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Taika Waititi and Rita Ora have reportedly tied the knot.

According to a close source, the couple wed in an intimate ceremony in London, surrounded by family and friends.

"It was a really intimate ceremony and super special for everyone there. Their nearest and dearest can see how madly in love they are," the source told The Sun.

"Despite living in the spotlight, Rita is determined to keep the relationship as private as possible and didn't want to make a big song and dance about the wedding."

The singer, 31, was recently spotted wearing a gold band on her wedding finger. She has also reportedly changed her surname and will now be known as Mrs Waititi-Ora.

Another source previously shared why they decided to do something low-key.

"This isn’t about them doing a big showy thing and crowing about it beforehand. It’s just about them being in love and deciding the time is right to formalise their relationship," they told The Sun.

The source added: "They didn’t do a whole, 'Will you marry me?' thing and an Instagram post.

"There’s no ring or big build-up. They just got closer and closer and eventually said to each other almost simultaneously, 'I want to marry you.'"

While neither have publically announced the news, Waititi often mentioned"how he's going to be [Ora's] first and last husband".

The couple - who started dating in March 2021 - rarely comment on their relationship, with Waititi recently ending an interview abruptly when a TV host asked about an upcoming wedding.

During an appearance on UK's This Morning with Chris Evans to promote their new movieLightyear, presenter Philip Schofield congratulated Evans on his birthday before asking Waititi: "Are there wedding bells?"

Waititi avoided the question as best he could.

"You can congratulate me! It's in August! Let's talk about my birthday!" he said, before pretending to have earpiece issues.

"What? Sorry, you're breaking up, nope, gone!" he added, tossing the earpiece out and effectively ending the interview.

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Earlier this year, Waititi was in Sydney promotingThor: Love and Thunderwith Chris Hemsworth.

But while the Kiwi director is having his moment, it's taken him decades to get here.

Born to a Russian-Jewish mother and Māori father, Taika Waititi lived between Raukokore in the Bay of Plenty, and Wellington, New Zealand, as a child.

"The woman is Robin [Cohen]... and she was a schoolteacher. And the guy next to her, his name is Taika, and he's a farmer and an artist," the 46-year-old said while showing a photo of his parents during a 2016 TED Talk.

"And they met and then, a few drinks later, they gave birth to a beautiful Asian daughter called Taika," he jokingly added.

Waititi's father - a founding member of the NZ motorcycle group, Satan's Slaves - had spent time in and out of prison. It was when he was inside that Waititi's mother met him, bringing in books for the inmates to read on a charity visit.

"[It was] the most improbable match you could imagine," the director told Wired. "I can’t envision what their conversations would have been like."

His parents divorced when he was five.

Charlotte Begg

Head of Audience Revenue

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