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Kate Wright asks her NINE ‘favourite girls’ to be her bridesmaids with elaborate party ahead of wedding to Rio Ferdinand
KATE Wright has asked her nine “favourite girls” to be her bridesmaids with an elaborate party.
The reality star, who is due to marry Rio Ferdinand, presented the women with flowers, poems and a donut wall to ask them the big question.
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It's believed Rio's daughter Tia, seven, who is never photographed, is one of the girls who will be bridesmaid.
The five women are her good friends Victoria, Melissa, Sarah, Nadia and Lucy.
Sharing images from the bash, which took place at Lupo Bianco in Orpington, an emotional Kate, told fans: “What a special day ... the day I asked my favourite girls to be my bridesmaids.
“The most perfect day in every way, overwhelmed with emotion love you all to bits.”
Images from the day showed them posing in front of a flower wall before being presented with flowers in boxes, candles and a personalised poem.
They also got pink pouches, embossed with their initials and the words "Mrs Ferdy to be."
Kate continued: “I had a vision of just how I wanted it to be& it was just absolutely perfect.
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“Thank you to... @hadesignsltd & @h.a.flor for the absolutely beautiful flowers & personalised pouches. @essexloveletters for my flower wall, centrepieces & doughnut wall.
“@worditrhyme for the poems, I gave them 10 facts about each of the girls and they made the most special poems .. we were all in tears! @tors_shimmeringsponges for the beautiful cakes.”
Kate and Rio announced their engagement in November of last year after he popped the question on top of a skyscraper in Abu Dhabi.
Rio asked Kate to be his wife as his three children, Lorenz, 11, Tate, nine and Tia, seven, watched during a family holiday together in Abu Dhabi.
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Kate shared the snap online and told her followers: “The perfect end to our holiday ... How could the answer not be yes!”
The officially started dating in 2017 and their relationship blossomed as ex-Manchester United player tried to rebuild his life following the death of his wife Rebecca Ellison at the age of just 34, due to breast cancer.
Speaking previously about their romance, Kate admitted she and the soccer pundit "just clicked" straight away.
She said: "Rio and I just clicked. I knew about the children and what had happened but at first I didn't give it much thought. When you meet someone you're just enjoying the moment, not thinking about how serious things might become.
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"I fell in love with Rio, then I met the kids and fell in love with them. I realised, 'Wow, my life is going to change.' I couldn't be part of his life and not part of theirs.
"I knew it would be a challenge, but if you love someone you go with it and deal with the difficult stuff."
Reality star Kate gave up her spot on Towie last year to focus on the family but recently revealed his kids are desperate for the pair to have a child of their own.
Kate told You Magazine: “The kids would like a little brother or sister; they say ‘I dreamt that you were pregnant.’
“But right now we're just happy with our little unit.”
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