Pete Doherty is MARRIED! Former Libertines star exchanges vows with Katia de Vidas

Pete Doherty has married fiancée Katia de Vidas in a private ceremony at a lavish French retreat, just two days after confirming their engagement. 

The couple, who only announced their engagement on Tuesday, exchanged vows at the Domaine Saint Clair hotel in the French city of Etretat – their home for the last three years. 

In a post shared by guest David Simon, the newly married couple are pictured shortly after signing the marriage registry, with Katia dressed in a white bridal gown and net veil. 

Family member Julia Mallet also shared a picture of the bride, with the accompanying caption: ‘When you find out your cousin got married over night!! Congratulations Peter and Katia Doherty!!’    

Happy news: Pete Doherty has married fiancée Katia de Vidas in a private ceremony, just two days after confirming their engagement

It’s understood that Pete’s once estranged father Peter – a former Major in the Royal Signals – joined his son and The Libertines on stage for a rendition of the band’s 2002 hit What A Waster. 

The musician’s mother Jacqueline – herself an ex-Lance-Corporal in the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps – and sister Amy were also present to  see him marry Katia.  

Situated just 550 yards from the beach, Domaine Saint Clair boasts a heated outdoor swimming pool, a library and a covered patio complete with a wood burner. 

The hotel is set within the picturesque walls of a modest 19th century Anglo-Norman castle and a seaside villa built prior to the First World War. 

MailOnline has contacted a representative for further comment. 

Beaming bride: The couple have now pushed ahead with a marriage ceremony, confirmed by de Vidas' cousin Julia Mallet in a social media post on Thursday

Beaming bride: The couple have now pushed ahead with a marriage ceremony, confirmed by de Vidas’ cousin Julia Mallet in a social media post on Thursday

Lovely: The couple, who only announced their engagement on Tuesday, exchanged vows at the Domaine Saint Clair hotel in the French city of Etretat

Reunited: It's understood that Pete's once estranged father Peter - a former Major in the Royal Signals - joined his son and The Libertines on stage for a rendition of the band's 2002 hit What A Waster

Lovely: The couple, who only announced their engagement on Tuesday, exchanged vows at the Domaine Saint Clair hotel (L) Pete’s once estranged father Peter later joined his son and The Libertines on stage for a rendition of the band’s 2002 hit What A Waster (R)

Speaking on Tuesday, a representative for the star confirmed to MailOnline that Doherty had proposed to the film editor after she was seen wearing a sparkling ring in a recent Instagram post.   

In recent years Pete, who revealed last week he’s been clean of heroin for two and a half years, has settled down with his Puta Madres bandmate Katia in France and ditched his bad boy lifestyle.

Katia’s new engagement ring could be seen in images shared by the Welsh band Trampolene, who collaborated with Pete last year, on Tuesday. 

The snaps showed the band’s frontman Jack Jones alongside Pete and Katia playing with his dog. 

Smitten: Pete Doherty shares a kiss with filmmaker Katia. The coupe are believed to have married on Thursday

Smitten: Pete Doherty shares a kiss with filmmaker Katia. The coupe are believed to have married on Thursday 

One image showed Katia leaning in to kiss the pet, with a new ring taking pride of place on her engagement finger, and the post was captioned: ‘Luna & the Puta Madres xXx.’

A representative for Pete confirmed that he and Katia, who have been together since 2012, have been engaged ‘for a while.

News of the marriage comes just days after Pete revealed he’d been clean of heroin for two years in an interview with BBC Scotland.

He said: ‘I’m in recovery I suppose I’m two and a half years clean of heroin which is a big deal for me and yeah I’m ticking along writing music, still writing music.’

Wedding bells! A representative for the star confirmed the singer popped the question to the film editor, after she was seen sporting a sparkling new ring in an Instagram post

Wedding bells! A representative for the star confirmed the singer popped the question to the film editor, after she was seen sporting a sparkling new ring in an Instagram post

Together: In recent years Pete, who revealed last week he's been clean of heroin for two and a half years, has settled down with his Puta Madres bandmate Katia in France (pictured in March)

Together: In recent years Pete, who revealed last week he’s been clean of heroin for two and a half years, has settled down with his Puta Madres bandmate Katia in France (pictured in March)

Playful: Katia's new engagement ring could be seen in images shared by the Welsh band Trampolene, who collaborated with Pete last year

Playful: Katia’s new engagement ring could be seen in images shared by the Welsh band Trampolene, who collaborated with Pete last year

Pete and Katia, who have been dating for several years, collaborated with Trampolene in May 2020 for the single Uncle Brian’s Abattoi, which was released during the Covid lockdown. 

In recent years Pete has overhauled his lifestyle and has been living a much quiter life in France with Katia. 

He shot to fame in the mid-2000s as the frontman for indie band The Libertines, but found nationwide attention when he dated supermodel Kate Moss.

