The day of your wedding is the most important day of your life. The culmination of days, months—sometimes even years—of planning the affair, fitting the dress, editing the guest list and tasting the food, the lead up to the wedding celebration can be as overwhelming as it is exciting.

Throw fame into the mix—paparazzi outside your door, thousands of fans following your digital footprint, helicopters circulating the venue—and that excitement can fast turn into anxiety, with the pressure of your special and private celebration being documented in the public eye.

While it’s hard to keep anything hush hush in Hollywood, there are a number of celebrity couples that have successfully wed in secret. Take Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz, who have managed to keep every detail but the date of their February 2019 wedding still under wraps. Or native Australian model Lara Bingle, who married Sam Worthington in Melbourne in December 2014, but only revealed their marriage (and little else!) in October the following year.

Consider as well the problem of photo sharing on the part of guests—these make up the majority evidence we have of Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner’s second wedding ceremony in Wyoming, courtesy of Orlando Bloom and Derek Blasberg—and their celebrity wedding planners, who want to share their work online for all to see.

There’s also the factor of the designers (Maria Grazia Chiuri designed Chiara Ferragni’s Dior gown for example; Karl Lagerfeld dressed Poppy Delevingne in Chanel on her wedding day) that want to share their custom creation with the rest of the world, and entice other couture clients to get married in their wares.

Unlike the fanfare and frenzy of a Kardashian wedding, where the reality stars document every minutiae across their digital platforms and television series, these celebrity couples have mastered the art of keeping mum about their intimate affairs (even requesting their star-studded guest lists to avoid using their phones).

Curiosities piqued? Surprise, Vogue has curated a list of 25 celebrity couples that have tied the knot without spilling the details of their special day.

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Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
While her royal cousins and even her sister, Princess Eugenie, got a royal wedding with all its customary pomp and pageantry, Princess Beatrice’s wedding was literally the polar opposite. Taking place in the thick of the Covid pandemic, and following health guidelines, the couple wed on July 17, 2020, at the Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge in Windsor, their union witnessed by just a few family members, including the Queen, the late Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke and Duchess of York, Princess Eugenie and a number of Mapelli Mozzi’s relatives. Thankfully, we were still given a few wedding portraits in lieu of a televised ceremony or post-ceremony procession.

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Beyoncé and Jay-Z
Given that very little of their relationship is played out in public, it should come as no surprise that the wedding of Beyoncé and Jay-Z was an incredibly private affair. But, to the delight of fans, the pair have given small peeks at their big day over the years, the biggest one being revealed during their 2014 On The Run tour. As reported by Popsugar, the pair—who married in June 2008—tied the knot in at Jay Z's 13,500-square-foot penthouse in New York City’s Tribeca before just 40 of their family and friends.

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Margot Robbie and Tom Ackerley
Many hadn’t even known that Margot Robbie was in a relationship with British film producer Tom Ackerley until the actor posted a viral photo on Instagram flipping her ring finger to reveal a wedding ring. Following their December 2016 wedding, it was revealed that Robbie wed in her mother’s decades old, off-the-shoulder, wedding dress at a private property in Coorabell in the Byron Bay hinterland.

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Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost
While some celebrity couples eventually give us a peek inside their wedding days, Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost’s nuptials were so under wraps that many hadn’t even realised they got married. Reportedly wedding in an intimate ceremony in October 2020, the pair announced their union on Meals on Wheels America’s Instagram page.

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Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux
When someone with the sky high levels of star power that Jennifer Aniston possesses decides to head down the aisle, all measures must be taken to keep the day as chaos-free as possible. According to reports, the wedding was actually staged as a 44th birthday party for Justin Theroux at the couple’s home, and was planned in about a month. Attended by Lisa Kudrow, Courtney Cox, Chelsea Handler, Ellen DeGeneres, Jimmy Kimmel, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., and more, those in attendance were entertained by Sia with a rendition of her hit song, Chandelier, and by DJ Samantha Ronson until 4am the next morning.

