PM’s big week: From the King of the Cross to King Charles

How long did ‘DJ Albo’ stay at Sandilands’ nuptials? It seems Anthony Albanese wasn’t spooked by all the media attention on his attendance along with the likes of Kings Cross identity John Ibrahim.

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Anthony Albanese wasn’t spooked by all the media attention on his attendance at Kyle Sandilands’ $1m wedding to Tegan Kynaston.

Diary’s spies present for Sandilands’ big day tell us the Prime Minister stayed for about seven hours, taking in most of Saturday’s festivities in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends the wedding of Kyle Sandilands, pictured holding Kyle's son, Otto. Picture: Twitter

Albanese turned up to Swifts, a ritzy Darling Point gothic mansion, at 2.30pm – half-an-hour before the wedding began. The PM, who will end the week attending King Charles’ coronation, stayed right through the reception and half-an-hour into the event’s after-party, before leaving with his partner, Jodie Haydon, at around 9.30pm.

Radio personality Kyle Sandilands has officially tied the knot with long-term partner Tegan Kynaston. Picture: Instagram

Jeff Fenech and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the wedding.

In defending his decision to attend the nuptials with the likes of noted Kings Cross identity John Ibrahim, Albanese said last week: “A bloke who at one stage was homeless living on the streets of Sydney and has grown into someone who is a significant public figure is part of what is an Australian success story.”

The after-party saw the venue’s chapel, where the wedding had taken place, converted into a nightclub – which led many present to speculate whether the Albanese would man the DJ deck. The PM did, after all, pledge to Sandilands on air last year he would break out “DJ Albo” for the wedding if he scored an invitation.

But alas, that delicious prospect didn’t eventuate. “He was just a guest,” one of our spies said.

Meanwhile, NSW Premier Chris Minns initially left straight after the ceremony at around 4pm, but then he returned for the reception at 6pm and left with the PM about 9.30pm.

Kings Cross identity John Ibrahim at mate Kyle Sandilands’s wedding.

NSW Premier Chris Minns leaving Kyle Sandiland's wedding to Tegan Kynaston at Swifts in Darling Point. Picture: Adam Yip

Speaking on Monday morning, Mr Minns said the wedding was a “small and intimate” affair.

Asked about his attendance on Channel 7’s Sunrise program, he said: “You would appreciate that if you get an invitation to a wedding and it’s a friend, you would obviously attend. That was my situation.

“I wanted to go because I’m friendly with Kyle and my wife and I attended on the weekend and obviously, I’m not responsible for the guest list, but it was a fun night, pretty small and intimate.

“I left pretty early to be honest with you, but it was a fun night and love was in the air.”

The after-party, we’re told, wrapped up at around midnight.