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RAY OF LIGHT

In a 2017 interview with American magazine Essence, Idris Elba broke the hearts of eligible bachelorettes everywhere by saying he wouldn’t get married again.

“Marriage is an institution of sorts. And I’ve done it. It’s not for everybody. It’s not my life’s calling,” acknowledged the British actor, DJ and People magazine’s 2018 Sexiest Man Alive. But then images began to surface of Elba spending time with a stunning Canadian woman he’d met in Vancouver while filming The Mountain Between Us. The questions soon followed: Who is she? And will she change the actor’s mind about marriage?

In February 2018, Elba popped the question. He and Sabrina Dhowre, the beautiful Canadian, were engaged to get married in Morocco theEdward Enninful of the wedding he put on the cover in July 2019. It’s a daunting prospect to live up to in this day and age, not least in the public eye. But Dhowre, who’s not lost her post-wedding glow (and probably never will), trusts in love.

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