British actor Hugh Grant has finally bitten the dust and settled into holy matrimony at the ripe age of 57. The Four Weddings and a Funeral actor married his Swedish girlfriend Anna Eberstein, 39, in an intimate and private ceremony. According to reports in the British daily, they married on Friday, May 25, 2018 at Chelsea registry office in the presence of only close-knit family and friends. The news of the actor’s marriage comes as a surprise as he had previously insisted that he will never marry.
The actor wore a sleek navy blue suit while his bride Eberstein was dressed casually in a powder blue shirt and short white skirt that was accentuated with a thick black belt at the waist. Anna is a Swedish television producer and had been in a relationship with the actor for the past six years. A notice was put up about their impending marriage at the local town hall. Anna and Hugh have three children together- a son born in 2012, a daughter born in 2015 and a third child born early this year. Grant has two other children with Tinglan Hong.
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Anna wore a modest gold band after the marriage ceremony and the newly married couple was whisked away in a chauffeur driven car with Eberstein’s parents and two brothers, Grant’s father and brother and the couple’s two eldest children to an unknown location for the celebrations. Grant had always said that he did not believe in marriage. He was reported as saying, “Do I think humans are meant to be in a 40-year-long faithful relationship? No, no, no. I’m not really a believer in marriage. I’ve seen very few good examples, maybe five, in my life, but I think otherwise it’s a recipe for mutual misery.”
The actor a staple of rom-coms has had a string of relationships over the years, the most prominent being with Elizabeth Hurley and cricketer-politician Imran Khan’s former wife Jemima Khan. The actor had a 13-year-long relationship with Liz Hurley. They separated in May 2000 but have continued their friendship. Hugh is the godfather to her son Damian born in 2002. Hugh is well known for films like Notting Hill, Love Actually, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones's Diary, Micky Blue Eyes, About a Boy, Remains of the Day, Paddington 2 and others.
