Ant McPartlin will celebrate his impending wedding in style at a prestigious members-only golf club with top man Declan Donnelly and a group of their closest friends.
A sprawling 18-hole course in the south of England will host the alcohol-free celebrations on Wednesday ahead of Ant’s wedding to 43-year-old Anne-Marie Corbett this summer, when Dec will again stand alongside his TV partner for three decades. to see him get married.
However, the Mirror reports that unlike her first stag in 2006, the now sober Ant will skip beers and swap drinks for links for a distinguished golf session in the sun.
This should contrast starkly with Ant’s first bachelorette party before his 2006 marriage to Lisa Armstrong, which got so out of hand that the host of I’m a Celebrity woke up in a McDonald’s dressed as a French maid. naughty.
Best man Dec had organized the legendary two-city booze to celebrate his companion’s last few weeks of freedom with a Monopoly-themed pub crawl across London with different disguises in each bar.
Two weeks later, they flew to Riga, the Latvian capital, and enjoyed a 12-hour drinking session.
Blaming Dec for the drunken antics, Ant said he was plotting his revenge ahead of his boyfriend’s bachelor party in 2015.
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He said at the time: “You know when you’ve been drinking all day and having that clear moment, and I came to dress as a French maid at McDonald’s just off Regent Street.
“It will be in that sense. Revenge is a dish best served cold. “
However, Ant quit alcohol in 2018 after his second stint in rehab.
A source told the Mirror: “Ant’s life has evolved from his and Dec’s roaring nights in the past. Now he just wants to spend a day golfing with his friends before giving them a slap in the face. He and up to 15 close friends, including Dec and entertainment star Jonathan Wilkes, will pass the course today before returning to the exclusive clubhouse for a four-course meal prepared by an experienced chef.
They will dine on seasonal, locally sourced specialties in their own private space, though social distancing measures mean they will have to sit at separate tables.
A dedicated event manager will ensure the smooth running of the party. Ant, 45, put the question to his former public assistant turned fiancée Anne-Marie over Christmas, kneeling down to ask her to be his wife over cream tea.
He is believed to have asked Dec, 45, to be his best man again this summer after their friendship took a hit after Ant’s alcohol shame in 2018.