COSPLAY COUPLE FIND LOVE THROUGH GAME OF THRONES OBSESSION

A Game of Thrones obsessed couple have fallen in love after meeting at a comic convention dressed as lovestruck characters Daenerys Targaryen and Khal Drago. It was love at first sight for super fans, Simon Redstone, 26, and Samantha Halstead, 33, from Gloucester, who are so obsessed with the hit HBO fantasy drama that they spend all their spare time creating outfits to dress as the famous love pair. Now the lovers have even started to learn the show's fictional Dothraki language to exchange vows at their up and coming wedding.

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