How exactly were they able to keep the secret? Aside from only telling certain guests of their actual plans, they rented a nearby home just to store wedding equipment, and built a concealed pathway between that home and their own.

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
After nearly a decade together, and countless children welcomed, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt made a secret trip to the French village of Correns to tie the knot. Confirmed with a statement by Jolie’s lawyer, the couple wed in an intimate ceremony attended by family friends at the couple’s French residence and wine-growing estate in the South of France,  Chateau Miraval. And not only were their children Shiloh, Knox, Zahara, Vivienne, Pax and Maddox involved in the ceremony, they also had their hand in designing Jolie’s bridal look, with dozens of their own designs stitched into her dress and veil designed by the late Luigi Massi, the then-head tailor at Atelier Versace.

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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
While we had eventually been satisfied with a great amount of detail around their nuptials, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds had managed to get married without anyone knowing. The pair tied the knot on September 9, 2012 at Boone Hall Plantation’s Cotton Duck in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina—which appeared in the romantic drama, The Notebook—a choice for which they later apologised, given its ties to slavery. According to reports that emerged after the day, the ceremony was attended by 70 guests including family, and Lively’s close friend Florence Welch, who performed alongside Bette Midler, before guests were treated to a US$3000 wedding cake which travelled eight hours and crossed three states to get to the wedding.

It was also revealed that Blake Lively wore a custom Marchesa dress that featured “hand-draped silk tulle bodice adorned with custom crystal and rose gold embroidery”, and specially-made shoes by Christian Louboutin, and Reynolds donned a bespoke suit from Burberry. Their wedding bands were also made by celebrity-favourite jeweller, Lorraine Schwartz.

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Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender
In line with the low-key nature that was their relationship, Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender jetted off to Ibiza to tie the knot in an intimate ceremony. Hosting it at the La Granja farmstead resort on the Spanish isle, the couple invited just close family and friends for a fun-filled ceremony and reception, reportedly heading to a beachside restaurant the following day, wedding bands in tow, for a post-wedding brunch.

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Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford
Five months following their engagement, Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford married in an intimate wedding in the English countryside town of Somerset. Staged on a farm, the wedding is said to have been officiated by Mumford’s father, who happens to be a vicar, and attended by Colin Firth, Sienna Miller, Jake Gyllenhaal and Adele, who was rumoured to have performed at the ceremony. According to Vogue UK, Mulligan and Mumford were both dressed by Prada, as were their bridesmaids, the ushers and the mother-of-the-bride.

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Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady
Considering that the pair took 5 years to reveal just a tiny peek at their wedding day, it should come as no surprise that we still know very little about Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady’s wedding to this day. All we really know is that the pair had two different ceremonies, one in Santa Monica and another in Costa Rica, and that Bündchen most likely wore a Dolce & Gabbana dress and veil.

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Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden

After dating for less than a year, Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden married at a Beverly Hills residence. And while the wedding took place under paparazzi-proof cover, the days and weeks following the wedding saw us finding out a tonne of details. Attended by a group of guests that read like a veritable who’s who of Hollywood—Reese Witherspoon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joel Madden and Nicole Richie and Drew Barrymore, who too served as bridesmaids—the pair’s 127 guests witnessed quite the romantic nuptials, with Diaz reportedly walking down the aisle to Stardust by Nat King Cole in a low-cut gown, which she switched out for a short-sleeved dress for the reception.

It was also reported that both the bride and groom made speeches, with Diaz reportedly saying “I waited because I didn’t want to settle. Now I got the best man ever. My special man. He’s mine,” and Madden responded with “I only asked to be in control of two things: the music and the cake.” 

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Olivia Palermo and Johannes Huebl
While her wedding look went down in history as one of the most memorable celebrity bridal looks in history, Olivia Palermo’s wedding to Johannes Huebl was an extremely low-key affair. According to Vogue UK, Palermo walked down the aisle before only a handful of family and friends in a quiet park ceremony in Bedford, New York in 2014, wearing a cashmere knit sweater and tulle skirt worn over shorts combination designed by Carolina Herrera and Manolo Blahnik heels you’ll recognise as the very same sapphire-hued silk pumps worn by Carrie Bradshaw for her own fictional civil ceremony.

