Scotland football star Caroline Weir has tied the knot with her fiance Josh Emerson, in a stunning ceremony set in the French Riviera.
The Real Madrid player, 29, was surrounded by her loved ones – including Lioness pals Lauren Hemp and Laura Coombs – as she married her beau in a weekend of festivities.
Starting on Friday June 21, the celebrations saw Caroline don a host of stunning bridal outfits as the pair wed in the picturesque surroundings of the Côte d’Azur – where Josh grew up after his family relocated from Edinburgh when he was 10.
The couple legally wed in the town hall on the Friday before a church ceremony on Saturday in Eglise Collégiale de Saint-Paul de Vence.
‘I didn’t expect to feel as emotional as I did, but that moment really got me,’ Josh told Hello! of seeing his wife in her wedding dress. ‘I had to catch my breath as she walked up the aisle.’
Scotland football star Caroline Weir has tied the knot with her fiance Josh Emerson, in a stunning ceremony set in the French Riviera in June (Pictured together in December)
The Real Madrid player, 29, was surrounded by her loved ones – including Lioness pals Lauren Hemp and Laura Coombs – as she married her beau in a weekend of festivities (Pictured playing for Scotland in October 2022)
The couple were joined by 70 of the nearest and dearest for the weekend of nuptials, including Lionesses Lauren and Laura and Liverpool’s Gemma Bonner.
Scottish midfielder Caroline, who has also played for Manchester City and Liverpool, sported a trendy white jumpsuit for the civil ceremony on the Friday.
Then for the church ceremony, she donned a Pronovias Madrid gown with bead-adorned sleeves and back, with a white gold jewellery set from Edinburgh store Hamilton & Inches.
Caroline who is from Dunfermline, felt ‘very special in her gown and said of the day: ‘We’re buzzing; we’re still on a high.’
In 2022, Caroline spoke out about progress in women’s football and how it is still behind where it needs to be.
‘The game has come a long way and I feel really fortunate to be in the position I am in and that we play professionally,’ she told MailOnline.
‘But I do think there is still a need for perceptions to change on a wider scale. Women’s sport is a reflection of society as a whole. We are a way behind in terms of getting respect more widespread.’
Starting on Friday June 21, the celebrations saw Caroline don a host of stunning bridal outfits as the pair wed in the picturesque surroundings of the Côte d’Azur – where Josh grew up after his family relocated from Edinburgh when he was 10 (Pictured in June 2023)
Scottish midfielder Caroline, who has also played for Manchester City and Liverpool, sported a trendy white jumpsuit for the civil ceremony on the Friday (Pictured playing for Man City in May 2022)
‘I didn’t expect to feel as emotional as I did, but that moment really got me,’ Josh told Hello! of seeing his wife in her wedding dress. ‘I had to catch my breath as she walked up the aisle’ (Pictured in April)
‘There is quite a bit of work still to be done. One of the big things that has helped this season is the TV deal in the WSL. I have felt the change that that accessibility has brought. That is quite a sudden change that I have not necessarily felt in other seasons.
She added: ‘Women’s football is starting to become more mainstream. If people know you play football for Manchester City, they are interested. It’s quite a shallow thing but on social media, we all have big followings now. We are seen in a slightly different way.
‘The balance of power seems to have shifted a bit towards the players in the women’s game. I have felt like that, in terms of feeling comfortable to ask for things, not just settling for what we are given, not so much here at City, but with the national team. I think that’s a shift in women across the board being comfortable pushing boundaries.
Caroline who is from Dunfermline, felt ‘very special in her gown and said of the day: ‘We’re buzzing; we’re still on a high’ (Pictured playing for Scotland in April 2022)
‘In the national team, there is a feeling that as female athletes we are striving to make things better and we are comfortable to ask for those things instead of just being quiet.
A social media phenomenon because of the outstanding goals she keeps scoring, Caroline is the personification of how the profile of elite women’s footballers is changing and growing all the time.
‘Social media rules the world,’ she said.
‘If you can clip a 10-second video and put it on Twitter or Instagram, that is what people are going to watch.’
