‘Now let’s see if we can create a family’: Made In Chelsea star Ollie Locke wants children with new husband Gareth… five weeks after their last minute wedding
Made In Chelsea star Ollie Locke and husband Gareth Locke have announced plans to start a family, five weeks after tying the knot.
The couple secretly married at London’s Natural History Museum in front of 13 guests including bridesmaids Binky Felstead and Olivia Bentley on November 4th.
They hastily organised the event with just 48 hours’ notice before the second national lockdown began across England the following day.
Looking ahead: Made In Chelsea star Ollie Locke and husband Gareth Locke have announced plans to start a family, five weeks after tying the knot
Friends and family also attended an impromptu wedding breakfast at Chelsea’s Bluebird restaurant the night before their ceremony, with guests including Tiffany Watson, Lydia Bright, singer Ella Eyre and actress Pearl Mackie in attendance.
Ollie, 33, told Hello! magazine: ‘As soon as you say “I do”, it’s the start of a great adventure. And this is something that we have wanted for a long time. Now let’s see if we can create a family – that’s the next stage.’
The couple previously said they will join their matching surnames to become the Locke-Lockes.
The setting: The couple secretly married at London’s Natural History Museum (pictured) in front of 13 guests including bridesmaids Binky Felstead and Olivia Bentley on November 4th
I do: They hastily organised the event with just 48 hours’ notice before the second national lockdown began across England the following day (pictured shortly after exchanging vows)
Speaking about their wedding day, Ollie added: ‘It was just spectacular. It was so elegant, so incredibly beautiful and so special. It was very unique and very us.
‘I love living my life as a rom-com and it was exactly how we wanted it. I knew it was going to change our lives forever.’
New husband Gareth added: ‘It was something I will remember for the rest of my life and it was perfect.’
Read all about it: The full interview is available to read in the latest edition of Hello!, out now
The Natural History Museum was filled with thousands of candles and hundreds of white flowers for the ceremony, only the second held at the museum and the first gay marriage.
Ollie said of the atmosphere: ‘There was an aura about it. Everyone was wearing masks, there were candles everywhere, it was dark outside and it felt magical, almost gothic. There was something very Dickensian about it.’
Original Made In Chelsea cast member Felstead, 30, gave a speech and as the couple read vows they admit they had composed themselves.
Gareth said: ‘I felt such mixed emotions. I was crying but also couldn’t stop smiling. In my vows, I said, “it has taken us 12 years to get here but it was a journey worth taking. We have grown so much over that time and this has all come together and happened at the right time”.’
The ceremony will be shown on E4’s Made In Chelsea on December 14 at 9pm.
Read the full interview in Hello!, out now.
Opening up: ‘As soon as you say “I do”, it’s the start of a great adventure. And this is something that we have wanted for a long time. Now let’s see if we can create a family – that’s the next stage,’ said Ollie