‘Scary times’: EastEnders star Louisa Lytton fears she will have to cancel her summer wedding in York due to coronavirus
Louisa Lytton took part in an Instagram question and answer session on Wednesday night, where she told fans she’s concerned she may have to cancel her wedding.
The EastEnders actress asked for questions while bored at home as she isolates with her fiance Ben Bhanvra.
Fans were keen to know if the star’s wedding in August was going ahead amid the global pandemic, but Louisa, 31, admitted she wasn’t sure.
Plans: Louisa Lytton took part in an Instagram question and answer session on Wednesday night, where she told fans she’s concerned she may have to cancel her August wedding
Louisa, who plays Ruby Allen on EastEnders, has stopped filming the BBC soap after the set was shut down on Wednesday amid the coronavirus crisis.
While her fiancé drank beer and skyped his pals, Louisa chatted to her fans, revealing her plans while she was in quarantine.
The actress said: ‘I’m going to learn a language and continue to plan my wedding and keep praying it’s going ahead.’
Engaged: The EastEnders actress asked for questions while bored at home as she isolates with her fiance Ben Bhanvra, who she got engaged to last May while in the Maldives
Another fan later asked her if the York wedding was going ahead, and she replied: ‘Yeah, I mean, please please please, let it be. It’s not for a little while so I think we’re going to be all right. Scary times.’
Louisa and Ben got engaged on her 30th birthday while on holidays in the Maldives last year, just a year after being together.
The soap star admitted during a recent interview on Loose Women that her fiancé’s proposal didn’t go to plan.
Bored: Louisa, who plays Ruby Allen on EastEnders, has stopped filming the BBC soap after the set was shut down on Wednesday amid the coronavirus crisis
The actress revealed that Ben had planned music which didn’t end up happening and instead of just the two of them being captured during romantic footage shot on his drone, a cleaner was filmed in the background.
Talking about the moment to the Loose Women panellists, Louisa said: ‘Obviously, I didn’t know what was going on!
‘It all happened in the Maldives, he has a drone, which is like a pet! He’s filming, what I think is the island, I’m moaning like “Hurry up, I want to go sunbathe – naturally”.
Hopeful: A fan asked her if the York wedding was going ahead, and she replied: ‘Yeah, I mean, please please please, let it be. It’s not for a little while
‘He filmed the whole proposal on his drone, he planned to play music – it didn’t happen. There’s a cleaner in the back of the shot watching this drone, the whole video we have got the cleaner is there watching it.’
Yet despite Ben’s proposal not going to plan, Louisa gushed that she ‘loved it’, she sweetly added: ‘For me, it was amazing, I was so shocked. I am still shocked now, I can’t believe I am getting married.’
The actress then teased some wedding details as she revealed that they are planning to get married in August in York adding: ‘A summer wedding, in York. Beautiful, yeah, I can’t wait!’
Sun-soaked: The happy couple got engaged on Louisa’s 30th birthday while on holiday after a year together and plan to marry this summer