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I took my mum and Kieran’s shopping to buy their wedding outfits. My mum is turning into a hippy and put her foot down about wearing the fitted dress I picked out for her in Karen Millen. We came to a compromise over a pretty floral dress from Ted Baker. Kieran’s mum Wendy had never worn pink and I said, ‘I’m going to
transform you!’ and found her a long baby pink silk maxi dress which she wore with a fake-fur shrug and a fascinator. She looked stunning!

Kieran had our initials and a love heart tattooed on his ring finger, and no doubt when I’ve had the baby I’ll get his name tattooed somewhere. There’s still plenty of room.

Typically, I didn’t make life easy for myself in the run up to the celebrations when, just four days before the blessing, I held a press call to celebrate the fifth anniversary of KP Equestrian and to launch our new range of show jumps and show jackets. That was when I dressed up as a pantomime My Little Pony. And as if I didn’t have enough to do, I suddenly had the idea that I wanted to record a song for Kieran. When I was introduced to someone who owns a recording studio in Worthing, which is just down the road from me, it seemed too good an opportunity to miss. I love singing (as you probably know), and the chance to sing something for Kieran seemed very romantic. We didn’t have a song that we could say was ours, so I decided to record Vanessa Williams’s romantic ballad ‘Save the Best’, which summed up my feelings for him. He is the best, and he is the last, of my husbands.

Anyway, I wanted it to be a surprise so two nights before the wedding I pretended that I had to pick up the wedding tiaras. As I’d just had a spray tan and was in trackies and flip-flops it certainly looked as if I wasn’t planning on going anywhere special. I dashed to the
studio and told the man who was recording me that I only had thirty minutes, and even then I had Kieran texting me halfway through asking me where I was. Ah, pressure! I have to say that I was really pleased with the results when I heard the recording and it made me think that I wanted to concentrate on my singing again. In fact, after the festivities I booked up lessons with the singing coach from
X Factor
and
Britain’s Got Talent
, and Junior had lessons with her as well.

* * *

Friday 29 March was the day of the blessing. I have to say that I felt very relaxed. There was no stress, nothing to worry about, everything was in hand. It was such a good feeling! The night before Kieran and I slept in separate hotel rooms. I had Princess and Harvey with me and he had Junior. And we kept the tradition of the bride not seeing the groom all the way until I went downstairs to have breakfast and Kieran was there! So we ended up sitting together and said that we might as well have spent the night together too. After breakfast we all had a quick run through so everyone knew what they needed to do, and where they had to stand. That all went smoothly. Then we had the chance to check out the two suites and … wow! We were all so impressed! The chapel of love was so pretty and romantic. The Willy Wonka-themed room was just brilliant! Exactly how I had imagined it. Crazy, funny, cute. I loved the bright colours of the drapes and the chairs and tables.
There were giant toadstools dotted here and there, giant cupcakes, stripy candy sticks, colourful giant lollipops, slabs of chocolate, giant tubes of love hearts, sherbet fountains, and the table centrepieces made of sweets were fab. I thought that the wedding planners and organisers had done an amazing job, given that they’d only had a week and a half to get things together, and had only been able to set them up the night before.

I had arranged for make-up artists to do the brides-maids’ make up, and my mum’s and Kieran’s mum’s. I felt so relaxed that I let everyone go ahead of me to get theirs done. I’d intended to have a make-up artist do my make up as well, but in the end I actually did my own and don’t think I made a bad job either. There was such a good atmosphere as we all got ready and Princess was dancing around, full of excitement and looking beautiful in her long white dress. Harvey was with us as well, relaxed and happy, while Junior was hanging out with the boys and no doubt rehearsing the song he planned to sing later. But even on my wedding day, my morning sickness wasn’t going to go away. I had to lie down on the bed, getting up every now and then to dash to the loo to be sick.

Then it was time for me to go. I took one last look in the mirror. The dress was perfect. The new skirt they’d had made for me was exactly what I wanted. I know I’d been here before in the big dress, waiting to say my vows and get married, but I can honestly say that this felt special and right. I couldn’t wait to see Kieran!

The gospel choir sang ‘I Will Always Love You’ as
I walked up the aisle, on the arms of my dad and my step-dad. As I walked past my guests I thought, I want to remember every single minute of this. Kieran looked so handsome in his classic grey tail suit: masculine, handsome and clean-cut. My husband, and the father of my baby. It didn’t get better than this. He had tears in his eyes when he saw me, and I felt very emotional as well.

