Dua Lipa and Callum Turner’s rom-com romance: How the A-list couple bonded over reading the same book after a chance meeting at a London restaurant

The story of Dua Lipa and Callum Turner’s wedding, with legal marriage ceremonies in London followed by a three-day Sicilian extravaganza, could have come straight from the plot of a summer blockbuster.

Their marriage came just two years after their romance began, and their first date would inspire every romantic comedy director.

The 30-year-old pop star was linked to French film director Romain Gavras before they got together, while Callum, 36, was with The Crown star Vanessa Kirby.

“I think dating in general is a little bit confusing,” Dua said in a January 2024 interview with Rolling Stone. ‘The place to meet new people is either through friends of friends or people you trust, because [dating] I guess it’s not that simple when you’re a public person.’

But when she meets her new husband, it becomes clear that everything is going well.

Although they had met many times before, Dua and Callum first crossed paths while dining separately at The River Cafe in London, where they were introduced by Ruthie Rogers, the owner of the famous restaurant.

The couple married at Old Marylebone Town Hall, where their celebrity ceremony was held.

The encounter was brief and nothing happened; Until we meet again a year later in 2024.

Singer While Callum was in town promoting Masters of the Air, he was having dinner with his friend Poet Mustafa in Los Angeles.

Dua told Vogue she remembers thinking: ‘Oh, that’s the hot guy from the River Café.’

His interest only increased when he realized Callum was reading the same book as him: Hernán Díaz’s Trust.

Asked if this meant they were destined to be together, she told Vogue: ‘1000 percent.’

Callum detailed the moment in an interview with The Sunday Times Style magazine in October 2025.

‘We sat next to each other and realized we were reading the same book, which is crazy,’ he said. ‘It’s called Confidence and I had just finished the first episode and I told him and he looked at me and said, ‘I just finished the first episode too’.”

The singer later attended Callum’s film party in Los Angeles, where they sparked romance rumors for the first time by sharing a video of them slow dancing and kissing.

Days later, they were spotted on what appeared to be a date in Santa Monica, California.

After attending the Grammys and then the Brits together a month later, the pair appeared to confirm their relationship by walking hand in hand.

But it wasn’t until May 2024 that they went Instagram official with a sweet photo of them cuddling up in matching leather jackets.

Although Dua did not tag Callum, she captioned the post: ‘Sunshineeeeeee :))))).’

Later that year, the pair were seen partying together at Glastonbury, where the singer was headlining the Pyramid Stage on Friday night.

From November 2024, Callum became a regular feature on Dua’s social media.

They spent their first Christmas together that year, and the singer shared holiday photos with him.

Callum and Dua officially joined Instagram in May 2024.

From November 2024 Callum became a regular feature on Dua’s social media

They spent their first Christmas together that year, and the singer shared holiday photos with him.

In February 2025, Dya fueled engagement rumors by sharing a photo with a huge diamond ring on her finger.

Dua told fans: ‘Sending so much love to you all home for the holidays.’

In February 2025, the hitmaker fueled engagement rumors by posting a photo with a huge diamond ring on her finger.

However, Dua confirmed their engagement in June 2025.

In an interview with Vogue, she said: ‘Yes, we are engaged. This is very exciting. ‘This decision to grow old together, see a new life and, I don’t know, become best friends forever, is a really special feeling.’

But she insisted they were in no rush to get married as Callum was shooting a movie and she was on tour at the time.

Speaking about her upcoming wedding, she said: ‘I’ve never really been one to think about a wedding or daydream about what kind of bride I’d be.

‘All of a sudden I thought: ‘Oh, what would I wear?”

Dua exuded bridal elegance in their intimate nuptials with her custom Schiaparelli skirt suit, white gloves, Bulgari necklace and wide-brimmed white hat designed by milliner Stephen Jones.

The singer wore a yellow bouquet and white Louboutin heels as she left the registry office hand in hand with her new husband.

Dua and Callum were supported by close family before they jumped into the back of a black taxi and embraced as they were whisked away to begin married life together.

The wedding lasted just 30 to 40 minutes and Callum grinned boyishly as he held his new wife’s hand and walked her down the stairs under a rainbow of confetti.

Ahead of their main ceremony, insiders are hailing the couple’s nuptials as the ‘showbiz wedding of the year’, describing it as Sicily’s most high-profile marriage since Al Pacino’s Michael Corleone married Apollonia Vitelli in the 1972 classic The Godfather.

No expense was spared for the big day, with the couple reportedly booking an entire floor at the luxury Villa Igiea hotel overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea.

In an interview with Vogue, Dua revealed: ‘Yes, we are engaged. This is very exciting. This decision to grow old together, see a new life and, I don’t know, become best friends forever is a really special feeling.

The ceremony will take place at the 17th-century Villa Valguarnera, perhaps the most magnificent of the villas in Bagheria, an idyllic town ten miles from Palermo.

The privately owned, magnificent 18th-century Palazzo Gangi will be the center of the party on Saturday, with the magnificent Galleria degli Specchi (Hall of Mirrors) providing the perfect setting.

About 200 family and friends will attend the three-day event, which begins on Thursday with private jet slots reserved at Palermo airport and a fleet of blacked-out limousines to transport guests to various villas and hotels.

Sir Elton John, Mark Ronson and Charli XCX, as well as fashion world’s Donatella Versace and Simon Porte Jacquemus, are among the music stars who will attend.

Ahead of the wedding, Dua is believed to have traveled to Italy to meet Donatella to finalize the details of the dress she designed for the singer to wear on her big day.

Due to her long-standing friendship with the designer, friends believe Dua will wear a custom Atelier Versace gown.

A source close to the wedding told the Daily Mail’s Katie Hind: ‘This is going to be a very cool and very glamorous wedding.

‘Both Dua and Callum were thrilled and really involved in the planning. They want it to be epic.’

Private security firms also do extensive business with hired guard teams, and all personnel attending the wedding are required to sign confidentiality agreements.

Dua and Callum fell in love with Sicily during holiday last summer and he is often photographed wearing the famous pink and black jersey of the city’s football club.

They also attended the wedding of Charli

Weddings have made Sicily the wedding destination of the year, according to Conde Nast, and bookings for the sun-kissed Mediterranean island are said to be through the roof.