Graziano di Prima marries long-term love Giada Lini

'Strictly Come Dancing' star Graziano di Prima has married his long-term love Giada Lini.

The 28-year-old dancer and Giada tied the knot in a traditional Catholic ceremony in Sicily, having previously postponed their wedding plans because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Graziano told OK! magazine: "I tried to be strong all day but I couldn't stop crying because of the love I feel for Giada. When I saw her arrive in the horse and carriage I started to cry. When she walked down the aisle towards me, I cried more.

"My mum was holding my elbow, squeezing it for support. It was more than I expected. I must have told her how beautiful she looked 50 or 60 times.

"The fact we were in Sicily, my town, after two years of postponing the wedding with all our family and our friends to witness - it was a feeling so strong."

Graziano and Giada first met in 2014, and he "fell in love instantly".

The TV star - who grew up in Sicily - said: "I was watching everything around me as though I was 10 years old again when I used to live here, but I'm a man now and I've married Giada. Since we met each other eight years ago, I knew she was the one – I fell in love instantly. She is the most extraordinary woman I have ever met."

After the ceremony, the loved-up couple and their 200 guests - which included fellow 'Strictly' stars Nadiya Bychkova, Karim Zeroual and Chizzy Akudolu - moved on to a local castle.

Giada said: "Graziano used to bring me to the castle gate when we first started dating and he didn't have a car, only a Vespa.

"I used to reach my hand inside the gate to see if we could get into the castle but it was always locked. We never imagined then that we’d have the money to rent it for our wedding. Sicily was the perfect location to remind us of how it all began."