Holly Ramsay defends father Gordon's controversial wedding speech and jibes estranged Peaty family by saying HER family paid for honeymoon before sharing very odd snap with Beckhams
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Holly Ramsay has defended her father Gordon's speech at her wedding to Adam Peaty, saying she felt 'overwhelmed with happiness' during it.
The Olympian, 31, tied the knot with influencer Holly, 25, at Bath Abbey on December 27 with a reception following at the swanky Kin House - amid a bitter fallout with his family which saw his mother Caroline uninvited from proceedings.
Amid the drama chef Gordon, 59, waded in saying his wife Tana 'will be a good mum to them both'.
The Sun reported that in his father of the bride speech Gordon commented on how beautiful Holly looked and told Adam he was a 'lucky man', adding: 'Look at Tana and that's what you have to look forward to.'
The publication goes on to claim that Gordon couldn't resist a sly dig at Adam's absent parents he told his daughter Holly: 'Shame you don't have the same.'
In a new interview with British Vogue, Holly shared a photo of herself and Adam smiling and laughing during Gordon's speech.
Holly Ramsay has defended her father Gordon's speech at her wedding to Adam Peaty, saying she felt 'overwhelmed with happiness' during it
Gordon Ramsayreportedly made a brutal dig at his new son-in-law Adam Peaty's parents in the speech at his daughter Holly's wedding to the swimmer on Saturday
The photo was captioned: 'Listening to dad's speech, looking around the room and feeling overwhelmed with the love and the happiness on our guests' faces.'
In a jibe at the estranged Peaty family, Holly revealed that her parents paid for her and Adam's luxurious Honeymoon to Mauritius, saying it was their 'wedding present'.
She said: 'We're going to Mauritius to just lie by the sea – that was our wedding present from my parents. I had to tell Adam we weren't basing our honeymoon around a 25-metre pool…'
Holly shared numerous snaps of the wedding with the fashion publication, including a rather awkward one of Holly and Adam posing with her parents and David and Victoria Beckham.
With Adam's parents not in attendance at the wedding, they stood alongside the groom in the photo with Gordon and Tana alongside Holly.
Adam is thought to have not mentioned his family or parents in his speech, instead praising his swim coach Mel Marshall for being his 'everything', and for 'grounding and inspiring' him.
Holly divulged several details about the wedding, revealing she and Adam had their first dance to George Michael's A Different Corner, saying they had the song picked when they first began dating.
She also described her father-daughter dance with Gordon as 'so special'.
Holly shared numerous snaps of the wedding with the fashion publication, including a rather awkward one of Holly and Adam posing with her parents and David and Victoria Beckham
In a jibe at the estranged Peaty family, Holly revealed that her parents paid for her and Adam's luxurious honeymoon to Mauritius, saying it was their 'wedding present'
Holly described her father-daughter dance with Gordon as 'so special'
Unsurprisingly, chef Gordon was heavily involved in the food served on the big day and worked with the team at London's Savoy Grill to design the menu.
It was an emotional day for Gordon, with Holly the first of his and Tana's six children to tie the knot. Holly admitted he often welled up with tears whenever she spoke to him about the wedding in the weeks prior to the ceremony.
The day after the nuptials, Holly and Adam hosted an 'intimate' brunch for their bridal and groom parties.
Holly swept into her wedding in Bath Abbey on the arm of her celebrity chef father, but kept her lace gown concealed beneath a billowing hooded ivory cloak.
Sitting at home more than 130 miles away in Staffordshire, Adam's broken–hearted mother Caroline was said to be 'beside herself' with grief at missing what should have been one of the happiest days of her life.
Speaking from the council house where Adam grew up, the 59–year–old told The Mail on Sunday: 'I'm not going to be hurt like this again'.
She had told Daily Mail that she felt as if Holly and Adam 'have cut my heart out'.
