Riyad Mahrez marries Taylor Ward for the second time – and they’ll tie the knot AGAIN next year
FOOTBALLER Riyad Mahrez and Taylor Ward got married yesterday in London.
The Man City ace, 32, and Taylor, 25, said their vows at the 5* Londoner hotel with their closest friends and family.
This was the second wedding for the couple, who had a Muslim ceremony last January.
They plan on having a third lavish wedding abroad next year.
A source said: “Taylor and Riyad had their ceremony yesterday with their loved ones watching on.
“It was the legal ceremony before their proper wedding next year but they went all out at the Londoner – with a posh dinner after their vows for their family and pals.
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“They’ll have wed three times by the time their proper big bash comes around. Riyad and Taylor certainly don’t do things by half.”
Taylor, who is the daughter of Real House Of Cheshire star Dawn, shared pictures of herself enjoying a night out with her friends at Cipriani in the capital the night before the big day.
They stayed in a suite at the Londoner and had videographers catching all the special moments on film.
The Sun revealed how Taylor and Riyad had a Muslim ceremony, known as the Nikah, last year which meant they were legally able to marry under Islamic law.
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During the service, the couple repeated the word “qubool”, meaning “I accept”, three times,
Riyad and Taylor, who live in a £2million mansion in Cheshire, got engaged in June 2021 after 16 months of dating.
Riyad went down on one knee with a £400,000 ring during a holiday in Mykonos, Greece, with Taylor’s parents —Dawn, 47, and former footballer , 51.
He was previously married for six years to the mother of his two daughters, Rita Johal, 29.