Here comes the bride-to-be...it's Coleen in her curlers
When your wedding is costing £5million, you don't want to take any risk of your hair letting you down.
And if that means looking like Hilda Ogden, so be it.
Coleen McLoughlin emerged in curlers from her mother's house in Liverpool as she packed bags and cases into a car before leaving for her Italian wedding to footballer Wayne Rooney.
It is not her first such public appearance. She says: 'If I go to the hairdresser before a night out, I'll often leave the rollers in and take them out at home.
'I don't care what people think, as long as my hair looks good when I go out.
The couple, both 22, are to marry on Thursday at a 16thcentury villa on the Italian Riviera.
They have hired a £40million yacht, the Alysia, for three days at a cost of £300,000 and will use it to hold a reception for their 64 wedding guests.
Yesterday, the party flew to Nice, in the South of France, on five private jets, before sailing to Portofino on the Alysia.
Guests are staying at the £700-a-night five star Hotel Splendido while the future Mr and Mrs Rooney will spend their wedding night in the master suite on the yacht.
The footballer and his fiancée have splashed out £50,000 on the three-deck Alysia to follow the ceremony in a 16th century castle overlooking the Italian Rivera on Thursday.
"The main ceremony will be low-key and intimate, so they wanted a spectacular reception and afterparty," a source told the Daily Mirror.
"The yacht is the perfect party venue. It comes with a jacuzzi and helicopter pad.
"The yacht even boasts a baby grand piano which Wayne has joked he'll use to serenade his bride.
"At midnight fireworks will be released and guests will toast the newlyweds with pink champage."
The couple will exchange their vows at the Castello Brown, a 700-year-old former abbey.
The guests will then be transported to the yacht where they will be served a four course meal.
McLoughlin and Rooney's impending nuptials is the most expensive celebrity wedding deal ever to be signed by a glossy magazine.
The couple have signed a £2.5m deal with OK! and will be matching that figure from their own pockets.
Other costs include £400,000 to book McLoughlin’s favourite band, Westlife, to perform on the big day and £200,000 on her dress.
She has even spent £85,000 on trips to New York for dress fittings.
Five private jets will fly 64 guests from the UK to the four-day celebrations, which include a lunch aboard a luxury yacht, a masked ball and champagne breakfast every morning.
McLoughlin has cut some costs in the past week with a budget hen night in Tenerife.
While Rooney spent £250,000 on his four-day stag party in Ibiza, his bride-to-be favoured her aunt's modest flat, enjoying quiet nights in with her group of three friends
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