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.
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