• Britney Spears and Sam Asghari at the Glaad Media Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in April 2018. Getty Images
    Britney Spears and Sam Asghari at the Glaad Media Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in April 2018. Getty Images
  • Britney Spears and Sam Asghari, with her sons Sean Federline and Jayden James Federline, attend a basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors in November 2017. Getty Images
    Britney Spears and Sam Asghari, with her sons Sean Federline and Jayden James Federline, attend a basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors in November 2017. Getty Images
  • Britney Spears and Sam Asghari arrive at the premiere of Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood at the TCL Chinese Theatre in July 2019. AFP
    Britney Spears and Sam Asghari arrive at the premiere of Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood at the TCL Chinese Theatre in July 2019. AFP
  • Britney Spears and Sam Asghari attend the 2019 Daytime Beauty Awards. AFP
    Britney Spears and Sam Asghari attend the 2019 Daytime Beauty Awards. AFP
  • Sam Asghari wearing Zuhair Murad's Rise from the Ashes T-shirt in August 2020. Sam Asghari / Instagram
    Sam Asghari wearing Zuhair Murad's Rise from the Ashes T-shirt in August 2020. Sam Asghari / Instagram
  • Sam Asghari in Britney Spears's 2016 Slumber Party video. YouTube
    Sam Asghari in Britney Spears's 2016 Slumber Party video. YouTube
  • Sam Asghari and Camila Cabello in Fifth Harmony's Work From Home video in February 2016. YouTube
    Sam Asghari and Camila Cabello in Fifth Harmony's Work From Home video in February 2016. YouTube
  • Britney Spears and Sam Asghari in January 2020. Sam Asghari / Instagram
    Britney Spears and Sam Asghari in January 2020. Sam Asghari / Instagram
  • Sam Asghari as a child, with his parents. Instagram / Sam Asghari
    Sam Asghari as a child, with his parents. Instagram / Sam Asghari
  • Sam Asghari attends the Can You Keep A Secret? premiere in August 2019. Getty Images
    Sam Asghari attends the Can You Keep A Secret? premiere in August 2019. Getty Images

Britney Spears and Sam Asghari share first wedding video


Evelyn Lau
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Britney Spears and new husband Sam Asghari have taken to Instagram to share a video from inside their California home wedding.

In a 44-second clip, set to Haley Reinhart’s cover of Can’t Help Falling in Love, we’re first introduced to a sketch from Donatella Versace of the couple ahead of their wedding before we’re shown shots of Spears and Asghari getting ready for the big day — both of whom were dressed by Versace.

We then see Spears, donning a custom off-the-shoulder white Versace dress with a long train, in a white carriage with a white horse before the scene cuts to a visibly emotional Asghari exchanging vows with Spears.

The couple then walk hand-in-hand down the to cheering family and friends.

The rest of the clip shows the pair smiling and kissing before heading into a white car with a “just married” sign on the back.

The post is simply captioned, "Fairytales are real".

The wedding took place at Spears's 12,464-square-foot Thousand Oaks, California home. Celebrity friends in attendance included Versace, Madonna, Paris Hilton, Selena Gomez and Drew Barrymore.

Spears wrote that she had a panic attack before getting it together ahead of the big day.

"The crew who created our home into literally a dream castle were fantastic !!! The ceremony was a dream and the party was even better 🎉 !!! So many incredible people came to our wedding and I’m still in shock," she posted on Instagram.

The event was not without controversy, after Spears's ex-husband Jason Alexander attempted to crash the wedding site.

Seven months ago, Spears was freed from a conservatorship that had prevented her from getting married.

Spears and Asghari have been together for five years. Asghari is a fitness professional, who has modelled in the past. He met Spears on the set of her Slumber Party video in 2016.

He was born in the Iranian capital Tehran, but moved to the US to be with his father when he was 12.

Owing to the US immigration process, his family was not able to move together.

In April, the pair announced they were expecting a baby, however one month later Spears revealed she'd had a miscarriage.

Scroll the gallery below to see inside Britney Spears's $14 million Thousand Oaks, California home.

  • Britney Spears's home in Thousand Oaks, California. All photos: Engel & Volkers
    Britney Spears's home in Thousand Oaks, California. All photos: Engel & Volkers
  • The property sits on the top of a hill.
    The property sits on the top of a hill.
  • A statement chandelier hangs in the kitchen.
    A statement chandelier hangs in the kitchen.
  • The house has an infinity pool and spa.
    The house has an infinity pool and spa.
  • The home is designed in Italian neoclassical style.
    The home is designed in Italian neoclassical style.
  • The property's expansive views.
    The property's expansive views.
  • The wood-panelled library.
    The wood-panelled library.
  • The gated property sits within the exclusive White Stallion Estates community.
    The gated property sits within the exclusive White Stallion Estates community.
  • One of the living rooms.
    One of the living rooms.
  • The entrance foyer.
    The entrance foyer.
  • The lavish and leafy gardens.
    The lavish and leafy gardens.
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1971 Abu Dhabi National Oil Company established

1980 Ruwais Housing Complex built, located 10 kilometres away from industrial plants

1982 120,000 bpd capacity Ruwais refinery complex officially inaugurated by the founder of the UAE Sheikh Zayed

1984 Second phase of Ruwais Housing Complex built. Today the 7,000-unit complex houses some 24,000 people.  

1985 The refinery is expanded with the commissioning of a 27,000 b/d hydro cracker complex

2009 Plans announced to build $1.2 billion fertilizer plant in Ruwais, producing urea

2010 Adnoc awards $10bn contracts for expansion of Ruwais refinery, to double capacity from 415,000 bpd

2014 Ruwais 261-outlet shopping mall opens

2014 Production starts at newly expanded Ruwais refinery, providing jet fuel and diesel and allowing the UAE to be self-sufficient for petrol supplies

2014 Etihad Rail begins transportation of sulphur from Shah and Habshan to Ruwais for export

2017 Aldar Academies to operate Adnoc’s schools including in Ruwais from September. Eight schools operate in total within the housing complex.

2018 Adnoc announces plans to invest $3.1 billion on upgrading its Ruwais refinery 

2018 NMC Healthcare selected to manage operations of Ruwais Hospital

2018 Adnoc announces new downstream strategy at event in Abu Dhabi on May 13

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