Katie Price met her fourth husband Lee Andrews DAYS before their wedding in Dubai and bought rings before EVEN meeting – as her ‘family are horrified by wedding’

Katie Price met her new husband Lee Andrews just days before their wedding, it has been revealed. 

The former glamour model, 47, is said to have left her family ‘completely horrified’ after she tied the knot for a fourth time to the businessman in Dubai on Saturday. 

Announcing the news, Katie said they bought their wedding rings – hers a diamond Cartier band – before even meeting Lee. 

The TV star connected with Lee, originally from Manchester, on social media, before she flew out to Dubai – with her family said to be ‘blindsided’ by the whirlwind romance, which comes just days after her split from JJ Slater, 32, was reported. 

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.’ 

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.

The 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.

Reacting to the photos, Katie said: ‘I know I look gaunt, I look like I’m ill – hence why I’m going to the doctors tomorrow.’

‘I don’t know how many times I have to say to people, ‘Yes I know I’ve lost weight,’ and there’s obviously a reason, I said it to the doctor. We all know that we’re trying to sort it all out and as soon as I know then I’ll let everyone know.’

Katie added: ‘I just wanna put on weight, I really do but I’m just not. Everyone knows I eat – I eat anything that I want, I’ve never had a problem with what I eat.’

Earlier in the podcast Katie had revealed she had booked a doctors appointment and blood tests.

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.’

Sources told Daily Mail that the 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.