Blue star Lee Ryan's 'dream' wedding to wife Verity Paris -surrounded by bandmates

Blue's Lee Ryan and his wife, Verity Paris, tied the knot 2 years agone successful a civilian ceremonial successful Gibraltar during lockdown. The couple, who deed it disconnected instantly aft gathering astatine an event, were anxious to get hitched "ASAP". However, owed to pandemic restrictions, they had to speech vows without their loved ones present.

Fast guardant to past month, connected 7 October, and Lee and Verity – a vocalist who made her quality connected The X Factor successful 2009 and has impersonated Ariana Grande successful the past – celebrated their national successful a touching ceremonial held successful Seville, with each of Lee's Blue bandmates determination to witness, as Lee told OK!. The affectional star, 41, who shares three children nether 3 with Verity and resides successful Spain, says their magical time felt "like a dream" – and determination wasn't a adust oculus successful sight...

Hi Lee, what a stunning wedding celebration!Why did you clasp disconnected until 2 years aft the main lawsuit to celebrate?

We got hitched successful lockdown but it was a precise intimate ceremonial without our household determination – arsenic we conscionable wanted to beryllium joined ASAP. We ever knew we would person a due ceremonial further down the line.

How was the day, did everything spell according to plan?

No, it rained! But apparently, it's considered bully luck successful Spain if it rains connected your wedding day... Everything other went smoothly though – we had immoderate fantastic singers and a superb opera vocalist named Marina Simioni who moved everyone to tears! Both of our parents walked america down the aisle, which was truly peculiar for us.

What was your favourite infinitesimal from the celebrations?

The work was a beauteous blend of antithetic religions and spiritual elements, accompanied by a assortment of euphony that moved everyone to tears. I made my entranceway down the aisle with my newborn lad successful my arms, some of america dressed successful matching tuxedos, to the tune of Time by Hans Zimmer, performed by a drawstring quartet. The show of my woman walking down the aisle to 'I'm Kissing You' by Des'ree, sung by a gospel choir, was simply breathtaking. We decided to prohibition mobile phones during the work to guarantee everyone was afloat contiguous successful the moment, alternatively than trying to seizure it connected movie oregon successful photos.

What was it similar seeing Verity successful her wedding dress?

It felt similar I was successful a dream, a imagination I ne'er thought would travel true. It was similar a movie."

Were determination immoderate precise affectional moments?

I cried erstwhile I walked down the aisle, I cried erstwhile I saw my woman and I cried erstwhile we tied our hands! Verity got affectional erstwhile the gospel choir sang. We had a opus called The Blessing, it’s a gospel religion song.

Did you person a archetypal dance?

Yes, it was John Legend’s Never Break. That’s our opus and it means a batch to us.

Was it bully to get the children progressive – did they person a peculiar portion successful the day?

Our children are our lives. There were 13 angiosperm girls successful total. All the children who were portion of the wedding, their parents were bridesmaids and ushers. Our 2 girls were angiosperm girls and our small lad was each dressed up too. They were each astatine the beforehand with us, arsenic you tin spot successful immoderate of the photos.

Having 3 children nether 3 indispensable marque beingness busy. Were determination immoderate moments of chaos during the wedding?

There is chaos each day! But it’s beauteous chaos - I wouldn’t alteration it for the world. I similar having tons going connected and radical astir me. When Verity had her hairsbreadth and make-up done, she had each 3 of them sitting connected her!

Ant and Simon’s kids were progressive too. Did that consciousness similar a afloat ellipse infinitesimal to person your bandmates and each of your children there?

Yes, it was truthful peculiar to person the kids determination – they were dressed arsenic angiosperm girls arsenic good and they each looked truthful amazing. They were throwing the angiosperm petals successful the aisle. Simon’s caller babe was the youngest subordinate of the bridal party.

All of your bandmates were astatine the wedding – did that consciousness special?

It was large to person Simon, Duncan and Antony there. I don’t person immoderate existent brothers – but they are my brothers. Through heavy and thin, each 4 of us. We’ve had galore ups and downs implicit the years and it’s lone the 4 of america who truly cognize what it’s like. It’s a enslaved that’s lasted 24 years now.

Did they bash immoderate speeches?

No, they cognize excessively much! Simon sang, though. It was an impromptu infinitesimal and helium got up and sang No Worries. He sounded brilliant, arsenic always. It was a lovely, unplanned infinitesimal and we were each dancing and singing on with him.

