they had been thrust into the highlight when Ms Higgins went public together with her rape allegations.

Ms Higgins mentioned her former colleague Bruce Lehrmann raped her in Parliament Home once they had been each junior political staffers in 2019. 

He had denied it, however in April a Federal Courtroom decide discovered, on a steadiness of chances, that Ms Higgins was raped.

On Friday, at some point earlier than Ms Higgins tied the knot with Mr Sharaz, Lehrmann filed an attraction to overturn the judgement. 

Nonetheless, there was no point out of the assault or subsequent defamation instances introduced on by Ms Higgins’ former boss, Senator Linda Reynolds, all through the day on Saturday.

In December final 12 months, Ms Higgins and Mr Sharaz purchased a chateau in southern France with the $2.4million she was awarded from the Commonwealth as compensation for the way in which her rape allegations had been dealt with.

It’s believed they completely relocated to get away from their superstar standing in Australia.

Ms Higgins’ marriage ceremony date was revealed within the WA Supreme Courtroom final week amid Senator Reynolds’ defamation case in opposition to her over social media posts which she claims broken her fame.

Outdoors court docket final week, Ms Reynolds’ lawyer Martin Bennett mentioned he made an software to get a replica of documentation regarding a belief account in Ms Higgins’ title.

The appliance will attempt to decide who the trustee is and who to sue within the occasion Ms Higgins says she can’t pay damages, if she loses the case.

Final month, Mr Sharaz bowed out of Ms Reynolds’ defamation motion in opposition to him as a result of he couldn’t afford it.

He has been ordered to pay Ms Reynolds’ authorized charges. If he declares chapter, he might not be capable to return to France.

After the judgement in April, Ms Higgins launched a press release on Instagram saying she felt vindicated: ‘I used to be raped. No judgment was ever going to alter this reality.’

She added: ‘I lived with the disgrace, humiliation, and concern of what telling my story would imply for my life and profession, like so many different victim-survivors.’