Influencer Annie Knight tied the knot with Henry Brayshaw this month without signing a prenuptial agreement, even though she earns significantly more than her husband. They say they will sign one next year.
The couple celebrated their wedding at The Valley Estate in Currumbin Valley, Gold Coast, Australia. The ceremony cost about 180,000 Australian dollars. High costs and the effort required to draft a prenup prompted the bride and groom to postpone it.
“We looked into the process of doing a prenup, and it’s quite an expensive process. We had every intention of doing it, and we’d had many conversations about it,” Knight said.
“Obviously, it’s a difficult conversation to have because we never want to be in a position where we’re getting divorced,” Knight said. “Ideally, we want to be together forever.”
“But we’re both children of divorce, and having seen how much it affected our parents, we wanted to relieve any potential stress in the very unlikely chance that it was to happen.”
According to Knight, they consulted with two lawyers and understood that they could still draw up a financial agreement after their wedding.
Under Australia’s Family Law Act 1975, prenuptial agreements are called binding financial agreements and may be signed before, during, or after marriage. For the agreement to be valid, each party must receive independent legal advice, and a lawyer must confirm the advice.
“We have a few big things we need to be paying for in the next year, and we’ve got some exciting opportunities coming up, so we decided we’re going to wait until next year to continue the process,” Knight said.
“As it stands right now, we have no prenuptial agreement. I’m not stressed about it or worried about it. We will get one, just to be safe, but right now there is no prenup.”
Brayshaw admitted that he hesitated to sign a prenup at first when his bride offered the idea. However, his hesitation resulted from a lack of knowledge of what such an agreement means for the couple and their family.
“It was actually Annie who originally presented the idea to me. I had some pushback initially, but that was only because I didn’t fully understand what it was going to achieve for us and our family moving forward,” Brayshaw said.
“We are both going to proceed with the prenup at some stage, and we think it’s the right thing for our family. We’ve had some minor discussions about what we want to achieve, and we’re both on the same page.”
The couple met in 2016 when working at the same pub in Melbourne. They started dating in early 2025 and got engaged in March of that year on a trip to Cancun, Mexico. Brayshaw is the son of former cricketer James Brayshaw. They married in the presence of 72 guests and spent their honeymoon on Boracay Island, Philippines.
While many people may think that Knight needs a prenup to protect her own money, the influencer claims that it’s just as necessary for protecting her husband financially.
At the age of 29, Knight claims that she earns 200,000 Australian dollars per month. She urged Brayshaw to give up his career and concentrate on his mental health and the couple’s future together.
“The prenup is actually not just for me. It would be for Henry as well,” Knight said.
“The reality is that I asked Henry to stop working, and he does a lot for me. If we were to get divorced, touch wood, let’s just say in two years, I wouldn’t want Henry to be in a position where he struggles to find work and hasn’t got anything to his name to keep him covered while he tries to find work.”
“I’ve worked very hard over the past few years, but I think the thing people miss is that Henry has had a big part to play in helping me with my work.”
The couple also discusses what may happen to their financial situation if they ever have children, in particular, if Brayshaw becomes a stay-at-home dad.
“Let’s say in 10 years’ time we’ve got two or three kids. Henry will have given up 10 years of his life, and he’d be the stay-at-home dad while I’m working,” Knight said.
“Henry’s mum was a stay-at-home mum for 20 or 30 years, and when she had to go back into the workforce, it was really hard for her. I didn’t want Henry to have to go through that either.”
According to Brayshaw, giving up his career was one of the best decisions he’s made since he can now focus on overcoming his gambling addiction. Knight mentioned on social media that his repeated relapses nearly ruined their relationship.
“Once Annie asked me to come home and stop working so I could focus on my mental health, become a better human being, and focus on our family, that was when I stopped thinking about money,” he said.
“Once she gave me confidence to come home and concentrate on myself, I never looked back,” Brayshaw said.
“Annie is the number one and only provider for our family, and it’s a blessing. I wouldn’t have been able to knock my addiction on the head and become the best version of myself if it wasn’t for her doing that.”
However, despite being married, the couple keeps their finances separate. Knight manages Brayshaw’s salary, savings, and investments.
“Henry and I keep our finances separate, but I manage Henry’s finances for him,” she said. “When he gets paid, because he helps me out with work and I pay him a salary from my company, he doesn’t have access to the account his salary goes into.”
“I give him his spending money from that, and I invest in stocks for him as well so he can earn interest on it.”
Some people criticize this strategy, saying that Brayshaw should be the main provider for the family. Knight says that they fail to understand how much Brayshaw actually works.
“People judge us all the time. They say Henry’s a cuck and that he’s a loser because he stays at home, doesn’t work, and is dependent on me. But Henry loves it, I love it, and I think it’s fantastic,” she said.
“I wouldn’t be able to work to the best of my ability if it wasn’t for Henry. I don’t know how I used to manage my life before Henry and I were together.”
Brayshaw claimed that he has never felt threatened by the financial success of his wife and believes that the stigma related to women being providers should be changed.
“If you’re with someone and you’re upset about how much money they’re providing for your family, then what are you doing?” he asked.
“They’re providing for you, your future, and your family. It doesn’t matter if they’re male, female, or trans. If their best interest is you and your family, then who cares?”
For Knight, postponing the signing of the agreement means making sure that both of them will be financially stable no matter what happens.
“There are so many things we need to consider, like how long we’re together, whether there are kids involved, and how much time Henry has had off work,” she said.
“That’s why we want to make sure we do the process properly and don’t just quickly sign a prenup because we think we’ve got to get it done before the wedding.”
