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Ricki-Lee shares photos of her her "secret" wedding. One that actually happened.

“It was magical, absolutely a dream come true, the greatest day of my life.”

UPDATE: 

A week after New Idea published a selection of photos of Ricki-Lee Coulter’s wedding and sold them in newsstands across Australia, the former Australian Idol contestant is now free to upload photos of her own wedding onto her social media channels.

She started with a totally candid/not at all posed photo of her and Rich, who is definitely her manager and not her personal trainer, as she pointed out in the romantic and very long caption.

There is a common misconception that has been going on for 6 years now…and I feel like if I don't say something, it will continue forever. My husband Rich, is not a Personal Trainer – he is my manager. And he has been since 2010. In almost every article I have seen written about me…Rich is referred to as a Personal Trainer, which he isn't. And that we met at his personal training studio. Which we didn't. We met in 2009 in a bar in Melbourne at 1am & I was standing on a table skulling a jug of beer… cos that's the kind of classy girl I am! Haha I'm not sure if people know what a manager actually does – so I'll try and put it in a nutshell for you. EVERYTHING I do – he sets up & makes it all happen. Whether it be a single or album release, a music video, a live show, a tour, a TV show, a photo shoot, TV & radio or magazine or press interviews, appearances & songwriting sessions. Everyday he's dealing with the huge team of people we work with on so many different things. Whether it be my record label, the marketing & publicity teams, my co-writers & producers from all around the world, mixing engineers, my publisher, my booking agent, my band & dancers, sound & lighting techs, my tour manager, video directors, photographers, hair & make up artists & stylists. He's the one pulling it all together. It's a huge job with so many moving parts & everything he does behind the scenes makes it possible for me to have the freedom to do what I want as an artist and focus on being the best I can be. And on top of all that…I can't even begin to explain how much he motivates and inspires me creatively very single day. So when I see him referred to as a personal trainer – it's SO wrong it's not even funny. It's lazy journalism and it's incorrect. And I feel like it discredits everything he has been a part of creating – & everything he does on a daily basis. So please – to the people who keep writing it, stop with the Personal Trainer tag. Rich is my manager. And a great manager at that with a great reputation in this business. I'd like him to get the credit he deserves. It's been 5 years now, it had to be said. I hope you all understand. xxx @blacklabelentertainment

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Then she followed this up with a stunning, close-up photo of her ridiculously beautiful face and wedding dress.

Ricki-Lee and Rich’s friends have also started uploading their brilliantly picturesque photos from the wedding. And all we can say is – it was worth the week-long wait.

Click through the gallery below for more social media photos of the wedding.

Congrats, Ricki. You make a beautiful, happy bride.

Mamamia previously wrote… 

There was another super secret celebrity wedding over the last week that no one was invited to.

Australian Idol alum/former radio host/former Dancing With The Stars contestant Ricki-Lee Coulter flew to Paris to marry her long-term partner, Richard Harrison, who she calls Rich.

Ricki-Lee and Rich. Image via Instagram.

Ricki-Lee, 29, and Rich, who is also her manager, have been together for six years and engaged since 2013. Ricki-Lee had previously spoken about her desire to run off to France for an intimate wedding. So when she started posting photos from the Eiffel Tower, it was pretty obvious what was going on.

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Ricki-Lee invited 27 of her closest friends and family, along with a photographer from New Idea, to her very intimate day.

The wedding took place at a castle – as you do – and it was pretty magnificent, according to Ricki-Lee.

Ricki-Lee in one of the photos she has shared of her European holiday/wedding. Image via Instagram.

There was French champagne, a three-course meal, and a wedding waltz that included Ricki-Lee serenading Richard as they danced.

“I wish we could have frozen time to stay in that moment,” she told New Idea.

“It was magical, absolutely a dream come true, the greatest day of my life.

“You know, we soaked up every moment and it was amazing, but time flew past. One minute, we were walking down the aisle, and the next minute, it was 4:30am and we were still dancing, kicking up our heels and flicking our hair!”

While she hasn’t shared photos of the wedding on her Instagram yet (we’re holding out hope they won’t be too far away) she is on the cover of New Idea in her ridiculously beautiful custom made dress by Joanna Johnson.

Ricki-Lee in her custom made wedding dress.

Ricki-Lee was previously married to Queensland builder Jamie Babbington, who she began dating at the age of 15. They divorced in 2008.

For more photos of Ricki-Lee and Rich, click through the gallery below.

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