🎧 Listen to learn:
- How to write a personalized, emotionally resonant wedding ceremony
- Tips for creating a seamless, high-impact ceremony that flows with the wedding timeline
- Why modern officiants should also be storytellers and performers
- Strategies for helping couples with vows and speeches
- How Weddings Royale supports clients through ceremony coaching and planning
In this episode of the Wedding Day Podcast, host Sonja Babich and co-host Amanda Holder, Publisher of California Wedding Day, sit down with Ryan and Valerie Kingsman — the husband-and-wife team behind Weddings Royale, a California-based officiant company known for their storytelling-first approach to wedding ceremonies.
The conversation dives into the Kingsmans' journey from their own wedding-day challenges to becoming beloved officiants, emcees and ceremony coaches. Together, they've officiated more than 1,200 weddings, blending their backgrounds in journalism, broadcasting and performance to create personalized and joyful ceremonies that resonate with couples and their guests.
Ryan and Valerie discuss their company's mission to elevate ceremonies through intentional storytelling, their new "Royale Couples Connect" community for ongoing support and education and how they help clients navigate vow writing, speech prep and even timeline logistics. From rehearsal coordination to emotional authenticity, Weddings Royale offers a modern, full-experience approach to wedding ceremonies. If you're planning a wedding — or want to reimagine how ceremony storytelling can make your day unforgettable — this episode is not to be missed.
Produced by Summit Hill Studios summithillstudios.com
and Iron Diamond Media irondiamondmedia.com
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