Andy Carroll and Billi Mucklow arrive at wedding venue to tie the knot TODAY after three-in-a-bed stag do photo
FOOTIE ace Andy Carroll was reunited with his bride-to-be Billi Mucklow at a champagne reception and joked: "I feel sick."
The ex-Newcastle striker, 33, will marry today after reality star Billi forgave him for his wild three-in-a-bed stag do antics.
Sources close to the pair had indicated the ceremony was to take place on Saturday, but The Sun can confirm they will say "I do" today.
Celebrations were well underway yesterday at a luxury hotel in Hampshire, where suites cost around £1,675 per night.
Relatives ordered bottles of £100 Louis Roederer champagne, while Andy, in a tracksuit and cap, made them laugh when he announced he was feeling sick. One guest jokingly asked if he would like a Diazepam tablet for anxiety.
A source said: "Billi and Andy seemed a bit subdued at the start, but relaxed as time went on.
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"Everybody seemed very much in the mood to celebrate - talking, laughing and joking as the champagne was flowing freely.
"The atmosphere was a far cry from how things have been the last few days, which is incredibly tense and uncomfortable."
The couple were yesterday afternoon spotted rocking up to the venue laden with bags and rails of clothes.
With them were shirts, suits, and bridesmaid dresses on hangers - and onlookers even caught a glimpse of Billi's white gown.
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Her mum Paula, sister Georgie and brother Sam were also seen arriving in plenty of time for the big day.
It is only the second time Andy has been seen since he was pictured in bed with two women - neither of whom were his fiancé.
The footballer passed out on a hotel bed with the blonde duo during his raucous pre-wedding party last month.
The boozed-up striker invited fitness instructor Phoebe Robb, 26, and bar manager Taylor Jane Wilkey, 27, to his luxury suite after a 17-hour bender.
After seeing the "utterly humiliating" snaps of her bare-chested partner, Billi, 33, fled their Essex home to stay with her parents as she struggled to work out what to do.
She removed her £200,000 engagement ring and was reported to be "in no mood" to get married.
But the heartbroken reality star, who has been engaged to Andy since 2014, decided to put the past behind her, put on a "brave face", and wed the father of two of her children.
A source said: "Billi has been utterly humiliated by Andy but deep down she still loves him.
"A number of her friends and some of her family have said she should postpone the wedding but Billi’s mind is made up now.
"She has been doing a lot of soul-searching and has chosen to go ahead."
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As part of the deal, Andy has banned his groomsmen from making jokes about his Dubai antics.
Photos of him and Taylor on a bed, and another of her in his personalised dressing gown, were shared on Snapchat and instantly went viral.
At the time, pals described it as "embarrassing" with the wedding just two weeks away.
But Taylor, from Scarborough, claimed: "It was all just a bit of entirely innocent fun."
She said the photo was taken "as a joke" and insisted she didn't sleep with Andy.
Few details are known about the ceremony, but in January Billi revealed she had chosen her dress from Brown's Brides - a boutique popular with the girlfriends of top-flight footballers.
Her bridesmaids will include sister Georgie, her stepdaughter Emilie-Rose Carroll, and former The Only Way Is Essex star Shelby Tribble.
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Andy - who has just been let go from Championship side West Brom - has two young children with Billi and two from a previous relationship.
Billi found fame on Towie in 2011 but quit two years later to become a yoga teacher. She now only leads classes occasionally.
