Ant McPartlin and Anne-Marie Corbett tie the knot in star-studded wedding ceremony
Celebrity guests have been pictured arriving at a church for Ant McPartlin’s wedding.
McPartlin, 45, is marrying Anne-Marie Corbett at St Michael’s Church in Heckfield, Hampshire, today.
He posed for photos with his TV partner and friend Declan Donnelly, 45, outside the building before the ceremony.
Bride Anne-Marie Corbett was beaming as she arrived
The pair, known as Ant and Dec, wore matching dinner suits and smiled as they stood outside the venue and greeted fans gathered outside.
A reception after the wedding is due to take place at a nearby luxury hotel, where guests will be staying.
Among the stars seen arriving were This Morning host Phillip Schofield, married TV presenters Patrick Kielty and Cat Deeley, and comedian David Walliams.
TV presenter Dermot O’Leary, singer Alesha Dixon, former Chelsea footballer Frank Lampard and his wife Christine, a Loose Women co-host, also posed for photographs entering the church.
Guests arrived at the venue in minibuses before heading inside through a specially constructed arch made of flowers.
The sun was shining as they made their way into the church, following heavy downpours earlier in the day.
Phillip Schofield was among the star guests pictured outside the church
More than a dozen fans headed to the venue to stand outside in order to catch a glimpse of the stars.
Britain’s Got Talent presenter McPartlin has been with his fiancée since 2018, with the pair getting engaged on Christmas Eve in 2020.
They got together after he separated from make-up artist Lisa Armstrong, his wife of 11 years, earlier in 2018.
Frank and Christine Lampard were also among the guests for the couple’s big day
According to reports, McPartlin and Corbett had initially been planning to marry abroad.
However, they eventually decided to host the ceremony in the UK because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ant and Dec greeted fans and guests ahead of the ceremony
Corbett, who previously worked as McPartlin’s personal assistant, has two daughters from her relationship with ex-husband Scott Corbett.
McPartlin, from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, has described her as his “rock” after she supported him following his 2018 drink-driving arrest and stint in rehab.
Irish-language rap group Kneecap have announced a surprise London show, hours after one of their members was charged with a terror offence.
Liam O’Hanna, or Liam Og O Hannaidh, was charged with displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah, a proscribed organisation, at a concert in London last November, the Metropolitan Police said on Wednesday.
Just hours later, Kneecap announced on their Instagram account that “we’re back”, adding that they would perform at the 100 Club on Oxford Street, London, on Thursday night.
The post also included a quote by former Sex Pistols vocalist John Lydon, who told ITV’s Good Morning Britain the rap trio “maybe (…) need a bloody good kneecapping” after footage of the band allegedly calling for the deaths of MPs emerged.
Kneecap performing in Belfast last year. Pic: PA
Kneecap apologised to the families of murdered MPs last month, but said footage of the incident at their concert had been “exploited and weaponised”, adding that they “never supported” Hamas or Hezbollah.
The rappers had gigs cancelled after the footage emerged and politicians pushed for Kneecap to be dropped from the Glastonbury Festival line-up, with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch calling for Kneecap to be banned.
The group from Belfast in Northern Ireland is still set to headline Wide Awake Festival in south London on Friday.
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In response to O’Hanna being charged, Kneecap said that they “deny this ‘offence’ and will vehemently defend ourselves” and branded it “political policing” in a bid to “silence voices of compassion”.
The charge came after counter-terror police assessed a video said to be from a Kneecap concert.
In the footage, O’Hanna is allegedly displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah at the O2 Forum in Kentish Town, London, on 21 November last year.
Officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command were made aware of a video circulating online on 22 April and an investigation led to the Crown Prosecution Service authorising the charge, the force said.
O’Hanna – who performs under the stage name Mo Chara – is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 18 June.
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