AS DIARIES BEGIN TO FILL UP WITH GL AMOROUS ENGAGEMENTS GEMENTS

FROM HOLLYWOOD STARS TO ROYALTY AND HIGH SOCIETY, 2024 IS LOOKING LIKE A GOOD YEAR TO SAY ‘I DO’

The showbusiness calendar of 2024 promises to be full of memorable milestones, showstopping events and marital bliss as a fleet of royals and celebrities gears up to get married – and we couldn’t be more excited.

Potential brides-to-be include (from left) actress Zoë Kravitz, who is engaged to Channing Tatum; singer Ella Henderson, whose partner is swimmer Jack Burnell; actress Rebel Wilson, who has proposed to Ramona Agruma; and Chyna Mills, fiancée of dancer Neil Jones

Two royal weddings are due to take place, with Prince Abdul Mateen of Brunei and his bride-to-be Anisha Rosnah binti Adam tying the knot this month with a ten-day spectacle, while Princess Märtha Louise of Nor way will follow suit in August when she marries spiritual guide Durek Verrett. The King and Queen and Prince and Princess of Wales are expected to attend the Duke of Westminster’s wedding in June, and we hope to see a host of celebrities name the date, too. Roll on romance, the confetti, the bouquets and the wedding belles…

Also planning to marry are (from left) Phoebe Waller-Bridge, partner of playwright Martin McDonagh; ex-footballer Jill Scott, engaged to Shelly Unitt; singer Nicole Scherzinger, whose fiancé is sportsman Thom Evans; and Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, set to wed shaman Durek Verrett

NICOLE SCHERZINGER AND THOM EVANS

No expense will be spared when Hugh Grosvenor – who inherited a £9.8bn fortune – marries Olivia at Chester Cathedral, watched by numerous royals, in June

It has been seven months since Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger and sportsman Thom Evans shared news of their fairytale engagement. Former international rugby union player Thom, 38, popped the question on a sun-soaked beach in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. Alongside a heartwarming image posted on Instagram, Nicole, 45, wrote: “I said yes.”

Although the Buttons hitmaker has confessed that she hasn’t yet prioritised wedding plans, Nicole did tell the Sunday Times about her hopes for a ceremony in her native Hawaii, followed by a reception “somewhere in Europe”.

The star said last year: “I haven’t even thought about anything. Everybody’s like: ‘What’s the plan?’ I’m like: ‘Yo, I gotta find Norma Desmond,’” referring to the character she recently played in the musical Sunset Boulevard in London’s West End. “Until I find her, and I open this show, and I am proud of it, I’m not thinking of anything else.’”

The singer said that the ceremony will be conducted by her grandfather, who is a bishop. And when asked where the married couple will be based, “adopted Brit” Nicole confirmed that it will be somewhere in the UK.

“My friends in America know me as a Londoner, and I’m proud to be. I’m with this country; I’m proud of it,” she said.

The pair made their relationship official in January 2020, after meeting on The X Factor: Celebrity the previous year, when Thom competed as part of a boy band and Nicole was on the judging panel.