JLS star Aston Merrygold marries fiance Sarah after five-year engagement and two children
ASTON Merrygold has married his fiance Sarah Lou Richards after a five-year engagement.
The JLS singer, 34, and Sarah, 36, have been together for ten years and share two children.
After getting engaged on Christmas Day in 2017 the couple announced they'd tied the knot with a sweet Instagram post on Wednesday.
Sharing a black and white snap of her hand on top of his, with their wedding rings visible, Aston and Sarah captioned the photo: "Husband and Wife 😍☁️9️⃣♥️ #MrandMrsMerrygold."
Their followers and celeb pals rushed to send messages, with Rochelle Humes - who's married to Aston's bandmate Marvin - writing: "Dream team ✨."
Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh added: "Ahhhhh congratulations 💫🥂♥️."
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Fellow JLS star JB Gill said: "😍😍😍😍😍😍 Beaaaaaaautiful! Love this news and HERE for the floating!! 🙌🏾💛🥰 welcome to the club Team Merrygold 😍😍😍😍😍😍."
Aston and Sarah met when she worked as a backup dancer for the band.
The couple - who share sons Grayson, four, and Macaulay, two - had their initial wedding plans put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Aston previously spoke to The Sun about wedding plans, revealing: "I’m enjoying the process of planning - my missus is a trooper, she’s brilliant, so I just have to be like 'yes' or 'no' and then turn up on the day. She’s a hero.'
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"If I’d had it my way I’d be 'let’s do it, registry office, go somewhere, get it done'. She was like 'no, we’re holding out. We’re doing this properly'."