Actress Natalie Anderson has revealed she staged a surprise ceremony to renew her wedding vows that was so secret even her husband James Shepherd did not know what was happening.
The Emmerdale and Hollyoaks star, 40, said the ceremony in the Maldives, which took place days before their wedding anniversary, was ‘all I dreamt it would be’.
Speaking to Hello! magazine admitted to hatching the plan with her nine-year-old son Freddie, who had delivered his father a special letter, like a scene from a romantic film.
The letter invited Shepherd, 50, to join Anderson at the ceremony to re-promise themselves to each other, and read: ‘I love you and if you’d like to do the same, please meet me at the beach…’.
She told the publication: ‘How James didn’t know is beyond me, It was so magical and so intimate with it just being the three of us’.
Adding: ‘It was absolutely perfect and all I dreamt it would be.’
Speaking about her gorgeous gown by Dutch bridal designer Modeca Natalie said: ‘I knew I wanted something that was simple, that I could wear without shoes, that was beachy with a lovely silhouette and just different to my wedding dress,’
She revealed she still has the Pronovias silk and Swarovski-beaded and lace dress with 8ft cathedral train that she wore 14 years ago for their wedding in North Yorkshire.
