Katie Price has married for the fourth time.
The embattled star, 47, has tied the knot to businessman Lee Andrews in a lavish Dubai ceremony after a whirlwind ‘one-week’ romance.
The surprise wedding comes just days after the former glamour model announced her ninth engagement, following her recent split from her ‘blindsided’ ex-partner JJ Slater, 32.
The nuptials, which happened on Saturday afternoon with just Katie, Lee and the officiator present, are said to have left family and friends of Katie’s ‘dumbstruck’ and ‘completely horrified’.
For the ceremony, Katie proudly flashed her diamond-encrusted Cartier wedding band as she walked down the aisle in a white cut-out bodycon dress, while Lee wore a linen shirt.
The couple bought their wedding rings before even meeting. The TV star connected with Lee, originally from Manchester, on social media, before she flew out to Dubai.
Katie Price has married for the fourth time. The embattled star, 47, has tied the knot to businessman Lee Andrews in a lavish Dubai ceremony
Katie proudly flashed her diamond-encrusted Cartier wedding band as she wore a white cut out gown for the ceremony
The reality star told The Sun: ‘How I met Lee was esoteric, we connected [by] both checking each others’ socials and quickly realised “wow this is for me”…in the old fashioned way, first by words which captured us both.
‘That evolved deeper as we connected further within days [getting] matching tattoos, and then both deciding to buy rings for the other.
‘All this without even meeting, we let fate but you could [say] destiny decide. I’m just so happy with my person that is just as happy as I am. What we have, they haven’t even invented the words.’
Katie added Lee ‘has the best version’ of herself.
Meanwhile, an insider close to the family has claimed they are reeling from the news.
The source added Katie’s mother Amy and her five children – Harvey, 23, Junior, 20, Princess, 18, Jett, 12, and Bunny, 10 – didn’t know about the wedding.
They told the publication: ‘Kate’s family are dumbstruck. To see she had got engaged after flying to Dubai – literally just after she had arrived was crazy.
‘The fact she has now married him the following day is even more shocking. No one knows who Lee is, they know nothing about him.’
Katie paid tribute to ‘my real life Richard Gere’ as she shared loved-up snaps with her new fiancé Lee Andrews on Sunday after their engagement
The model showed off her giant diamond ring on her social media on Friday – blindsiding her ex JJ Slater- a week after their split was revealed
The former glamour model shocked fans on Friday by revealing her engagement to entrepreneur Lee in Dubai
A final snap saw them holding hands in bed as a bunch of red roses was visible in the background
They added Katie has ‘a lot of questions to answer to when she comes home’.
Daily Mail has contacted Katie’s representative for comment.
Katie has previously been engaged eight times and has three ex husbands – Peter Andre, 52, Alex Reid, 50, and Kieran Hayler, 38.
Katie shocked fans on Friday by revealing their engagement, and later called Lee’my real life Richard Gere’.
The mother-of-five shared a slew of snaps as she posed by a sea of red roses spelling out ‘will you marry me?’
She also showed off her partner’s hand, which had a fresh tattoo of her name inked on, and revealed the pair were celebrating with champagne, strawberries and chocolate cake.
Lee has been based in Dubai for 21 years and has documented his flash lifestyle on his social media channels.
Lee is a twice-married man who claims to be a multimillionaire – and called his personal trainer ex-wife ‘the perfect woman’ just 18 months ago.
According to his Instagram profile, Lee is CEO of Aura Group Future Urban Travel 2027 as well as an ‘Investor in Space X Hybrid Fitness’.
But before Lee popped the question to Katie, making him her ninth fiancé, he was married for several years to Palestinian-born and Qatari raised health and fitness coach Dina Taji, 41, whom he met in the gym in Dubai at the start of 2020.
Less than 18 months ago he was gushing over his former second bride, sharing a series of photos of them together and telling his followers: ‘Whether outside or in the office, who you share life and choose to partner with is sacred. Loving respect for this lady, Dina Taji.’
The shotgun wedding is said to have only increased concern about Katie’s well-being following her dramatic weight loss.
Last week, fans begged the former glamour model to get help after she was pictured looking ‘worryingly thin’ while reuniting with daughter Princess for a shopping trip.
Speaking on the latest episode of her podcast The Katie Price Show, Katie told her sister Sophie that she is now having tests to get answers to her recent weight loss.
Katie’s relatives are said to be ‘worried’ that things are moving too fast, particularly as they have yet to meet Lee.
A source told The Sun: ‘The family found out about the engagement on Instagram – they were stunned.
Last week fans begged the former glamour model to get help after she was pictured looking ‘worryingly thin’ while reuniting with daughter Princess for a shopping trip
They added: ‘Katie’s family are so worried as it’s all happening so fast. They were upset when she split with JJ and now they haven’t even met this new man and she’s engaged.’
Sources told Daily Mail that the engagement news also came as a complete shock to her ex JJ, who is currently in Miami with his family and has been ‘healing his broken heart’.
Last week, the Daily Mail revealed that Katie ended her romance with the MAFS UK star after realising she didn’t see a future with him.
Insiders say cracks in their relationship had become ‘too obvious to ignore’ in recent months, despite Katie insisting they were going strong.
They began dating in February 2024, after JJ rose to fame on E4’s MAFS UK. Katie even spoke of having a child together, her sixth, but in the end, it wasn’t meant to be.
A source previously told the Daily Mail: ‘Katie has had doubts for some time about whether JJ is husband material, but she hoped those concerns would fade.
‘Instead, her fears only grew, and she’s now accepted the relationship will not end with her walking down the aisle for a fourth time.
‘JJ was left disappointed and has already packed his bags and moved back to his home in Essex.
‘He genuinely saw a future with Katie, but it seems she ultimately had a very different outlook.’
The Daily Mail contacted Katie and JJ’s representatives for comment at the time.
Last Wednesday, Katie broke her silence on her split when she shared a cryptic post about meeting the ‘right person’.
Katie’s husband is twice-married man, Lee, who claims to be a multimillionaire – and called his PT ex-wife ‘the perfect woman’ just 18 months ago
The model announced her split from MAFS star JJ just weeks ago (pictured together in March 2024)
Sharing an update to her Instagram Story, she posted a series of poems and quotes about soulmates and relationships.
The first, from Mike Poetry, read: ‘They say falling in love takes time. But it’s not true. Falling in love only takes the right person – the one who knows exactly what you need, without having to ask.’
Another post was about recognising your soulmate and the ‘divine’ signs a person will notice when they meet them.
Finally, Katie shared another quote which read: ‘My mum always says when you meet the male version of yourself is when you meet the love of your life.’
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