Would you get rid of the person in the background?

I wouldn't worry about the cows etc. after all it's a context shot, so you want to add atmosphere. Although by the original crop you wouldn't get that impression.

The picture itself is ok, not great, but will do the job when combined with others.

The biggest problem I see is the look or the processing of the image and maybe the file quality, unless you just saved it at a low quality.
It's not particularly bad, but it reminds me of the result you would get from a half decent P&S.
It looks like you have either cropped allot, or you were shooting at F22. It has a muddy/smudgy look to it that's been sharpened yet lacks crispness, akin to a crop sensor body with a strong AA filter.

Are you shooting jpg or raw?
With a natural processing style, sub par file quality is less forgiveable.

Edit:

Had a little play in LR...
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It will have been shot on a 5D mkII with 24-70L at a guess, but I just saved for web in photoshop at 30% quality so that will be why it looks like it does.

I didn't take the photo, and don't have the raw files with me at the moment. It was shot in raw, then I've converted to save for web and low quality jpegs to arrange the album together as a rough draft before I designed it properly to be sent off to Loxley.

Its been replaced in the album now anyway at the final design stages, thanks for your help/input :)
 
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I thought the pond on the left really takes the focus off the subject, a little cropping changes that. Also, as suggested, removed cows, red flower, and darkened the sky. This seems to make the bride pop out more and her objective is still in sight.

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Sky cropped a little:

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I'd like to see the door of the pod closed (mirror the window on the right & close up the gap) and the telegraph poles gone. Lose the pink flower but keep the cows.
 
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