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Les Dennis marries

TV presenter and stage star Les Dennis has married his girlfriend Claire Nicholson at a London ceremony.

Family and friends attended the event on Monday which marked the third time that former 'Family Fortunes' host has tied the knot.

Dennis, 56, divorced from his first wife, Lynne Webster, in 1990 and married Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden in 1995.

A spokeswoman for Dennis said: "It was a wonderful occasion. Les and Claire looked sublimely happy and everyone thoroughly enjoyed the day."

The newly wed couple's 19-month-old daughter, Eleanor, acted as a flower girl at the ceremony.

Stars who attended the event included Michelle Collins, Lionel Blair and Loose Women presenters Carol McGiffin, Sherrie Hewson and Denise Welch, among others. Dennis refused offers from magazines to photograph the marriage.

Dennis has been seen in the public eye as an unlucky in love star after his second wife, Amanda Holden, had an affair with 'Men Behaving Badly' star Neil Morrissey.

As the seven-year marriage expired, Dennis appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in 2002 and broke down. However, recently he stated: "People still like to think of me as sad, lonely Les, but I'm not. I'm now the happiest and most contented I've ever been in my life. The past is a foreign country; people do things differently there."