We contacted 4 officiants registered in DC before we talked with Clare. Clare was very pleasant to work with and provided creative ideas and guidance along the way. She will work with you to give you the ceremony you want. She provided scripts of the ceremony and allowed us to change whatever parts we wanted to customize. She has a wonderful demeanor and adapted to the fast changing environment at our wedding. It was an outdoor ceremony and the rain was threatening. Clare was calm and collected as we decided whether to move inside or stay with an outdoor ceremony. She kept the ceremony organized and everything went smoothly. Her organization is her strongest trait, She politely reminded us to keep on track for approving the ceremony scripts as we fell behind when we were planning other aspects of the wedding. That is on top of her wonderful British accent which added so much charm to the ceremony. We highly recommend her.

Due to my partner's military service, we needed to do the legal end of our marriage several months in advance of our actual wedding ceremony, so we hired Clare as our legal officiant to complete all of the necessary paperwork and met her at a coffee shop on The Hill to do the deed. Clare was extremely helpful, flexible, and so friendly- she was a delight to work with and made the process practically painless. After completing the paperwork, she submitted it to the courthouse and got several extra certified copies for us, which ended up being a huge help in the end. We only spent about twenty minutes with her, but I can tell she loves what she does and cares very deeply about creating the wedding experience her couples deserve and want. She is extremely pleasant, well-spoken, and kind, so I'm sure she would do a lovely job of officiating a full-ceremony including readings, reflections, and vows. Highly recommended.

I was married last weekend (10/14/17) at my family home in Annapolis, MD and it was the most magical day - largely in part to the lovely Clare Palace!

We had a longer engagement (18 months) and one of the very first vendors we booked was our officiant as I wanted to have plenty of time for her to get to know us as a couple and write a very personal ceremony. Ironically, we did not originally pick Clare but found her by happy accident when our first officiant had a family emergency 3 months before the wedding and had to cancel. Luckily, she put us in touch with Clare who was phenomenal.

Clare was so responsive in immediately pulling all our original questionnaires into a beautiful first draft, turned around a second draft very quickly, and had great ideas for how to organize the family and bridal party processional. She ran a very efficient rehearsal, and her "performance" on the actual wedding day was A++. Clare has a very bubbly personality and a charming British accent.

These days I feel like so many non-religious ceremonies are over in the blink of an eye, but it was one of the more important aspects of the day to me and my husband. Yes, I wanted to have a great party (and we did), but the marriage ceremony was the whole reason we were having a wedding. We wanted it to be authentic to us as a couple and a special moment that our guests would actually remember.

Clare delivered and then some! Every single guest I spoke to complimented me on the ceremony and asked how we found Clare. My father even singled her out in his welcome speech - stating that of all his children to get married (I'm 4 out of 6) that it was the most personal, emotional beautiful ceremony he'd witnessed. Maybe not the smartest move, Dad, but I appreciate it.

I could go on and on - but I'll stop there. Book Clare. Do it now! You'll be so happy you did.

Note: I can't speak to Clare's pricing as she honored the agreement we had with our original officiant.