28 October 2024
Lee Ryan married his partner Verity Paris in secret two years ago.
Lee Ryan is married
The 40-year-old Blue star has revealed the couple exchanged vows in a small civil ceremony in Gibraltar without any family or friends present due to COVID-19 restrictions - but they gathered their loved ones together on October 7 to throw a lavish wedding celebration in Seville, Spain two years after they first tied the knot.
Lee told OK! magazine: " We got married in lockdown but it was a very small ceremony without our family there – as we just wanted to be married ASAP. We always knew we would have a proper ceremony later down the line. "
He added of their wedding celebration: "It rained! But by all accounts it’s good luck in Spain if it rains on your wedding day … Everything else went to plan though – we had some amazing singers and a brilliant opera singer called Marina Simioni who brought everyone to tears!
"Both of our parents walked us down the aisle, which was really special for us."
Lee was joined at the ceremony by his Blue bandmates Simon Webbe, Duncan James and Antony Costa as well as the couple's three children together. The singer is also dad to two more kids from previous relationships.
In his interview with OK!, Lee added: "Our children are our lives. There were 13 flower girls in total. All the children who were part of the wedding, their parents were bridesmaids and ushers. Our two girls were flower girls and our little boy was all dressed up too."
He also revealed the couple are going to be having a honeymoon but they are splitting it into three mini-breaks spaced out over the next year.
He explained: "We are planning on three small city breaks to Venice, Paris and Budapest over the next year, so we are splitting up our honeymoon over the next 12 months."
The couple are believed to have been together since 2020 and Lee previously admitted meeting Verity changed his life. He told The Sun newspaper: "I met someone finally who loves and supports me in everything I do.
"Verity is a beautiful, strong and loving woman who I treasure, and I'm a lucky man to have such a wonderful mother for my child, and now wife in her.
"I've never been more calm and grounded and I have Verity to thank for that. I'm the happiest I've ever been in my life because of the wonderful family life I now have."
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