Terminally ill reality television star Jade Goody married her ex-convict lover on Sunday in a hurriedly arranged ceremony.
Ms Goody, who is dying from cervical cancer, wed Jack Tweed away from the public gaze at a country hotel northeast of London. Photo and film rights were sold for a reported £1 million.
"It was a very beautiful, very moving service," her publicist Max Clifford said of the 45-minute ceremony in front of around 200 guests.
The 27-year-old Goody was unknown before she appeared on the TV programme "Big Brother" in 2002 and has since ridden the rollercoaster of instant fame to become the show's best-known participant.
She wrote her autobiography and sold her own perfume before igniting a media firestorm by making racist comments about Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty when they appeared on a celebrity edition of Big Brother in 2007.
Last year she announced on television she had cervical cancer. This month she said she was terminally ill and would marry her 21-year-old fiancé before it was too late.
Bald from chemotherapy, she is living out her last days in the public glare, with media commentators praising her dignity and analysing her role in modern British culture.
Married wearing a wedding dress donated by Harrods owner Mohamed al-Fayed, Goody was due to be serenaded later by girl group the Sugababes.
The rights money earned from the wedding will be set aside for her two young boys from a previous relationship.
Britain's Justice Secretary Jack Straw intervened on Friday to extend Tweed's bail conditions so the couple could stay together for their wedding night.
"It might be their only night together," said Clifford, adding Goody now wanted to arrange a christening for her sons.
Reuters