Till death us do part: Couple pose for wedding photos on edge of 400ft Seven Sisters cliffs where student, 23, slipped and died while having photo taken
- Tourists have faced warnings about the dangers of the East Sussex location, with its crumbling chalk cliffs
- But these newlyweds chose to ignore advice and were inches away from the Birling Gap cliff, near Eastbourne
- One image shows the unnamed couple posing in front of the magnificent backdrop of the popular white cliffs
- Another picture sees the bride holding a bomber jacket while an assistant fiddles with her flowing white gown
- And the final picture is taken from behind the couple and shows just how close to the 400ft drop they were
- The area saw a tragic fatality in 2017 when 23-year-old student Hyewon Kim plunged 200ft to her death
By James Gant For Mailonline
Published: 12:57 EDT, 30 September 2019 | Updated: 03:56 EDT, 1 October 2019
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A couple has posed for wedding photographs on the edge of the 400ft Seven Sisters where a student slipped and died while having her picture taken.
Tourists have faced repeat warnings about the dangers of the East Sussex location, with a stretch of its crumbling chalk cliffs giving way after a torrent of bad weather just this weekend.
But these newlyweds chose to ignore the advice and were seen inches away from the edge of the precipice at Birling Gap.
These newlyweds chose to ignore the advice and were seen inches away from the edge of the precipice at Birling Gap near Eastbourne
This image shows the pair posing in front of the magnificent backdrop of the white cliffs in East Sussex. Tourists have faced repeat warnings about the dangers of the East Sussex location, with a stretch of its crumbling chalk cliffs giving way after a torrent of bad weather just this weekend
Another sees the bride holding a bomber jacket while an assistant fiddles with her flowing white gown. The photo shoot goes against repeated National Trust and coastguard warnings not to approach the edge due to the unpredictable nature of the chalk
One image shows the pair posing in front of the magnificent backdrop of the white cliffs near Eastbourne.
Another sees the bride holding a bomber jacket while an assistant fiddles with her flowing white gown.
The final picture is taken from behind the couple and shows just how close to the drop they were.
The photo shoot goes against repeated National Trust and coastguard warnings not to approach the edge due to the unpredictable nature of the chalk.
Warning signs and symbols are in place to deter people, according to the Trust.
In April, a father was pictured holding his son perilously close to the edge of the cliff as other tourists risked their lives near the drop.
Dangerous: A father holds his son over the edge of one of the Seven Sisters cliffs in East Sussex on Bank Holiday Monday in April
Risky: The father and his young child look down at the shore below the 400ft-high cliffs which are popular with visitors
Day out: People sit and play on the edge of the cliffs which officials have warned are crumbling and dangerous to sit on
People were seen kneeling and perching on the crumbling cliffs as they headed out on the sunny Bank Holiday weekend.
The reckless beachgoers turned their noses up at the official warnings that dangling on the edge of the chalk cliffs is ‘incredibly dangerous’ as visitors ‘don’t know what they are sitting over’.
They also defined the giant cracks, and signs warning that the cliffs on England’s south coast could give way at any moment.
The area saw a tragic fatality in 2017 when a student plunged 200ft to her death after jumping in the air for a photograph on clifftop.
Hyewon Kim (pictured), 23, had asked a stranger to take her picture but lost her footing as she landed and toppled over the side of the Seven Sisters
Hyewon Kim, 23, had asked a stranger to take her picture but lost her footing as she landed and toppled over the side of the Seven Sisters.
The South Korean, who had come to Britain to improve her English, suffered catastrophic head injuries in the fall.
Photographs found on her mobile phone showed the student happily posing with her back to the cliff-edge in the seconds before her death.
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