Aston Merrygold and Sarah Richards tie the knot in a beautiful ceremony surrounded by his JLS bandmates
They got engaged on Christmas Eve in 2017, and now JLS singer Aston Merrygold and his fiancée Sarah Louise Richards have finally tied the knot. And as they exclusively share their big day with OK! VIP, the couple, who are parents to sons Grayson, four, and Macaulay, two, tell us that they're "still floating on cloud nine".
Held at Liverpool’s historic Palm House in the city’s Sefton Park, 155 guests packed out the giant glass dome filled with palm trees and exotic plants to witness the union at 2pm on 18 September. Wearing a white strapless dress from Dana Harel and a long veil with a huge train embroidered with the words, “You will always be my forever”, created by her bridesmaid Louise, just the sight of Sarah reduced Aston, 34, to tears as she was escorted down the aisle by her brothers Jason and Matt, who also shed tears.
"When I saw Aston it was pure joy. I don’t even remember seeing many of our guests’ faces, I just felt smiles and could see Aston. Getting to him was the best bit. He looked amazing.” JB’s introduction was followed by a reading of 1 Corinthians by Aston’s mum’s husband Oz, who he calls Dad, and a heartfelt poem from Sarah’s ‘sister’ Lou and her husband Paul, which also saw Lou joke about how Sarah and Aston’s first date was “a DVD night I really didn’t rate”.
Grayson and Macaulay then delivered the wedding bands – matching platinum bands from Keeble London – before the couple shared their first kiss and applause erupted as they were officially pronounced husband and wife. “Sometimes kids don’t like getting dressed so we made such a big thing about their suits and made it into a bit of a game,” Aston says.
A traditional red post box was there for guests to post their well wishes and there was also a gold-sequinned photo wall with the words ‘Hooray for love’ written on it. Sharing platters of prawn toast, duck spring rolls, chilli chicken, tempura prawns, scallops and fishcakes were brought out and positioned on birdcage centrepieces, with each table named after a special memory from Sarah and Aston’s relationship history, written out in Friends-style episodes, “The One Where…”
"Myself, JB and Oritsé are incredibly lucky to have had him by our side. You guys are the coolest and best auntie and uncle to Lai, Valle and Blake and I think the kids love you more than they love us.” JB was on hand again with the trusty hip flask to give Aston another swig before he began talking about his own sons.
Aston went on to joke to his new mother-in-law Carole that he was, “The son you always wanted!” and 30 minutes in, he got to the “main event” – Sarah. "You made me the dad of my dreams and now your husband. I will treasure you every single day of my life that you let me. I love you.” I went and got changed into my second dress – the quickest I’ve ever got changed in my life – and when I got back the party had started and we thought, ‘Well, we can’t stop it now!’
“I said to everyone and the band, ‘I’m not singing tonight guys,’ and before I knew it I had a drink in one hand and a mic in the other!” he says. "The venue let us push it an hour later because we were behind with the day. Aston told me I wasn’t allowed to chase the night, but I didn’t want it to end!”The pair retired to bed at the Titanic Hotel at 2.30am and said they felt surprisingly fresh the next day.
"One night we had the worst night’s sleep we’ve ever had since having children and I was on the floor of Macaulay’s room and I was looking at venues and the Palm House came up."hey said there were no dates for this year, but we didn’t want to wait another year, especially as it was our 10th anniversary a few weeks ago.And as they reflect on their big day, it’s clear it was worth the wait.
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