Hugh Grant has married his long-term girlfriend Anna Eberstein in an intimate ceremony at Chelsea registry office.
The beaming couple emerged from the ceremony – with Hugh in a suit and Anna in a shirt and mini-skirt – after tying the knot, despite his previous insistence he would never marry.
Sources told The Sun: ‘Everybody looked very happy and relaxed, it was obviously an informal occasion with only very close family members present.
Hugh Grant and Anna Eberstein smile after they married at a registration office in Chelsea
Hugh Grant smiles after he was married for the first time at the age of 57
Swedish television producer Anna Eberstein, 39, wore a white mini-skirt to the ceremony
Anna Eberstein stands on the steps of the Chelsea registration office where she married Grant
Hugh Grant on the steps of the West London venue where the low-key ceremony took place
The 39-year-old had a simple gold band on her finger for the wedding
Hugh Grant, 57, had an unusual ring with three gemstones for the wedding ceremony
Hugh Grant and Anna Eberstein outside the Chelsea registration office where they married
Actor Hugh Grant and his girlfriend Anna Eberstein married at the Chelsea registration office
Anna Eberstein stands outside the registration office where she married Hugh Grant
Anna Eberstein shunned a traditional wedding dress and wore a white mini-skirt
Happy days: Hugh Grant has married his long-term girlfriend Anna Eberstein in an intimate ceremony at Chelsea registry office on Thursday
‘The group congregated on the steps and Grant stepped in right at the last minute, seemingly in a bid to attract attention.’
Following the ceremony, Anna flashed a gold band on her wedding finger during a glam London night out with her husband after their nuptials.
Grant is also famous for his own reluctance to marry. He split up in 2000 with his actress girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley after 13 years together.
He told People magazine in 2015: ‘I’m not really a believer in marriage. I’ve seen very few good examples, maybe five, in my life, but I think otherwise it’s a recipe for mutual misery.’
Happy days: In images obtained by The Sun, the beaming couple emerged from the ceremony – with Hugh in a suit and Anna in a shirt and mini-skirt – after tying the knot, despite his previous insistence he would never marry
Golden girl: The night before the ceremony, Anna flashed a gold band on her wedding finger during a glam London night out with her now-husband
It was previously reported that the Four Weddings and a Funeral star would walk down the aisle with his Swedish girlfriend, marking the first marriage for the actor.
Wedding banns for the couple were at Kensington and Chelsea register office, near the couple’s £10million home in the capital, earlier this month.
Hugh and Anna have been together six years and share three children, John Mungo, who was born in September 2012, and another child born in December 2015.
Hugh’s ex Elizabeth let slip in March that Hugh had had a third child with Anna, but the birth date and gender are unknown.
News of the engagement emerged after the wedding banns for Hugh and Anna were posted on screens in the office at Chelsea Old Town Hall.
First marriage: Wedding banns for the couple were posted at Kensington and Chelsea register office, near the couple’s £10million home in the capital
A source has told The Sun: ‘This is a day none of Hugh’s friends ever thought would come. He will soon be a pensioner and has finally become a family man.’
As well as his three children with Anna, Hugh also shares two children with ex Tinglan Hong. The star enjoyed a 13-year romance with actress and model Hurley, splitting in 2000 but remaining great friends.
It was Elizabeth who shared the news of the birth of his new baby during an interview with Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live in March.
She candidly said: ‘He had another one last week. He has five. He was over 50 when he spawned them all.’
Andy asked Elizabeth if she was shocked by it and she delightfully responded: ‘No, he’s an enchanting dad. Really, really sweet.’
Ex: The star enjoyed a 13-year romance with actress and model Hurley, splitting in 2000 but remaining great friends
The actress then cheekily cracked up her fellow guest on the chat show, David Oyelowo when she spoke of Hugh’s forray into fatherhood.
She said: ‘Having these kids has transformed him from a very miserable person into a fairly miserable person. It’s improved him. He’s gone up the scale.’
The actor also dated socialite Jemima Khan for three years before their break up in 2007.
Hugh has been back in the public eye of late, promoting his new BBC One drama A Very English Scandal, which sees the actor play disgraced politician Jeremy Thorpe.
Hugh says he had to lose weight to portray Thorpe’s hollow-cheeked appearance in the drama.
‘I just got thinner. He was cadaverous, Thorpe, so I bought a bicycle and went racing round Richmond Park for four months and lost quite a lot of weight.’
He said playing the old Etonian, who stood trial in 1979 for conspiracy to murder his gay ex-lover Norman Scott, also required a ‘genius’ make-up artist.
‘He knew exactly what to do,’ he said. ‘Clever stuff like making my cheekbones even more hollow, the contact lenses and the hair.’
Busy month: Hugh has been on the promo trail this week for his new BBC drama A Very English Scandal
Another one that got away: The actor also dated socialite Jemima Khan for three years before their break up in 2007