Boxer Amir Khan has wed his
American fiancee Faryal Makhdoom
in a lavish ceremony in New York City.The Olympic medallist, 26, and
student, 21, tied the knot in front of 400 people at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
in Manhattan on Saturday.
The couple's big day was reported
to have cost $1million, according to the New York Post, with a second bash
planned in Amir's native Britain in a week.Taking to Twitter following the
ceremony, Faryal wrote: 'Mrs. Khan.
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'Last night was like a dream,
truly amazing. Thanks to everyone that participated, really meant a lot x Now
ready for the UK wedding!!❤.'
On Friday, she had written
excitedly about her Mehndi night, a pre-wedding tradition for the bride to have
her hands and arms decorated in intricate henna designs.
She enthused: 'Amazing Mehndi
night. Thanks to everyone that came, can't wait for tomorrow! #MyBigDay Also, a
big shout out to @Saj - happy birthday!!! xxx.'
The couple, who got engaged in
January 2012, are expected to have an even bigger wedding in Amir's hometown of
Bolton, with a reported 4,000 guests attending.
Amir and Faryal have had a
long-distance romance over the past 18 months, but she is thought to be moving
to Bolton now they have wed.
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Following their engagement in
January 2012, they held a star-studded engagement party for 1,000 people at the
Reebok Stadium in Bolton.
Last June, Amir was forced to
apologise to his fiancee after he posted a Twitter photo of him holding a wad
of cash in front of a scantily-clad woman dancing on a pole in a Las Vegas nightclub.The former world champion, who is
a devout Muslim, put the photo on Twitter with the accompanying message
reading: 'Let's play lol.'
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However, he deleted the picture after followers accused
him of being disrespectful to his fiancée and setting a bad example to fellow
Muslims.After he put the photo up, his
future wife tweeted: 'Ew. Woke up to something very disgusting &
disturbing.'
However, Amir was quick to
apologise and claimed the dancer was 'doing acrobatics'.
He said: 'Hi everyone, I want to
apologise for the picture I tweeted last week. I admit It was silly of me, but
I wanted to make some things clear, first the money I held was fake money the
club put on our table and the girl in the back is not a stripper, she was doing
acrobatics on the pole.
'It is not a strip club. I wud
(sic) never spend or waste money that way. I was in a club as a guest but
believe I did nothing wrong, that's why I tweeted the picture myself in the
first place.'
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