Gareth's secret wedding
Published Date:
09 August 2008
AND yet another celebrity keeps us in the dark
This time it's former Pop Idol runner-up Gareth Gates of Bradford.
The 23-year-old got hitched last month after a so called "secret" wedding at Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire. It was kept hush-hush apparently, because Gareth and his new bride, 33-year-old dancer Suzanne Mole had sold the rights to OK! magazine. Which means if you want to see pictures of the big day you have to splash out £2.95. A bit unfair to the thousands of grannies on a pension whose votes helped give Gareth his big break.
I'm disappointed with Gareth for another reason. He is proud of his Yorkshire roots, but chose to get married in another county.
Gareth hit the big time in 2002 and went on to have four number one hits and sell 3.5 million records worldwide. His musical career has, however, stalled since then.
The magazine has devoted 26 pages to the flash wedding, but there has been hardly any mention in local or national newspapers. The wedding had everything from celebrity guests to a bucking bronco and wild karaoke. And both Gareth and Suzanne sang at the evening event for their 300-plus guests who, I'm told, included a handful of Calderdale friends.
One local woman who got a look in was designer Helen Doyle of Northowram, Halifax, who owns her own card and wedding stationery company, Gibson-Doyle. Helen supplied all the silver and white invitations, reply cards, order of service and menu and place cards for the big day and says the couple were wonderful to work with.
"Suzanne came over to Northowram several times and I met most of the family. It was one of the most exciting weddings I have worked on," she told me.
The full article contains 304 words and appears in Evening Courier newspaper.
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Last Updated:
09 August 2008 7:51 AM
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Source:
Evening Courier
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Location:
Halifax