The pair met at her 31st birthday bash in Jauary 2005, and he declared soon after that he’d ‘really found love.’

Happy: In recent years Pete, who has previously battled drug addiction, has overhauled his lifestyle and has been living a much quiter life in France with Katia

Happy: In recent years Pete, who has previously battled drug addiction, has overhauled his lifestyle and has been living a much quiter life in France with Katia

Love story: The pair have been together since 2012 (pictured in 2016)

Love story: The pair have been together since 2012 (pictured in 2016)

Their turbulent romance briefly ended when Pete failed to complete a stint in rehab in Arizona, USA, with Kate saying at the time she has ‘various personal issues I need to address.’

He even drew a portrait of himself and Kate using crayons and his own blood in 2005. 

Pete also famously scrawled ‘I love Kate 4 eva’ on the windscreen of his Jaguar after leaving court following a drug-related offence.

He and Kate eventually reunited and attended rehab together, but they were seen in many public rows before they finally split in July 2007 after getting engaged.

Pete then famously branded her a ‘nasty old rag’ in an interview with Metro after they split for good in 2007, which came months after he proposed to her. 

Former flame: Pete previously dated supermodel Kate Moss for several years (pictured in 2005) but they split in 2007 just months after he proposed to her

Former flame: Weeks after he split from Kate, Pete proposed to model and singer Irina for the second time in 2007, after the pair previously dated in 2004

Former flame: Weeks after he split from Kate, Pete proposed to model and singer Irina for the second time in 2007, after the pair previously dated in 2004

Exes: Pete has a son, Astile, 18, from his relationship with Lisa Moorish, and it was reported in 2009 that the singer was once-banned from seeing his son because of his drug habit

Exes: Pete has a son, Astile, 18, from his relationship with Lisa Moorish, and it was reported in 2009 that the singer was once-banned from seeing his son because of his drug habit

Pete has a son, Astile, 18, from his relationship with Lisa Moorish, and it was reported in 2009 that the singer was once-banned from seeing his son because of his drug habit.

But after going to rehab and getting clean, he became a much more hands-on dad.

Lisa told Metro in 2009: ‘Peter has on-and-off problems with his recovery so it was a really difficult decision to make. 

‘But when he came out of rehab last year, and started to get his life in order I thought the time was right. I want Astile to have a dad.’

Pete also has a daughter, Aisling, with model Lindi Hingston, who shared news of her daughter’s arrival a year after she was born.

A week after Linda shared the news, Pete said: ‘The little girl was two months premature. I said I’d try to be there for the birth… Yeah, she’s mine.’

Former flame: Pete also has a daughter, Aisling, with model Lindi Hingston (pictured in 2012), who shared news of her daughter's arrival a year after she was born

Former flame: Pete also has a daughter, Aisling, with model Lindi Hingston (pictured in 2012), who shared news of her daughter’s arrival a year after she was born 

Former flame: While his most famous relationship was with Kate, Pete also had a fling with the late singer Amy Winehouse before her death in 2011 (pictured in 2008)

Former flame: While his most famous relationship was with Kate, Pete also had a fling with the late singer Amy Winehouse before her death in 2011 (pictured in 2008)

While his most famous relationship was with Kate, Pete also had a fling with the late singer Amy Winehouse before her death in 2011.

Speaking to The Mail On Sunday in 2012, he said: ‘Amy and I were lovers. I loved her then and, well, I still do today.

‘But towards the end, as only lovers can, she became quite mean and cruel to me. She didn’t suffer fools… and believe me, she had a mean right hook.’ 

In the past, Pete has pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine, heroin, cannabis and ketamine.

In 2012, he was thrown out of a luxury rehab clinic in Thailand after claims he was a bad influence on other patients and did not try hard enough to kick his heroin habit.

The once-troubled star has quit heroin and ketamine but revealed he still enjoying whipping up a cocktail.

Relaxed: Peter said earlier this year that he has been doing a lot of sleeping, eating French cheese and drinking water following his move to Normandy

Relaxed: Peter said earlier this year that he has been doing a lot of sleeping, eating French cheese and drinking water following his move to Normandy

Peter said earlier this year that he has been doing a lot of sleeping, eating French cheese and drinking water following his move to Normandy. 

He is generally enjoying a much slower pace of life these days and has reportedly taken to the bowls-style sport, pétanque. 

One local told The Sun: ‘Peter is no longer a bad boy. He’s relaxing, settling down and loving the goods things in life.

‘We introduced him to pétanque and he’s fallen in love with the game. He often joins our club nights when we play.’

Mikael Grondin, who runs the bakery, said of Pete – who has slimmed down in recent months – ‘He is always popping in for a bag of Bout de Choux (creamy little cabbage), which is a pastry filled with cream. Maybe that’s why he’s put on weight but, don’t worry, these will be good for him.’

