Train bearer @ wedding

A train bearer is a boy or girl attendant at a wedding. This type of wedding attendant is less common than it used to be, but is still a way of including young relatives or the children of relatives and friends in a wedding. A train bearer is often seen at British royal weddings.

Traditionally, train bearers carry the bride's train, especially if she is wearing a dress with a long train. Because of the difficulty of managing the train, train bearers are generally no younger than age ten, with older ones being preferred for more complicated duties.

There are no set rules about train bearers - it is up to you. Whether you have them or not, boys or girls or combination of both gender, how many and how old they are, it is really you and your partner's personal preference. However if you have someone you are desperate to include who is more than age ten, there is no reason why you cannot include. Who you choose is really up to you whether it is your god child, nephew, niece, cousin, child or close friend’s child, it depends on what suits you.

Some factors that are good to consider though are:

• Would they be happy and willing to be a train bearer?
• Would their parents be happy and willing for them to be train bearers?
• Are they likely to behave themselves and stay quiet at all the right moments?

Tips for having train bearer

Queen Diana's marriage

1. You could pair up train bearers with proper ratio of boys and girls. It helps to remove the pressure for young ones and lastly, there is nothing like young love!
2. Let your train bearers meet other active participators of wedding like; the Best Man and Ushers before the big day, so they are not strangers.
3. Let the train bearers sit with their parents in the ceremony when they are not needed. This is the best way to keep the little naughty at firm place!
4. Arrange some gifts and give it prior to ceremony, motivate them for performing the job with more enthusiasm.