A source close to Victoria added: \u201cIt was her great pleasure to make the dress for Mel. She was sad she couldn\u2019t be there because she\u2019s in the US with David and, of course, the World Cup plans had been set for a long time.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut she was wishing her all the best from afar for Mel\u2019s special day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Melanie\u2019s 17-year-old daughter Scarlett \u2013 whom she had with her ex-partner, property developer Thomas Starr \u2013 is said to have played a key role in the ceremony as a bridesmaid.<\/p>\n
The Mail on Sunday reported that guests looked \u201calarmed\u201d as a herd of cows from a nearby farm ran towards Country House Cumbria \u2013 owned by actor Ben Forster, 45, who starred alongside Melanie in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar in 2013, and property developer Paul Longman \u2013 while the Wannabe hitmaker and Chris delivered their vows.<\/p>\n
A source said of Melanie and Chris\u2019 \u201cintimate\u201d wedding: \u201cMel and Chris wanted an understated wedding; she didn\u2019t want a big flashy day but something smaller and very classy.<\/p>\n
\u201cMel swore she would never get married, having a big do wasn\u2019t really for her.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is the perfect venue for them, totally out of the way but in the most beautiful place, and everyone had the most fantastic time.<\/p>\n
\u201cVictoria couldn\u2019t be there, but she loves Mel, and she will have made sure that she sent a beautiful present.\u201d<\/p>\n
Neither Melanie nor Chris publicly announced an engagement or confirmed plans to marry.<\/p>\n
The pair have been in a relationship for around two years after they met on celebrity dating app Raya.<\/p>\n
Melanie has previously spoken openly about never believing marriage would form part of her future.<\/p>\n
Having watched her parents separate when she was a young child, the 2 Become 1 artist repeatedly said she did not see herself getting married despite several long-term relationships.<\/p>\n
In 2022 Melanie told the Sunday Times: \u201cI\u2019ve never, never wanted to marry. Maybe marriage works for some people, but maybe to think it works for the majority is an old-fashioned notion.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, speaking to the same newspaper earlier this year, the Say You\u2019ll Be There performer revealed her relationship with Chris had changed her perspective.<\/p>\n
She said: \u201cYou know what? [Marriage is] something I didn\u2019t think would be part of my story. But I\u2019m so happy with Chris.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe it is something that will be in my life. I just think, just do all the things. Do you know what I mean? Have all the experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n
The couple made their relationship public in 2024, with Melanie later revealing during an appearance on the Life Uncut podcast with Brittany Hockley, 38, and Laura Byrne, 40, that they first met through the celebrity dating app Raya.<\/p>\n
In May, Melanie told the Telegraph: \u201cHe\u2019s very laid-back. He\u2019s loads of fun … we have very similar personalities and lifestyles.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A source close to Victoria added: \u201cIt was her great pleasure to make the dress for Mel. She…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1975,95864,3276,2841,263023,262280,156,10053,37226,9610,25020,111,139,69,17182,223,45666,102],"class_list":["post-533027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-at","tag-chisholm","tag-chris","tag-country","tag-cumbria","tag-dingwall","tag-entertainment","tag-house","tag-knot","tag-married","tag-melanie","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-reportedly","tag-the","tag-ties","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}