And Pete revealed recently that he especially enjoys cheese on toast and that his ‘guilty pleasure’ is sleeping after he used to stay up for ‘six days.’

In July, following the easing of the UK’s Covid restrictions, Pete showcased his slimmed-down figure as he took to the stage for a performance in Coventry.

Indie star: In the past, Pete (pictured in 2004) has pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine, heroin, cannabis and ketamine

Indie star: In the past, Pete (pictured in 2004) has pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine, heroin, cannabis and ketamine 

Pete Doherty: A timeline of his star-studded love life

Lisa Moorish – 2003

Pete and Lisa had a brief fling in 2003, and the English singer-songwriter eventually welcomed their son Astile, now 18.

The singer was once-banned from seeing his son because of his drug habit, but after going to rehab and getting clean, he became a much more hands-on dad.

Lisa told Metro in 2009: ‘Peter has on-and-off problems with his recovery so it was a really difficult decision to make. 

‘But when he came out of rehab last year, and started to get his life in order I thought the time was right. I want Astile to have a dad.’

Over: Pete's most high-profile romance was with model Kate from 2005 to 2007

Over: Pete’s most high-profile romance was with model Kate from 2005 to 2007

Kate Moss – 2005 to 2007

Pete’s most high-profile romance was with model Kate, after they met at her 31st birthday bash in Jauary 2005, and he declared soon after that he’d ‘really found love.’

Their turbulent romance briefly ended when Pete failed to complete a stint in rehab in Arizona, USA, with Kate saying at the time she has ‘various personal issues I need to address.’

He even drew a portrait of himself and Kate using crayons and his own blood in 2005. 

Pete also famously scrawled ‘I love Kate 4 eva’ on the windscreen of his Jaguar after leaving court following a drug-related offence.

He and Kate eventually reunited and attended rehab together, but they were seen in many public rows before they finally split in July 2007 after getting engaged.

Pete then famously branded her a ‘nasty old rag’ in an interview with Metro after they split for good in 2007, which came months after he proposed to her.

Nikki Graeme – 2006

In one of the most unlikely romances in showbusiness, Big Brother star Nikki was reported to have had a short fling with Pete days after he rekindled his romance with Kate.

He reportedly serenaded her at his flat with his guitar, after they met during a night out at London hotspot Boujis.

Nikki’s ex-flatmate told The People: ‘She’d had a lot to drink and they ended up going back to his place in Notting Hill, just the two of them. He got his guitar out and started singing to her.

‘Nikki thought he was really sweet and caring but his flat was disgusting. There were needles everywhere and it was filthy.’

In an interview in 2006, Nikki also revealed that Pete was one of her clients during her brief stint as a £500-per-hour escort.

She told MailOnline: ‘He was my first booking. He often used the agency. I went round to a flat in London. It was a complete s*** hole full of other druggies playing guitars and just hanging out.

‘I ended up snogging him but we didn’t have full sex. He was so wasted on drugs he wasn’t capable.’ 

Irina Lăzăreanu – 2004 and 2007

Weeks after he split from Kate, Pete proposed to model and singer Irina for the second time, after the pair previously dated in 2004  

The pair met while Irina was at ballet school in London as a teenager, and she went onto tour with his band Babyshambles in 2004. 

Former flame: Pete revealed in 2012 he and Amy Winehouse were 'lovers'

Former flame: Pete revealed in 2012 he and Amy Winehouse were ‘lovers’

Lindi Hingston – 2011

Pete also has a daughter, Aisling, with model Lindi Hingston, who shared news of her daughter’s arrival in 2012, a year after she was born.

A week after Linda shared the news, Pete said: ‘The little girl was two months premature. I said I’d try to be there for the birth… Yeah, she’s mine.’

Amy Winehouse 

In 2012, a year after her death from alcohol poisoning, Pete revealed he and Amy did enjoy a secret romance.

Speaking to The Mail On Sunday in 2012, he said: ‘Amy and I were lovers. I loved her then and, well, I still do today.

‘But towards the end, as only lovers can, she became quite mean and cruel to me. She didn’t suffer fools… and believe me, she had a mean right hook.’ 

Happy: Pete is thought to have been dating Katia since 2012 (pictured in 2019)

Happy: Pete is thought to have been dating Katia since 2012 (pictured in 2019)

Katia De Vidas – 2012 to present

Pete is thought to have been dating his Puta Madres bandmate Katia since 2012.

The pair have been living a quiet life in Etretat, a coastal town in Normandy after the rocker quit his drug habit.

While lockdown has been tough for so many people, Pete is honestly the happiest he’s ever been.

A source told The Sun: ‘While lockdown has been tough for so many people, Pete is honestly the happiest he’s ever been. 

‘He used to live a fast-paced, hedonistic lifestyle. He was the epitome of rock and roll. But the relaxed pace of life suits him more.’ 

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