‘Gossip Lady’ Alum Ed Westwick Marries Actress Amy Jackson in Italy Marriage ceremony (Unique)

Ed Westwick and Amy Jackson are married.

After tying the knot throughout a small civil ceremony at The Connaught Resort in London on Aug. 9, the Gossip Lady alum, 37, and the actress, 32, stated “I do” for a second time on Saturday, Aug. 24, in a vacation spot marriage ceremony in Italy.

The couple invited 220 friends, who traveled from the U.S., India and varied components of Europe, to affix them for a three-day-long celebration on the Amalfi Coast. Jackson tells PEOPLE the picturesque area was “the proper place” to host their nuptials, citing its “timeless romance and classic attraction.”

“We needed a marriage spot that was not solely naturally lovely, surrounded by the ocean, hills and vineyards, but additionally distinctive, and we discovered simply that,” the Supergirl star provides.

Visitors included Westwick’s former Gossip Lady costar Kelly Rutherford, mannequin and actress Daisy Lowe, comic and actor Jack Whitehall and his accomplice Roxy Horner, movie producer Mohammed Al Turki and cosmetics mogul Dr. Barbara Sturm.

The festivities kicked off on Friday, Aug. 23, with a sundown cruise on the Motonave Patrizia. “We sailed alongside the shoreline of Ravello, Positano and Sorrento after which anchored at Capri for a dip [in the sea] because the solar set behind the Faraglioni rocks,” says Jackson.

Trying to seize the nostalgic glamour of Capri’s golden period, the cruise featured blue-and-white décor and dwell Italian music. The couple and their friends sipped on Bellinis and loved a menu of Neapolitan-inspired delicacies — overseen by Michelin-starred chef Salvatore Iazzetta of Ristorante Rear in Naples — together with sushi ready contemporary onboard by Vero Omakase.

Iazzetta’s menu featured starters equivalent to zucchine alla scapece (zucchini with mint) and melanzane a funghetto (eggplant, tomato and basil); avenue meals together with pasta fritters and deep-fried arancini; citrus risotto and raviolo with cacio ricotta cheese as entrées; and desserts equivalent to contemporary fruit and delizia al limone (lemon sponge cake).

On Saturday, the couple — who labored with marriage ceremony planning agency Bianco Bouquet, in addition to concierge service Elite Villas — held their ceremony on the historic Castello di Rocca, nestled within the hills and providing sweeping views of the ocean. “It was the proper setting, providing old-world attraction and the perfect backdrop for the basic kinds of our Italian designers Giorgio Armani and Alberta Ferretti,” says Jackson.

To infuse a way of dwelling into their special occasion, they stuffed the Sixteenth-century venue with flower preparations and different flora, with assist from Federica Sottili of The Blonde Flower.

“We just lately moved into our new dwelling within the British countryside, and our backyard brings us a lot happiness and peace. We needed to recreate that enchanted backyard really feel for our ceremony,” Jackson notes.

Sottili lined the aisle with white cherry bushes surrounded by white roses, making the pathway “really feel like a secret backyard,” Jackson says, noting, “Strolling down the aisle felt like moving into an enchanted world.”

Jackson’s 4-year-old son, Andreas — whom she shares with ex Andreas Panayiotou — served as Westwick’s greatest man, together with the actor’s buddy Mike. The trio made their stroll to the James Brown hit “I Received You (I Really feel Good),” carried out by a string quartet.

“We each needed [Andreas] to be an integral a part of this particular second,” Westwick — who wore an Armani tuxedo with a white jacket and black pants — tells PEOPLE. “He walked down the aisle with me, carried the rings and waited for his mom with me.”

Provides Jackson, “I believe it’s a very lovely solution to honor their bond and ensure he feels a part of our celebration.”

The bride — who made her manner down the aisle accompanied by flower ladies to her favourite music, “Nuvole Bianche” by Ludovico Einaudi — wore a custom-made robe by Italian designer Alberta Ferretti, with whom Jackson has collaborated for years. The robe was produced from a light-weight and ethereal mikado material, superb for the Italian summer season warmth.

“The gown Alberta created made me really feel like the very best model of myself, indulging my hopeless romantic aspect for the day,” Jackson says, earlier than sharing a favourite element of her bridal look. “The 15-foot hand-embroidered veil introduced me to tears after I first noticed it.”

For the reception, Jackson donned a re-examination by Pronovias Atelier, impressed by her love for the French couturier Madame Grès’ draped, sculptural designs. “By combining a contemporary embellished corset and diamond rain-like gloves with classic components, [it’s] the proper fusion of previous and current,” Jackson says of the gown.

Since she and Westwick did conventional vows at their London ceremony, they took this event to recite handwritten vows to one another. “It felt like the proper solution to share our love story,” Jackson explains. “Utilizing our personal phrases allowed us to make private guarantees for our future, and in addition look again on our journey collectively to this point.”

