Victoria Beckham took on a ‘secret’ role at her friend Holly Ramsay’s wedding to Adam Peaty this weekend – which could see sales of her already popular fashion brand soar.
After family feud filled year of her own, Victoria managed to turn one of the most drama soaked celebrity weddings into a catwalk for her label.
The Beckham and Ramsay families have been close friends for years – a bond that saw the WAG turned fashion designer, 51, dress most of Holly’s bridal party for her wedding to the Olympian swimmer at Bath Abbey on Saturday.
Bridesmaids Megan and Tilly Ramsay, 27 and 24, and Bethany Peaty all wore the same elegant red satin midi dress from Victoria Beckham’s line which retail for £790.
Mother of the bride Tana, 51, also stunned in a forest green gown by her fashion mogul friend, with the same dress in different colours available on her website for £990.
Victoria dressed her own daughter Harper, 14, in a sleek £1,190 black satin dress which she paired with a black fur jacket and some sparkling heels.
Of course, she also took the opportunity to showcase her label on herself, wafting in to the venue in a £1,290 cut-out dark teal dress paired with her staple sunglasses.
However, it is not yet known whether or not Holly’s lace wedding gown – and the floor-length ivory cape she partially hid it under – were designed by her friend.
The blushing bride, 25, only allowed glimpses of her dress to peak through the wintery cape as she swept into Bath Abbey.
She and her groom, 30, beamed as they made their grand exit from the historic 7th-century building following their ceremony today.
They smiled as they made their way through an adoring crowd, keen to catch the loved-up couple, before they headed to the opulent Georgian manor, Kin House.
Meanwhile, Holly’s proud celebrity chef father, Gordon Ramsay, 59, was seen thanking members of the star-studded guest list, including the Beckhams, as they left the service.
But the run-up to the wedding has been anything but plain sailing, sparking a toxic family row that captured the nation and left Peaty’s family disinvited to the celebrations.
Whilst Adam’s sister Bethany was present at the ceremony, the rest of his family members were not and fueled further speculation of a rift by flying a Union Jack flag upside down while hundreds of miles.
Sitting at home more than 130 miles away in Staffordshire, Adam’s broken-hearted mother Caroline was said to be ‘beside herself’ with grief at missing what should have been one of the happiest days of her life.
Speaking from the council house where Adam grew up, the 59-year-old told The Mail on Sunday: ‘I’m not going to be hurt like this again’.
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She had told Friday’s Daily Mail that she felt as if Holly and Adam ‘have cut my heart out’.
This newspaper can also reveal that, moments before he walked into the abbey clutching the hand of his five-year-old son George, Adam Peaty was sent a devastating text message by his aunt Louise, who was also not invited to the wedding.
In it, she wrote: ‘I hope you never suffer the depth of pain you have put your mother through and despite it all she loves you still. Shame on you both. Shame.
‘Remember on this, your happiest day, and on each anniversary of your happiest day, that you hurt your mum so deeply her soul screams.’
The roots of this terrible family conflict go back to September 2024, when Adam and Holly snubbed wider members of the Peaty family by not inviting them to their engagement party.
Caroline, who spent years ferrying her son to early-morning training sessions, was also not invited to Holly’s glamorous hen do at Soho Farmhouse in the Cotswolds last month, even though the bride’s mother, Tana Ramsay, and friends including Victoria Beckham, were at the extravagant bash.
Despite everything Caroline sent a card and gift to her newlywed son for his 31st birthday today.
Meanwhile, Adam’s 73-year-old great-aunt Janet, who was also left out of yesterday’s wedding, told The Mail on Sunday: ‘I just feel so sorry for Caroline.
‘I can’t believe he’s done this to his mother who’s done so much for him from an early age. To be treated like this is not kind.’
Despite being shunned, devastated Caroline had threatened to turn up at the wedding anyway – and, if barred from entering the abbey, stand outside and watch from the street.
She said yesterday that she changed her mind after her husband Mark convinced her it would be ‘too upsetting’ to go along.
Had she defied her son’s ban, she would have found herself face-to-face with five security guards, placed in front of the abbey’s ancient and elaborately carved wooden doors, which were framed by decorative columns of white roses and hydrangeas.
The Ramsay family splashed out thousands on the venue, where weddings normally cost around £2,500, block-booking it for the day to ensure the service took place in absolute secrecy.
Having found fame and fortune for his foul-mouthed antics in the kitchen, Gordon Ramsay was on his best behaviour as he helped his daughter from a black Rolls-Royce which drew up outside the Gothic abbey at about 12.30pm.
He was seen whispering in her ear before kissing her cheek while an attendant straightened her crumpled outfit.
Buffeted by an icy wind, the pair were mobbed by well-wishers shouting ‘Merry Christmas’ as they passed.
Waiting inside for a first glimpse of the bride was a celebrity-studded congregation, including Sir David and Victoria Beckham, who are no strangers to family feuds themselves.
Their sons Romeo and Cruz and daughter Harper, who are close friends of the Ramsays, were also there – but not estranged son Brooklyn.