This newspaper can also reveal that, moments before he walked into the abbey clutching the hand of his five–year–old son George, Adam was sent a devastating text message by his aunt Louise, who was also not invited to the wedding.
In it, she wrote: 'I hope you never suffer the depth of pain you have put your mother through and despite it all she loves you still. Shame on you both. Shame.
'Remember on this, your happiest day, and on each anniversary of your happiest day, that you hurt your mum so deeply her soul screams.'
The couple tied the knot amid a bitter fallout with his family which saw Adam's mother Caroline (seen) uninvited from proceedings
Adam is thought to have not mentioned his family or parents in his speech, instead praising his swim coach Mel Marshall for being his 'everything'
The roots of this terrible family conflict go back to September 2024, when Adam and Holly snubbed wider members of the Peaty family by not inviting them to their engagement party.
Caroline, who spent years ferrying her son to early–morning training sessions, was also not invited to Holly's glamorous hen do at Soho Farmhouse in the Cotswolds last month, even though the bride's mother, Tana Ramsay, and friends including Victoria Beckham, were at the extravagant bash.
Despite everything Caroline sent a card and gift to her newlywed son for his 31st birthday today.
Meanwhile, Adam's 73–year–old great–aunt Janet, who was also left out of the wedding, told The Mail on Sunday: 'I just feel so sorry for Caroline.
'I can't believe he's done this to his mother who's done so much for him from an early age. To be treated like this is not kind.'
Despite being shunned, devastated Caroline had threatened to turn up at the wedding anyway – and, if barred from entering the abbey, stand outside and watch from the street.
She said that she changed her mind after her husband Mark convinced her it would be 'too upsetting' to go along.
Had she defied her son's ban, she would have found herself face–to–face with five security guards, placed in front of the abbey's ancient and elaborately carved wooden doors, which were framed by decorative columns of white roses and hydrangeas.
The Peaty family were all uninvited from the nuptials, aside from Adam's sister Beth who was a bridesmaid.
Adam's estranged brother James shared a pointed message with a 'dark hidden meaning' to his sibling after being uninvited to his wedding
According to reports, Adam's father Mark was the only person beside Beth asked to attend their big day, however he was told he'd have to sit at the back 'behind the plus ones'.
After being kicked off the invite list, Adam's estranged brother James posted an old photograph with their mother Caroline Peaty standing outside of the wedding venue.
The poignant photo was deleted just 15 minutes after it was shared on his Instagram Story, perhaps signalling regret at how bitter the feud has become.
It won't be lost on those who have followed the fallout the choice of location in the image, where Adam and Holly married just hours before the snap was posted.
The photo - taken on a different occasion - shows mother and son stood alone and dressed in what could be wedding finery in a symbolic move.
Notably, James - who was arrested for allegedly sending threatening messages to the athlete during his stag do - used a telling song alongside the image.
James's song of choice was a remix of 'Speak Softly, Love', which appears several times in the iconic Mafia film, The Godfather.
The first of the trilogy was released in 1972 and tells the story of the son of a Mafia boss Michael Corleone [Al Pacino] meeting 'outsider' Kay Adams [Diane Keaton].
Seemingly in this case, James is comparing The Corleones to the Ramsays, who are the more powerful family - while his brother Adam is 'the outsider'.
The relationship deteriorates as Michael embraces his role as the Mafia boss, culminating in the last scene where the door shuts on Kay, symbolising her exclusion.
The now-deleted post of James and his mother was the only photo shared to his Instagram page, which has since been completely wiped of any images.
The Ramsay family splashed out thousands on the venue, where weddings normally cost around £2,500, block–booking it for the day to ensure the service took place in absolute secrecy.
Other than the glaring absence of Peaty's family, the bride and groom were declared man and wife without any drama.
The newlyweds left church at around 1.30pm to a joyful peal from the abbey bells and were driven away to their reception at Kin House, a Georgian manor house 17 miles away, near Chippenham.
