Giants and villagers don’t usually quite see eye to eye, but for one couple, it led to the perfect proposal.

Christopher Suckling and Lizzie Rainbird first met during the Castle Player’s rehearsal of Jack and the Beanstalk six years ago.

Christopher was the voice of the giant and Lizzie was one of the villagers in the Castle Hedingham group’s pantomime.

It was a meeting that led to Christopher proposing to Lizzie at the group’s production last Saturday.

The couple encountered a setback when, in December, Lizzie was diagnosed with aplastic anaemia – where bone marrow does not make any blood.