“When they told me that he had died of a sudden heart attack I just couldn’t take it in, my life over the last two years has been like a living nightmare.

With the event in the Serbian town of Sid planned and paid for, Sanja decided to get married anyway and used a mannequin dressed in Igor’s wedding suit as a stand-in, saying it was the next best thing to actually getting married to her boyfriend.

Rather than be downbeat about everything that happened, the bride and guests tried to make it a day celebrating Igor’s life.

Sanja added: “We tried to make it a joyful affair and a celebration of his life and for me it was all about completing something unfinished so that I can move on.

“I hope that now I will be able to move on with my life.”

The ceremony also included music by their favourite singer and a local priest to conduct a special ceremony to help Sanja find closure.

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