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Beyonce weds her rapper Jay-Z
By dailytelegraph.com
Apr 6, 2008 - 3:30:21 PM
The celebrity couple, who have been dating for six years, celebrated with a lavish party in a white tent bizarrely erected inside the groom's upmarket penthouse apartment.
Guests included Beyonce's mother Tina, father and manager Mathew, sister Solange, Destiny's Child bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, and the couple's friend, Gwyneth Paltrow.
There was no official confirmation, but a friend of the couple told People magazine last night: "It happened earlier this evening. Jay (Shawn Carter) wanted it to be a really private affair - close friends and family.''
Beyonce, 26, and Jay-Z, 38, have always maintained a silence on their relationship. But in an interview with Cosmopolitan magazine two years ago, the singer hinted at future nuptials.
"I never pictured myself as a bride but, after my sister's wedding, I did start thinking about what kind of wedding I'd want,'' she said.
"I don't think I want a big one.''
Wedding rumours emerged last week after the couple got a marriage licence at a village hall in New York.
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