Madonna, Guy Ritchie Marry in Scotland

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Madonna and Guy Ritchie were married Friday, Dec. 22, at Scotland's Skibo Castle. The world's most famous and most photographed woman managed to get through the big day with virtually no details of the event made public. Confirmation came on Saturday when Rev. Susan Brown, who performed the ceremony, told the hundreds of reporters who had descended on the Scottish town of Dornoch that the wedding "did happen."

It is believed that Stella McCartney, Paul's daughter and the designer for the Paris fashion house Chloe, designed Madonna's dress and was in attendance at the wedding. Other celebrity friends spotted were Sting and Trudie Styler, Gwyneth Paltrow, Donatella Versace and Rupert Everett.

On Thursday, Madonna and Ritchie baptized their four-month-old son, Rocco Ritchie, at Dornoch Cathedral.

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