Coleen and Wayne Rooney

Rooney wedding: official photos out

Updated 09.03 Mon Jun 16 2008

Those curious about Wayne and Coleen Rooney's lavish wedding can now get an inside look.

Official pictures of their Italian nuptials are featured in a double edition of OK! magazine.

The footballer and his childhood sweetheart tied the knot in a civil ceremony in the resort of Santa Margherita Ligure on the Italian Riviera last Thursday

They include a show-stopping cake, a pink champagne fountain and white doves - but the real interest will be in what the bride wore, with her white Marchesa wedding gown believed to have cost £200,000.

The footballer and his childhood sweetheart tied the knot in a civil ceremony in the resort of Santa Margherita Ligure on the Italian Riviera last Thursday.

Rooney and McLoughlin became Rooney and Rooney in a simple 20-minute wedding in the Villa Durazzo, a 17th-century palace overlooking the Mediterranean.

The 22-year-olds were reportedly paid £2.5 million by OK! for exclusive access to the big day, and security arrangements were tight to protect the deal.

Burly guards surrounded the villa and La Cervara, a former abbey on a clifftop which was the venue for the reception.

The guest list was not as star-studded as some previous Wag nuptials, with Rooney's Manchester United team-mates Wes Brown and Michael Carrick among the biggest names present.

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