Take That's Mark Owen marries Emma Ferguson

Take That's Mark Owen marries Emma Ferguson
Take That's Mark Owen marries Emma Ferguson (Image credit: PA)

Take That singer Mark Owen tied the knot with his actress girlfriend Emma Ferguson on Sunday. The couple, who have two children, toddler Elwood and Willow Rose, who was born last November, married at Cawdor Parish Church in the town of Cawdor, near Nairn, in the Scottish Highlands. Mark arrived with fellow Take That members Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Jason Orange. The band stopped to wave to fans outside the church who had waited up to six hours to see them. The bandmates all wore black tuxedos with white ties and red roses in their buttonholes. The wedding has reportedly taken two years to plan. It is understood the couple chose the remote Scottish location as they have enjoyed happy holidays in the area. Wearing a white V-neck fitted gown, embellished with crystals, Emma arrived at Cawdor Parish Church 25 minutes late. Encircled by a flurry of photographers, Emma was assisted into the church by at least two bridesmaids who were also wearing white. Wearing an antique-style veil which flowed past her shoulders, the bride smiled and waved as the crowd outside the church let out a roar of cheering and applause. Take That will be hosting a special concert in aid of BBC Children in Need at the Royal Albert Hall on Thursday November 12. The concert will be shown on BBC One on Thursday November 19, ahead of Children in Need night on November 20.

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.