We had gone for traditional vows again, and even though we had said them before at our Bahamas wedding, it still felt good to say them out loud in front of family and friends. Kieran’s sister Leanne did a reading and got all emotional as she did, which touched everyone. Then my brother made a speech. Typically he made a joke about it being my third wedding as he pulled one piece of paper out of his pocket and said, ‘Oops, that was a speech from 2005,’ and then pulled out another piece, adding, ‘And that was 2010!’ But I didn’t mind, I’d expected it to be honest. Then he became more serious as he read out some of my all-time favourite lines from Whitney Houston’s love songs, ending with the lines from a Jermaine Stewart number: ‘We don’t have to take our clothes off to have a good time’. He, and all our family and friends, could see how happy Kieran makes me.

And then it was champagne all round and on to the wedding breakfast. I think everyone was impressed by the Willy Wonka theme. It gave the room such a happy, family feel, which was exactly what I’d wanted because this was meant to be a family celebration. My kids absolutely loved it and that was important to me.
Naturally there were more speeches, but everyone kept it short. Kieran’s two best men gave a great one, as did my best friend Jane. Paul gave a really good one where he said it was clear to everyone how happy I was with Kieran, how nice he was, and that they all hoped we would grow old together. Everyone was looking forward to the new arrival. Kieran’s speech was very romantic and emotional, though he did joke about how there was now a Kevin in our lives … that is, Kevin the puppy! Then, at the end, he ad libbed and kept saying, ‘I love her! I just love her!’ I felt exactly the same. I thanked everyone and said it was third time lucky, there were definitely going to be no more weddings for me, and that I’d saved the best till last.

My song for Kieran started the night of entertainment. He was so touched that I had recorded it especially for him. We took to the dance floor on our own and danced in each other’s arms, a truly special, romantic moment. Then it was party central with non-stop music and acts. We didn’t want to miss any of it. I danced with Kieran, with my children and friends. Junior took to the stage and sang ‘Let Me Entertain You’. He absolutely loves performing and was brilliant. Princess danced all night. And Harvey, who I thought would hate the noise, loved it. He was up on that dance floor, grooving away with me and our friends. He was so happy to be there and didn’t go to bed until half-past one.

At the end of the night, tired but very happy, Kieran and I went off to our honeymoon suite. His friends
said they would bring up his bag from the room he’d stayed in the night before, and we collapsed on the bed together, waiting for them. We both fell asleep! I woke up at four a.m. fully clothed with the lights still on! I snuggled up to Kieran and went back to sleep, my mind full of images of our perfect day. There was no doubt that our big day had been exactly like it should be, and had been exactly the celebration I had always wanted.

* * *

Only one thing happened to upset me that day, and it was when I found out that a really close friend of mine had been caught on the phone to the
Mirror
telling them all about the blessing, and his other half tried to sell a picture of me in my white dress to the
Mirror
, which they didn’t buy because it wasn’t clear enough. Now I know I have to keep my distance from the pair of them, which is so sad because we have been friends a very long time. I suppose I’m used to this kind of thing happening, but it still hurts and I never imagined in a million years that these two trusted friends would sell out on me.

I didn’t do a deal with a newspaper but because I’m a columnist with the
Sun
I said they could have a few pictures. It ended up being a double page pull-out in the paper, exactly like you get for Royal weddings, which was a nice surprise! Kieran and I took a week off, but we decided that the honeymoon would have to wait. Hopefully we’ll go to the Maldives soon. For now we are back to our normal, happy, family life.

It was just as well our honeymoon was postponed because I felt exhausted by my pregnancy. I had a scare in April when I didn’t think the baby had moved for a while. I can’t tell you how relieved I was when Kieran tracked down my foetal heart monitor and we heard our baby’s heartbeat. Stay safe, little one, we both love you so much and can’t wait to meet you!

As I said at the beginning of this book, there’s always drama with me, but right now I’m hoping for a little less of it! I feel as if I’m moving into a new era in my life when I can concentrate properly on my family and career. I feel very content and happy, in my marriage and with my family, which is a brilliant feeling. I chose to take a step back from the public eye in 2009 because of the sort of press attention I was getting. That has calmed
down, though there are still some magazines I am wary of. When I split with Pete I carried on at full tilt for a while with my career when I think I should have taken some time out instead. I’m only human after all. I think the journalists realised they’d pushed me to the very edge, but luckily I’ve stayed sane and grounded despite them. I weathered the storm. So what does the future hold for the Pricey? I still have ambitions to model. I haven’t done any shoots for ages and am itching to get my kit off again. I miss the buzz I used to get from doing the shoots and working the camera. Of course I want to bring out more products, books, and my reality series on YouTube. I want to push myself with my riding, and get better at show jumping and dressage. There are so many things I want to do!

So I’ll sign off now. I’ve got four months to go before we meet our new baby, and I’m praying that everything goes well. It looks like Kieran will be a fantastic dad, really caring, patient and loving. He’s great with my kids and such a genuine, lovely man. I love him so much. I really have saved the best for last.

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