Blue’s Lee Ryan is married – again! Singer ties the knot with X Factor star in secret Spanish wedding – two years after legal ceremony in Gibraltar

Blue’s Lee Ryan has enjoyed a lavish wedding to his long-term love Verity Paris – two years after their secret legal ceremony in Gibraltar.

The singer, 40, moved to Spain for three years to start a family with Verity, 33, and the couple said I Do at a registration office in Gibraltar, in the presence of all his bandmates.

Describe a special day OK!Lee admitted that he cried at several points during the day, saying it “felt like a dream.”

The couple’s three children all played a role in the ceremony, with their three- and two-year-old daughters serving as flower girls and Lee walking down the aisle with their newborn son to a string quartet playing Time by Hans Zimmer.

Gushing over his wife, he said he knew she was the one on their second date and admitted that “she saved my life.”

Lee said seeing Verity ‘was breathtaking’ and explained how they incorporated different religions and spiritual elements for the service and had their first dance to John Legend’s Never Break.

Speaking about having fellow Blue members Simon Webbe, Duncan James and Antony Costa by his side, he said: “It was great to have Simon, Duncan and Antony there.

‘I don’t have real brothers, but they are my brothers. Through thick and thin, all four of us. We’ve had a lot of ups and downs over the years and only the four of us really know what it’s like. It’s a bond that has lasted 24 years.’

He added that Simon even gave an impromptu performance of No Worries, but joked that he didn’t allow any of them to make speeches because “they know too much.”

Antony’s daughters Savannah Rosa and Paloma Valentina and Simon’s two little girls Cyan and Riya were also flower girls, with three-month-old Riya being the youngest member of the bridal party.

Lee explained that he and Verity are splitting their honeymoon into three small city breaks to Venice, Paris and Budapest over the next twelve months.

Recalling how they first met, he said: “We first saw each other at a Christmas lights switch-on when I was being promoted and Verity was a performer, and we met backstage.

‘A few weeks later we had our first date and bonded over our love of food – sushi, on that occasion. The first time I knew she was the one was on our second date. We picked out a Christmas tree and danced around my living room to John Legend.”

He added that they work so well together because “I’m a crazy Gemini and she’s a Libra who balances me out,” and also praised her for having “a lot of patience.”

He continued: “We are both creative and we write songs together and share a love of music and performing. Verity understands my life, and that I have to work for us to have this life together. But I like to come home. She saved my life. My wife saved my life, I’m sure.’

When the couple first tied the knot two years ago, Lee said The sun: ‘I have finally met someone who loves and supports me in everything I do.

‘Verity is a beautiful, strong and loving woman who I cherish, and I am a lucky man to have such a wonderful mother to my child, and now a woman in her.

‘I have never been so calm and level-headed and I owe that to Verity. I am the happiest I have ever been in my life because of the wonderful family life I have now.”

In addition to his three children with Verity, Lee is also father to daughter Bluebell, 15, who he shares with ex Jessica Keevil, and son Rayn, 14, whose mother is his ex-fiance Samantha Miller.

The couple moved to a beachfront apartment on the Costa del Sol in 2020, with the duo admitting they now have a ‘better quality of life’ and ‘new life’.

Lee admitted that after living in London for 20 years, he now loves scenic walks along the coastline and “sea air.”

The singer revealed they secured a Spanish residency before Brexit and their daughter will have a ‘dual passport’, with the couple excited that she speaks Spanish.

Lee and Verity were first linked in January 2020 before enjoying a loving holiday together in February 2022.

Verity – whose real name is Verity Morley – is an Ariana Grande impersonator who starred on the X Factor in 2009.

Lee, who had some fame as a lothario on Celebrity Big Brother and Celebs Go Dating, previously reflected on his failed relationships and low points in his life.

He told the Ny Breaking in 2019: ‘I shouldn’t have lost the family life I had with my ex-fiancée Sammi and our little boy Rayn. He is now ten and we are very close again.

“But I’ve neglected the relationship, so it’s only been relatively recently that he’s been able to see functioning co-parenting, something my mom and dad never achieved,” they separated when Lee was six.

He then added: ‘I don’t know if I’ll settle down for a long time. I love the first months of a relationship and then I start to focus on my career again.

‘I also have a daughter, Bluebell, who is 11. These are important ages for my children, so I am working as hard as I can to make memories with each of them that will last. They are my priority for the coming years.’

He then added: ‘I don’t know if I’ll settle down for a long time. I love the first months of a relationship and then I start to focus on my career again.

‘I also have a daughter, Bluebell, who is 11. These are important ages for my children, so I am working as hard as I can to make memories with each of them that will last. They are my priority for the coming years.’