HENSON SAYS ‘I DO’!
FORMER Welsh international rugby star Gavin Henson married his fiancée Katie Wilson Mould in an idyllic church on the outskirts of Cheltenham on Saturday.
Former Swansea and Ospreys star Henson, who recently bought a Welsh village pub, has been in a relationship with Katie for several years.
The couple got engaged in November last year in South Africa on a trip shared on social media, which showed them take in the stunning scenery of Cape Town’s Table Mountain and the country’s beautiful beaches.
The romance, between the now ex-Dragons player and the daughter of late property tycoon and racehorse owner Raymond Mould, first hit the headlines in the summer of 2016.
The wedding ceremony took place at St Michael’s Church in Guiting Power near Cheltenham on Saturday afternoon.
The church was dressed with white flowers and Katie arrived 25 minutes late in a white Rolls-Royce.
She was walked down the aisle by her good family friend, Nigel TwistonDavies, the famous racehorse trainer.
Katie’s father, Harold Raymond Mould, was buried at the same church four years ago to the day.
Henson’s daughter Ruby Henson, his child with former partner Charlotte Church, was the flower girl.
The ceremony took around half an hour and included the 40-strong Cardiff Arms Park Male Choir.
Outside the church the happy couple were seen smiling and greeting friends and family.
They left together hand in hand for the reception at Katie’s mother’s house nearby.
Father-of-two Henson, 37, has opened pub and restaurant the Fox and Hounds following his release from the Dragons earlier this year.
Builders have been working hard on the site, in St Brides Major, after Henson purchased the freehold for the pub after it closed last year.
The pair have settled into village life with Henson even turning out for a local football team he has helped set up.
Katie has been among the supporters cheering on the team in the Bridgend and District Sunday League.
Ever the enigmatic character, there were few of Henson’s big name former colleagues from the world of rugby at the ceremony.
He has largely shunned the limelight in recent years, a far cry from his poster boy image in the noughties.
The former British and Irish Lion famously never played at a Rugby
World Cup despite his world- class talent, having cruelly missed out twice due to injury – but he’ll no doubt be happy that married life started with a Welsh win against Australia.