Lorraine Stanley, a former EastEnders regular, has revealed that her forthcoming wedding to Mark Perez will be “low-key” and involving just one of her former cast members.
Former EastEnders stalwart Lorraine Stanley – who played Karen Taylor, the lovable yet perpetually dishevelled mum on the BBC soap from 2017 to 2024 has lost 6½st over two years, and has never looked better, as she opens up about tying the knot this month. Lorraine, who has nine-year-old daughter Nancy with her fiancé Mark Perez, shares her excitement about her Big Day with her partner of 12 years after a two-year engagement, including a very special guest – and the adorable role for her daughter, 9.
Opening up excitedly about her impending nuptials, the telly star says: “Yes, it’s very exciting! I’m getting married to my partner in a ceremony local to where we live in Hertfordshire. It’s going to be low-key. From my EastEnders gang, Danny Walters is coming. I wanted them all to come, but we’re just having a small, intimate wedding at a church, then a pub with a tepee and barbecue.”
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Nancy, the couple’s daughter, could also make the jaw-dropping entrance to the ceremony, according to Lorraine, who acknowledges that she is also the one wearing the “big wedding dress” or “flower girl dress.” Really, that’s modest. But I’m so excited. After dating for 12 years, Mark and I just felt like a long time.
She goes on to explain why the pair decided to make the announcement after so many years, saying, “We’re just in a really good place. Every couple goes through its ups and downs, you know, but we’re happy because it feels right. I wanted his surname, but Nancy requested that we get married, even though I know some women do not. Mrs. Perez is what I want to be. Given that we both have different surnames on our passports, I was asked if Nancy was my daughter after spending a few trips abroad. However, love is at the center of everything.
Eplaining their special chemistry, she confesses: “We’ve got an understanding, we respect each other. We give each other space, we’ve got our own lives. He’s the best father. He’s in marketing, so nothing to do with my world, though I think he could be an actor – he can be quite dramatic at times!”
It’s not the only big event coming up, though. Lorraine turns the big 50 next year, but says she won’t be doing anything crazy to celebrate the milestone. I have the wedding this year so…. no, I won’t have a big showbiz bash. We might go to Disney World Florida. We’ll see.”
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