Retired Welsh footballer renews vows to celebrate beating cancer

Welsh footballer John Hartson secretly married his longtime girlfriend, schoolteacher Sarah McManus, at a registry office in December, in the midst of a fight against testicular cancer that had spread to his brain. Upon receiving a clear scan, the couple renewed their vows July 23rd for friends and family at the luxurious Vale of Glamorgan Resort, 30 minutes from their home in Neath, Wales.

A wedding guest told The Mirror of the 35-year-old former Premiership star, "John's looking and feeling fantastic again. He wanted to have a big party to celebrate his wedding but he just wasn’t well enough when they first got married."

The vow renewal was witnessed by 200 guests, and a Scottish piper kicked off the ceremony in which Hartson donned a kilt. Guests dined on salmon and Welsh lamb, and danced late into the night in a banquet room of the hotel.

Hartson was previously married to Lowri Turner, mother of his daughters Rebecca, 11, and Joni, 7. He and McManus have been together since 2005 and have daughters Lena, 2, and Stephanie, five months.

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Fergie and Josh Duhamel renew wedding vows

Celebrating their one-year anniversary on January 10th, singer Fergie and actor Josh Duhamel rang in the milestone the Heidi Klum and Seal-way: with a vow renewal ceremony!

On January 10, the couple were married again with just a minister present at the celeb-friendly Bacara Resort & Spa outside Santa Barbara, California. Duhamel planned the event as a surprise for Fergie by whisking her away by helicopter for the ceremony. The Transformers star may still be working on mending fences with his wife, on whom he reportedly cheated with an Atlanta-area stripper in the fall.

A source tells Us that Fergie was "crying and really emotional" during the 15-minute ceremony, held on a bluff overlooking the ocean. Afterwards, the couple enjoyed dinner at the resort's Miro eatery before reboarding the helicopter and returning to L.A.

The couple have reportedly said they would love to hold a vow renewal to celebrate their anniversary every year. Above, the couple are pictured at their star-studded wedding in Malibu in 2009.

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Real Housewives' Vicki Gunvalson renews wedding vows

Having admitted on camera during the last season of The Real Housewives of Orange County that "my love tank is empty," reality TV star Vicki Gunvalson renewed her vows to hubby Donn Gunvalson last July in the Turks & Caicos.

The couple, who first wed in 1994, worked on their marriage with counselling, went back to church together, and took long walks together at night. She explains to Life & Style, "We both wanted to get back on track and start making each other feel important again."

While vacationing at the Grace Bay Resort in Providenciales, the couple decided to reaffirm their union with a vow renewal on the beach. The ceremony was featured in a recent episode of the Bravo reality show.

Source: LIFE & STYLE

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