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Simon Danczuk to tie knot in swanky Commons Crypt from raunchy TV drama Apple Tree Yard

Troubled MP is  to marry at a chapel featured  on steamy show

TROUBLED MP Simon Danczuk is set to marry his new girlfriend in a chapel made famous by a steamy BBC drama.

Danczuk, 50, is planning for a wedding in the House of Commons crypt which featured in a sex scene on BBC One’s Apple Tree Yard.

 Simon Danczuk with mum-of-two Bradford care worker fiance
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Simon Danczuk with mum-of-two Bradford care worker fianceCredit: Eamonn and James Clarke

The Labour politician - suspended from his party over sex texts he sent to a 17-year-old girl - started dating blonde Charlene Meade, 31, in November.

He is smitten with the mum-of-two - a care worker from Bradford - and preparing for a Christmas wedding.

The pair have even been spotted hand-in-hand at a bash in Manchester during their whirlwind romance.
Danczuk is currently waiting for his divorce from ex-wife and “selfie queen” Karen.

 Members of both Houses can marry here
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Members of both Houses can marry hereCredit: PA:Press Association Archive

But he has set his sights on marrying in the St Mary Undercroft chapel - also known as the House of Commons crypt.

 The Crypt Chapel at the House Of Commons
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The Crypt Chapel at the House Of CommonsCredit: Times Newspapers Ltd

Members of both Houses of Parliament are allowed to have weddings and christenings in the ornate Church of England chapel which dates back to the 13th century.

 Crypt hosted raunchy scene from popular BBC drama
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Crypt hosted raunchy scene from popular BBC dramaCredit: PA:Press Association Archive

In Apple Tree Yard lead character Yvonne Carmichael - played by Emily Watson - romps in the crypt with a stranger after giving evidence to a House of Commons committee.

The renowned geneticist is complimented by mysterious civil servant Mark Costley - played by actor Ben Chaplin - who takes her to see the chapel.

 Highly decorated vault ceiling features a prominent organ
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Highly decorated vault ceiling features a prominent organCredit: Alamy

He leads her into a a small cupboard-like room leading off from the crypt which is said to have been where suffragette Emily Wilding Davison hid during the census of 1911 as a protest.

Costley and Carmichael then have a steamy fumble in the cramped room before leaving the crypt.

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