Talk about a dream location... Kirstie Allsopp's joy as she ties the knot with property tycoon Ben Andersen inside Love Actually chapel
Talk about a dream location... Kirstie Allsopp's joy as she ties the knot with property tycoon Ben Andersen inside Love Actually chapel
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She has long insisted she was 'happily unmarried' – but Kirstie Allsopp has had a change of heart. These stunning exclusive pictures reveal the Location Location Location star beaming with happiness as she finally tied the knot with her property tycoon beau Ben Andersen last week, in a ceremony she had kept secret until the very last minute – even from most of her guests – in a bid to keep it private.
![[The couple returned to the 18th Century building to take their vows surrounded by around 70 close friends and family]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/25/21/94516631-14325463-image-m-10_1737841680562.jpg)
The elegant, low-key event was held at the Grosvenor Chapel in Mayfair, which was where Love Actually's wedding scene between Keira Knightley and Chiwetel Ejiofor was shot. But it also has deep connections to Kirstie's family and was where a memorial service for her beloved father, former Christie's chairman Charles Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip, was held last June.
![[Kirstie, 53, arrived for the service in a stunning gold sequin and tulle customised Oscar de la Renta dress she had bought two weeks earlier]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/25/21/94516629-14325463-image-a-11_1737841745495.jpg)
The couple returned to the 18th Century building to take their vows surrounded by around 70 close friends and family, most of whom had only just found out that they were to be attending a wedding. Kirstie and Ben – who have been together for 21 years and have two sons, Bay, 18, and Oscar, 16 – had said they were celebrating Ben's 64th birthday before springing the surprise.
![[Kirstie was introduced to Ben (pictured together), a self-made multi-millionaire, by his ex-wife Theresa, who had attended private school Bedales at the same time as Kirstie]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/25/23/94518405-14325463-image-m-9_1737847513059.jpg)
Kirstie, 53, arrived for the service in a stunning gold sequin and tulle customised Oscar de la Renta dress she had bought two weeks earlier. The joyful 40-minute ceremony included the Beatles' hit All You Need Is Love, which also featured in Richard Curtis's Love Actually, and the hymn I Vow To Thee, My Country.
![[Kirstie and Ben (pictured) have been together for 21 years and have two sons, Bay, 18, and Oscar, 16]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/25/23/94518457-14325463-image-m-14_1737847693012.jpg)
