All Blacks and Chiefs rugby star Aaron Cruden had a well-known schoolmate to thank for helping make his wedding day special.
The 25-year-old married Grace King, his partner of seven years, at Manawatu's Wakefields Lodge in front of 155 family and friends last weekend.
Woman's Day this week publishes an
exclusive interview and photographs of the wedding. They show Cruden waiting at the altar in a black tuxedo and bow tie, as King's father, Anthony, escorts her down the aisle on a warm and sunny day.
X-Factor finalist Benny Tipene, who went to Palmerston North Boys' High School with Cruden, was on hand to sing and strum one of the couple's favourite songs - Christina Perri's A Thousand Years.
Cruden told Woman's Day he knew he would get emotional when he saw his wife-to-be, also 25, walking towards him.