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Lily Allen and David Harbour 
After rumours ran rampant that Lily Allen and David Harbour secretly wed in a Las Vegas ceremony, the couple confirmed them by releasing a series of photos that revealed the quintessential Sin City wedding. Not only were they married by an Elvis Presley impersonator at the iconic Graceland Chapel, Allen and Harbour, along with her two daughters, Marie and Ethel (who served as flower girls), then headed to In-N-Out for their wedding reception. For her big day, Allen wore a AU$5,592 vintage Dior dress—which featured a belted waist, a buttoned bodice and a knee-skimming hem—and paired it with Miu Miu platform heels and a veil.

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Jennifer Lawrence and Cooke Maroney
While we may not have had a look at the couple of the hour, we certainly had a virtual front seat to Jennifer Lawrence and Cooke Maroney’s slew of celebrity guests, including Kris Jenner, Sienna Miller, Emma Stone, Ashley Olsen, Adele, Nicole Richie and Cameron Diaz with their husbands, Joel and Benji Madden, and many many more. Making their way first to the Gurney’s Newport Resort and Marina in Rhode Island for the rehearsal dinner, Lawrence and Maroney’s 150 guests then headed to the nearby Belcourt of Newport estate to watch the couple say their I do’s on October 19, 2019, for which Lawrence wore a Dior gown. While it’s not clear just how laidback the ceremony itself was, the pre-wedding celebration certainly were, with guests reportedly invited to a private, pre-wedding clambake on a nearby island.

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On December 15, 2014, The Danish Girl star Eddie Redmayne and wife Hannah Bagshawe wed at Babington House in Somerset, England. As per People, a representative for Redmayne explained, "a small number of close family and friends" were in attendance. The rest is unknown. 

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On June 22, 2011, each famous actors in their own right, Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz wed in New York City. The only guests present? Weisz's son, Henry, Craig's daughter Ella and a pair of friends, meaning the details of this wedding were kept in the family. 

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On December 28, 2014, Australian-born Lara Bingle and English-born Australian actor Sam Worthington wed in Melbourne. Almost a year later, in an interview for KIISFM in 2015, Worthington confirmed the wedding, explaining there were no more than 10 guests in attendance. 

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On an appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden in March 2017, Mamma Mia star Amanda Seyfried confessed she and now-husband Thomas Sadoski eloped, revealing no other details about the day. 

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On June 24, 2013, Scandal actress Kerry Washington wed Nnamdi Asomugha in a secret ceremony in Idaho, with news breaking a month later, in July. An expert secret keeper, news of Washington's marriage was also a revelation that she had a partner, keeping her relationship with Asmogha until then under wraps. 

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Sometime in June 2014, The Handmaid's Tale star Alexis Bledel and husband Vincent Kartheiser tied the knot. Besides their proposal, which we know took place in March 2013, little else is known about how, where or with who this celebrity couple's special day unfolded.  

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On December 20, 2014, 500 Days of Summer star Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Tasha McCauley wed at their home. Details of their wedding remain unknown. 

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Despite a digital following of 30.7 million on Instagram alone, singer Ed Sheeran has remained extremely private about his personal life, especially his relationship with now wife Cherry Seaborn. While we can only try to decipher the various lyrics in his love songs, The Sun confirmed in February that the couple tied the knot in Suffolk, England, with 40 guests in attendance. 

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Ever elusive, all that we know about Mary Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy's wedding is that it took place sometime in 2015. That, and that any potential evidence on the part of guests was taken care of, with attendees forced to hand in their mobiles ahead of the festivities. 

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In contrast to the high profiles of their television characters, Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester and The OC's Adam Brody kept their wedding under wraps. In February 2014, the couple tied the knot, keeping the rest of the details top secret. 

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News broke last week that Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz were wed back in February. A marriage certificate was obtained in California in this same month (momentous because the pair first met on February 22, 2018). The details of the dress, the venue, the guests or the tracks played at the wedding remain undisclosed, for now anyway.

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