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Idris Elba just got married in a stunning three-day Moroccan ceremony

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Idris Elba arrives with Sabrina Dhowre for the royal wedding in May 2018. GARETH FULLER/AFP/Getty Images
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Idris Elba has married Sabrina Dhowre as part of a three-day celebration in Morocco.

The British actor and DJ married his beauty queen fiancée on Friday at Marrakesh's Ksar Char Bagh hotel, and photos captured by British Vogue reveal details of the stunning event.

 

Read more: 7 things to know about actor and DJ Idris Elba

British Vogue reported that Elba wore a bespoke suit by Ozwald Boateng while Dhowre, a model and former Miss Vancouver, wore two custom dresses designed by Vera Wang on the day.

 

Her dress for the wedding ceremony itself was white with an off-the shoulder, A-line design, and she later changed into a "V-neck style embroidered dress with pearls and gemstones and finished with couture lace."

Family and friends were treated to two other nights of celebration. On Thursday, guests went to a dinner themed after the local souk maketplace. And a festival-style party will be thrown at the Mandarin Oriental on Saturday, the day after the wedding, where all guests will have to wear white, according to British Vogue.

Elba proposed to Dhowre at a screening of his film "Yardie" in London in February 2018.

The couple began dating in 2017, after they met while Elba was filming "The Mountain Between Us" in Canada.

The marriage is bound to break a few hearts: Elba was named People's "Sexiest Man Alive" in late 2018.

Elba, a Golden Globes and SAG awards winner, has appeared in several franchises, like "Avengers" and "Star Trek," and has DJed at Coachella and at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding.

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