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Thirty-three year old Scottish singer KT Tunstall has finally wed her fiancé Luke Bullen- the drummer from her band in a private ceremony.

The couple married in the Flodigarry Country House Hotel which they had booked completely for four days. The hotel is located on the north eastern side of the Isle of Skye, and the pair posted their wedding banns in the town of Portree, the capital of the Isle.

The blushing bride sported a strapless white gown decorated with crystals whilst the dashing groom was decked in a dark coloured suit.

Luke, aged thirty-four proposed during a surprise visit to the Tunstall family home in St. Andrews, Fife last Christmas day.

The newly weds recently confirmed that their intentions to indulge in a round the world trip after the wedding.

The new Mrs Bullen said:-

“Luke and I are going to go travelling for a few months, take some proper time off and see a bit of the world. Touring, we go to all these amazing places and never get the time to have a look round. We’ll finish the tour in South America mid-October and we’ll stay there for a bit. We also want to go back to New Zealand and hope to visit India.”

 

When 38 year old Recruitment Consultant Natalie O’Neill from Edinburgh agreed to marry her Kosovan fiancé she had no idea of the attention that the couples’ nuptials would command.

The bride and her 37 year old groom Al Sylejmani made the decision to hold their wedding ceremony in the grooms native Kosovo. Bu the modest, low key affair was transformed into a public celebration when Kosovo publicly announced its freedom and independence 72 hours before the couple were due to wed.

This momentous decision made the pair the very first to marry in the former Yugoslavian new state. As result the couple became overnight media personalities and the entire nation united together to celebrate their matrimony.

The bride said of the event:-

“It was luck and coincidence but we ended up at the centre of things and everyone was making such a fuss over us. Our wedding certificate was the first to feature the Kosovan flag. It was one of the things that brought home to the Kosovans that they had finally achieved independence.

People followed us into the town hall where we got married and filmed us as our ceremony took place. The paparazzi were snapping away at us. I felt like Britney Spears! The TV and newspapers couldn’t get enough of us. We were even on the evening news. People were coming up to us for days afterwards and saying they recognised us. It was amazing.”

Al and Natalie went on to hold a second ceremony at Fingask Castle in Perthshire, providing members of the groom’s family with the opportunity to travel beyond Kosovo for the very first time.

 

Former Spice Girl Mel B and her Film Producer husband Stephen Belafonte are reported to have made the decision to renew their wedding vows after agreeing a £200,000 deal with a glossy celebrity mag.

The couple wed in June of 2007 in a covert ceremony, which the brides mother admitted that even she was unaware of, and news of their secret wedding did not surface until around September 2007.

Mel also known as Scary Spice and Stephen had been friends for years, but began dating shortly after Mel’s very hostile and much publicised split with Hollywood star Eddie Murphy.

It is believed that the new Mr & Mrs Belafonte had always intended to host a more lavish and open wedding ceremony after the Spice Girls world tour had concluded.

Under the terms of their celebrity magazine contract the couple are said to be planning an extravagant ceremony at during which they will renew their wedding vows in a luxury resort in Egypt. It is also reported that the magazine deal has specified that they must invite a number of celebrity guests to the occasion.

Speaking recently of her apparent wedded bliss, Mel said:-

“I think marriage agrees with me - I’m happy all the time! We’re the best of friends, which I think is one of the most important things in a successful marriage.”

 

In the most prevalent and anticipated celebrity wedding since the US state of California legally recognized same sex marriages earlier this year, chat show host  Ellen DeGeneres and actress Portia de Rossi have finally married at their shared $33.5million home in Beverley Hills.

The couple who have been together since meeting in December 2004 tied the knot in a private ceremony in front of just 19 guests. Ellen, 50 and Portia 35 exchanged personalised vows during the informal but intimate nuptials on Saturday evening.

The pair traded custom designed rings by Neil Lane. Ellen sported an all white trouser suit whilst Portia wore a pale pink gown; the outfits were both designed by highly acclaimed US fashion designer Zac Ponsen.

A witness to the ceremony told a member of the US press:-

“They looked ecstatic and couldn’t keep the smiles off their faces or their eyes off each other”.

The pair have attended a great number of celebrity events since first meeting four years ago and whilst Californian adversaries continue to collect signatures for a petition hoped to result in a  revision of the law which acknowledges same sex marriages, Hollywood appears to be in complete support of the newlyweds.

 

After a lengthy 5 year engagement England and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney and fiancée Coleen McLoughlin finally tied the knot last Thursday in beautiful Santa Margherita, on the Italian Riviera. This years’ most eagerly anticipated celebrity wedding is reported to have cost in the region of £5 million, although the couple had previously agreed a contract with OK! Magazine, netting them in excess of £2.5 million, making it one of the most lucrative wedding deals ever reached in the UK.

The couples big day began with a civil ceremony at the stately home of Villa Durazzo (in accordance with Italian law, the bride and groom must participate in both a civil ceremony a separate religious ceremony). For this first service, Coleen was clad in a cream coloured strapless organza style dress with an embellished bodice and cascading skirt. The unique creation was designed by New York based British designer Georgina Chapman’s’ Marchesa label and is said to have cost in the region of £85,000.The blushing bride also wore shoes with heels encrusted in crystals by designer Christian Loubourin. Wayne sported an open necked striped shirt and a casual beige suit from Flannels.

Once this initial event was concluded the bride and groom left for separate locations to enjoy a champagne brunch with the bridesmaids and ushers.

Later that day the religious ceremony took place in the Church of San Giralomo at the 16th century Abbey of La Cervara, in the presence of some 60 friends and family. The church was decorated in neutral colours with an abundance of fresh white flowers and candles in hurricane vases. Coleen carried a simple but elegant bouquet of white tulips, as did the bridesmaids.

Each guest was awarded with a miniature box decorated with a butterfly and encompassing a string of rosary beads. As the couple exchanged white gold and diamond wedding bands, crafted exclusively by New York jewellers Jacob & Co, the pair vowed to love, honour and cherish one another in a romantic ceremony performed by their childhood priest from Norris Green, who had been flown over in one of the five jets which had transported the wedding guests from the UK.

The wedding reception followed in the stunning gardens surrounding the Abbey overlooking the charming town of Portifino, where the newly-weds released a dozen white doves into the evening sky over the Italian Riviera as their close friends and family looked on.