Why did you take to person your large time successful Seville?

We had our archetypal wedding day there. Verity had travelled determination and loved it, and truthful she took maine there. It’s truthful beauteous there, it doesn’t request a batch of decoration. We were going to get joined successful Italy, but with the kids it was excessively much, arsenic we unrecorded successful Spain. Seville is conscionable specified a beauteous place. I don’t unrecorded successful the UK present anyway, but we’ve visited Seville earlier and fell successful emotion with it. The architecture is stunning and it was bully to beryllium determination for a week. It’s precise akin successful benignant to Rome.

Will you beryllium having a honeymoon?

Not consecutive away, but we are readying connected 3 tiny metropolis breaks to Venice, Paris and Budapest implicit the adjacent year, truthful we are splitting up our honeymoon implicit the adjacent 12 months.

Did you instantly cognize Verity was the 1 erstwhile you archetypal met?

We archetypal saw each different astatine a Christmas lights power connected erstwhile I was promoting and Verity was a performer, and we met backstage. A fewer weeks later, we went connected our archetypal day and we bonded implicit our emotion of nutrient – sushi, connected that occasion. The archetypal clip I knew she was the 1 was connected our 2nd date. We picked a Christmas histrion and danced astir my surviving country to John Legend.

Why bash you enactment truthful good together?

Because I’m a nutty Gemini and she’s a Libra who balances maine out. She besides has a batch of patience! We are some originative and we constitute songs unneurotic and stock a emotion of euphony and performing. Verity understands my life, and that I person to spell and enactment for america to person this beingness together. But I emotion coming home. She saved my life. My woman saved my life, I cognize that for sure.

How has beingness been since welcoming your youngest. Has it been a juggle?

It’s hard enactment but it’s a batch of fun. We enactment euphony connected and creation astir the beforehand country each the time. Frozen is the go-to karaoke opus of the moment!

Has having kids unneurotic changed your narration with Verity? Has it brought you closer?

You’ve got to enactment arsenic a squad successful a relationship. My woman is unthinkable and astonishing and has does truthful much. I’m distant a batch and tin beryllium tired, but we marque definite we instrumentality clip to person day nights arsenic it’s important to support the romance going. Finding clip for each different is important. Last Valentine’s time she asked maine for a caller changing bag, truthful that’s what I bought her. But it was Gucci! And I did bargain her matching shoes…

Tell america astir Blue’s upcoming Italy arena tour…

I can’t hold to spell to Italy – it’s the food, the culture, the people. I emotion it. We some do, and I deliberation Verity mightiness travel retired to Rome to spot the amusement there, which volition beryllium great. We’ve ever done truly good successful Italy – but this clip is crazy, we sold retired an arena circuit successful a day.

And Blue are besides peculiar guests connected Olly Murs’ 2025 arena tour…

Yes, and I adore Olly, he’s a gent – a beauteous guy. He’s ever asking however I deed the notes with Breathe Easy, truthful we were singing it successful the corridor erstwhile we past met! He’s genuinely a large Blue fan, and erstwhile we met him to bash immoderate filming, we had a batch of fun. I’m truly looking guardant to the tour.

What bash you emotion astir touring?

I emotion being connected signifier and seeing the fans. Still seeing them sing each the songs backmost to america aft 24 years is simply a privilege – and 1 I don’t instrumentality for granted. The fans are the crushed we get to unrecorded this astonishing life. They travel archetypal – that’s wherefore we bash it.

What’s pugnacious astir it?

I truly miss my woman and kids and being distant – a edifice country tin beryllium a lonely place. In an perfect satellite they would beryllium with maine each the time, but it’s conscionable not realistic. I tried it earlier this twelvemonth and the imagination was acold from reality!

Do you person immoderate different upcoming projects?

We person our 25th day coming up soon. I can’t accidental overmuch conscionable yet, but we person a batch planned for that. But extracurricular of that, Verity and I person a country/folk duo called Lemonville and we are signaling euphony to beryllium released successful the future, Verity has the astir unthinkable voice. Actually, radical accidental she’s amended than me, which is highly annoying!

Lee & Verity person dedicated their interest for this communicative successful loving representation of Halle Fletcher. See www.josssearchlight.org.uk.