Louisa Lytton has spoken out for the first time about her Italy wedding as she finally tied the knot to Ben Bhanvra.
The EastEnders actress, 33, revealed she 'cried walking down the aisle' as wed Ben after being forced to cancel her dream wedding three three times due to coronavirus restrictions.
And beautiful bride Louisa pulled out all the stops for the three day festivities as first images share a glimpse of her stunning bridal gown and EastEnders guests, with pal Lacey Turner jetting over for the big day.
Louisa and Ben, who got engaged in 2019 and share 10-month-old daughter Aura - revealed they 'couldn't stop giggling' as they celebrated in Tuscany, Italy.
The actress told OK! Magazine in an exclusive interview: "I was waiting by my phone from the Friday for people to tell me that they had landed. And then they were saying, ‘Our train has been cancelled, so now we’re on the coach.’
"We couldn’t believe how much effort people made to get out there for our special day, so I cried a lot when I saw people that I wasn’t sure if they were going to make it or not.
"Obviously, I cried walking down the aisle with my dad. It was so emotional. Me and him are such emotional people anyway, so we couldn’t stop."
Their gorgeous wedding started in Siena on Friday with a pizza party at a villa for all 90 guests who stayed for the weekend.
On the day of the wedding, the temperatures reached 40°C but the gorgeous floral archways, bouquets and the Italian scenery made up for it.
Louisa wore an ethereal off-the-shoulder wedding dress for her special day, walked down the aisle to an acoustic version of CeCe Peniston's Finally with her father, Alan, and was overcome with emotions.
The couple's adorable daughter had a big role in the wedding, with Aura being a little flower girl.
While Louisa rocked an off-white dress that was purchased by her father years ago before changing into a silk Andrea Hawkes bridal gown in the evening.
Ben looked dapper in a grey three-piece suit which had a 'mix of linen and subtle cream'.
Their wedding guests included their closest friends and family as well as her EastEnders co-stars James Bye, Zaraah Abrahams and Lacey Turner.
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Louisa and Ben got engaged back in 2019 and were due to exchange wedding vows in England at the beginning of the month - ahead of their Italian wedding - but couldn't after contracting Covid.
Taking to Instagram to give fans a wedding update over a week ago, Louisa posted a snap of herself celebrating her hen do and revealed their wedding nightmare.
She captioned the post: "This time last week... Since we have had a covid household. Finally on the mend.
"Not what the doctor ordered. We were supposed to be exchanging our vows today before our Italian Wedding!
"Instead we cleaned the carpets which were covered in sick."
However, they thankfully made it to Italy to have the wedding of their dreams.
For all the pictures of Louisa's special day pick up a copy of Ok! magazine from Tuesday July 12 or visit OK.co.uk
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