Actor and television presenter Stephen Fry has married his partner Elliott Spencer, he has revealed on Twitter.
The 57-year-old QI host posted a picture for his 8.5 million Twitter followers, showing him and his 27-year-old partner signing a marriage register.
Gosh. @ElliottGSpencer and I go into a room as two people, sign a book and leave as one. Amazing. pic.twitter.com/bPDQD5WQoB
— Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) January 17, 2015
Fry's former comedy partner, House star Hugh Laurie, tweeted his congratulations.
Bloody hell it's happened! @ElliottGSpencer has made an honest man of m'col. Love and happiness to all!!
— Hugh Laurie (@hughlaurie) January 17, 2015
The wedding comes 11 days after it emerged that the couple planned to marry.
The comedian gave formal notice to wed at a register office in Dereham, Norfolk, near where he grew up.
According to documents on display in Norwich, the wedding was due to take place in the Breckland Business Centre, which houses the register office. Fry gave his occupation as "actor" while Mr Spencer was described as a writer.
After the nuptials plan was revealed, Fry tweeted that he had hoped for a private wedding, adding: "Fat chance."
