Groom who uses a wheelchair stuns his bride by standing for his first dance on their wedding day

A wheelchair-using groom spent a year having physiotherapy to be able to stand for his first dance with his wife on their wedding day. Barry was determined to stand and join his bride for their first dance - a medley of 'Thinking Out Loud' by Ed Sheeran and 'Shut Up And Dance' by Walk the Moon - on their wedding day on April 8, 2023, at Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness, Scotland. Barry MacDowell, 49, who lives with multiple sclerosis and uses a wheelchair, surprised his wedding party and and his wife, Emma, 36 - who also has the condition - by standing for the duration of their first dance on their wedding day at Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness, Scotland Emma, a former hairdresser, originally from Portsmouth, Hampshire, said: 'Barry could walk when we first met in 2017, but since then he's only been in a wheelchair. The pair first met online in 2017 Barry admitted that his legs were sore for two weeks after the wedding stunt, but said it had been worth it After the couple struck a romance, Emma moved in with her son, Corbhan Doyle, 11, and Barry proposed in 2021 The delay meant he wasn't able to get the right treatment for a long time - meaning the condition became more severe, leading to him becoming reliant on a wheelchair. The pair had decided to surprise their guests with a dance number on their wedding day last April The medley's duration of one minute and thirty seconds was the longest time Barry has ever spent standing before After that they began visiting each other every few weeks, travelling between Portsmouth and Inverness after becoming official - and Emma and Corbhan had moved in with Barry by September 2018.