“Even among the many 220 friends, it felt prefer it was simply us two within the room,” she provides.

After sealing issues with a kiss, the newlyweds exited the ceremony to Stevie Marvel’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered,” with their family members dancing down the aisle behind them.

After the ceremony, everybody placed on slippers and paraded across the fort partitions, led by flag bearers and musicians. “There was limoncello, dancing, singing and whole organized chaos,” the actress jokes.

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The reception kicked off with an apertivo that includes a sequence of dwell cooking stations — all the things from an oyster bar and a vegetarian nook to a friggitoria part serving up fried pizzas with tomato, basil and parmesan. Jackson and Westwick regionally sourced the wine from the Villa Matilde Avallone vineyard in Cellole. Non-alcoholic champagne from Johnson Reserve was additionally served.

“Nice foods and drinks was a biggie for us — we needed our friends to go away full and joyful,” Westwick notes, including, “We additionally needed to embrace the seasonal produce of the Amalfi Coast and have a novel menu typical of the area.”

A seated dinner adopted, beginning with a pasta primi course of gnocchetti with asparagus and a guanciale, date and caciocavallo fondue, in addition to Neapolitan-style escarole with restricted anchovy sauce and black truffle. For the principle course, friends loved snapper with scampi and clam guazzetto sauce.

“It was a feast that really celebrated the wealthy flavors of Italian delicacies,” says Westwick.

Along with an array of desserts, pastry chef Damiano Carrara made the couple’s decadent, five-tier marriage ceremony cake layer that includes a layer of white chocolate and candied roses, adopted by a vanilla Bavarian cream layer. The bottom was a pâte à choux biscuit, topped with a lychee mousse and completed with a raspberry gelée.

In a particular contact to honor Westwick’s late mom and father, Carole and Peter, Carrara additionally created an assortment of strawberry and meringue-inspired goodies, their favourite deal with. The confections have been nestled into bins engraved with Carole and Peter’s names and given to every visitor as a favor.

“I do know they’re up there trying down on us and I needed to have them concerned indirectly,” Westwick says of his mother and father.

After dinner, the bride and groom took to the dance ground for his or her first dance, set to the Frank Sinatra basic “Fly Me to the Moon” — but it surely was very short-lived. “The bridesmaids have been briefed to crash our first dance after 60 seconds. We managed to get our strikes in throughout that point — something longer would have been entertaining for all of the incorrect causes!” Jackson recounts.

Westwick’s buddy and For You band member Hans Kristian Nordin then remixed the Sinatra music and segued the music to “Dancing within the Moonlight” so everybody might take part and dance alongside.

The marriage weekend capped off on Sunday, Aug. 25, with a farewell brunch on the Giardini del Fuenti seashore membership within the city of Vietri sul Mare. The event was all about “kicking again and enjoyable,” Amy says, sharing that the group loved a family-style Italian meal “below the lemon bushes adopted by a day of sunbathing and taking within the lovely view.”

Chef Ciro Oliva of the well-known Naples pizzeria Concettina ai Tre Santi ready an assortment of pizzas and different native fare. The meal completed on a candy be aware: “To high all of it off, we had probably the most insane freshly made donut. An ideal deal with ready proper in entrance of us,” Jackson says.

In the course of the brunch, the membership’s pool space was decked out with “Westwick marriage ceremony” floats, and a gaggle of performers strolled the gardens and sang, danced and performed musical devices.

All in all, Jackson says the occasion was “the proper farewell” to their family members following an unforgettable weekend spent celebrating collectively. “We laughed and ate all afternoon till the solar set,” she reminisces.

As they replicate on their Italian marriage ceremony, the couple — who first met in 2021 and obtained engaged in Gstaad, Switzerland, in January 2024 — tells PEOPLE they’re trying ahead to married life and experiencing much more adventures collectively.

“For me, [marrying Westwick] means having a life accomplice to journey with, to share love and assist, to create an exquisite household and to have one another’s backs all through all of life’s moments,” Jackson says. “It is about constructing a future collectively and creating countless reminiscences, realizing that we’re a crew via all of it.”

“This all represents a brand new degree of power for a brand new journey — the very best one you may presumably have,” Westwick says, including of his new spouse: “I spent my life questioning who she could be, after which I discovered her.”

The pair additionally hopes to develop “their little household” someday sooner or later.

Says Jackson, “I like how Ed is with my son Andreas, and I am unable to wait to see him as a father in the future too.”

The 2 had deliberate to whisk away on a honeymoon to Kenya, however they needed to put these plans on the again burner as Westwick begins filming his new present, Sandokan, instantly after the marriage.

“After we do go, the journey might be so superb,” the actor says. “We like nature and wildlife, and to witness this unbelievable location we haven’t been to earlier than might be sensational. An actual bucket listing journey for us.”

Jackson jokingly guarantees, “I gained’t be letting the honeymoon slide. Having Ed to myself for per week is my first request as Mrs, Westwick.”