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HUGH Grant is finally getting married at 57, we can reveal.

The actor, one of Britain’s best-known bachelors, is to tie the knot with Swedish girlfriend Anna Eberstein, 39, later this month.

 There is an 18 year age gap between Hugh Grant and Anna Eberstein
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There is an 18 year age gap between Hugh Grant and Anna EbersteinCredit: Fame Flynet

Grant played commitment-shy characters in comedy films Four Weddings And A Funeral and About A Boy.

The leading privacy campaigner, who wants to gag Press freedom, has had a number of high-profile relationships in real life.

The engagement emerged in wedding banns posted at Kensington and Chelsea register office, near the couple’s £10million home in West London.

The official notice of the forthcoming marriage was on display on screens in the office at Chelsea Old Town Hall.

 They have three children together
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They have three children togetherCredit: Splash News
 Hugh Grant and Anna Eberstein made a rare public appearance together at the 2018 Golden Globe Awards
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Hugh Grant and Anna Eberstein made a rare public appearance together at the 2018 Golden Globe AwardsCredit: Reuters
 Anna and Hugh welcomed their first child together in September 2012
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Anna and Hugh welcomed their first child together in September 2012Credit: Getty Images - Getty
 Their names appeared on a screen in the RBKC register office
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Their names appeared on a screen in the RBKC register officeCredit: Kevin Dunnett

A source said: “This is a day none of Hugh’s friends ever thought would come.

“He will soon be a pensioner and has finally become a family man.”

The star, who has three kids with Anna and two with former flame Tinglan Hong, has dated a string of women.

Best known was his 13-year romance with actress and model Liz Hurley.

They split in 2000, five years after he was caught with Hollywood hooker Divine Brown.

Grant also dated socialite Jemima Khan for three years before she reportedly dumped him in 2007.

The actor was romantically linked to film co-stars Martine McCutcheon and Drew Barrymore, as well as posh PR girl — and former squeeze of Prince Andrew — Caroline Stanbury.

 The wedding is thought to be taking place later this month
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The wedding is thought to be taking place later this monthCredit: Kevin Dunnett
 Hugh here after his arrest for engaging in a sex act with a prostitute
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Hugh here after his arrest for engaging in a sex act with a prostituteCredit: Rex Features

But after meeting retail director Anna in a London bar six years ago, Grant finally appears to have settled down.

Until now, it was always thought he would be an eternal bachelor — or, as he once put it, “a sad, lonely old man”.

Grant, who plays disgraced MP Jeremy Thorpe in A Very English Scandal, which starts on BBC1 tonight, said two years ago marriage was “unromantic”.

He added: “Do I think humans are meant to be in 40-year-long faithful relationships? No, No, No.”

But best pal Hurley says fatherhood has changed him.

She said in March: “Having these kids has transformed him from a very miserable person into a fairly miserable person.”

Here's three he tried earlier...

 Socialite Jemima is said to have given Hugh the elbow in 2007 after they dated for three years
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Socialite Jemima is said to have given Hugh the elbow in 2007 after they dated for three yearsCredit: PA:Press Association
 Hugh's 13-year romance with Liz Hurley ended in 2000 but they are still best pals
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Hugh's 13-year romance with Liz Hurley ended in 2000 but they are still best palsCredit: Getty - Contributor
 He was fined after LA cops busted him in the middle of a sex act with hooker Divine in his car in 1995
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He was fined after LA cops busted him in the middle of a sex act with hooker Divine in his car in 1995Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
Hugh Grant forced to apologise after swearing TWICE in interview with Chris Evans on BBC Radio 2
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