Michael Clifford Crystal Leigh wedding
Congratulations to Michael Clifford and Crystal Leigh on their one yr anniversary of marriage! (Image: @michaelclifford/@crystalleigh)

Michael Clifford has revealed he has secretly been a married man for a yr after he and Crystal Leigh tied the knot in a particular ceremony at the beginning of 2021. 

The 5 Seconds of Summer season star, 26, got engaged to former expertise supervisor Crystal, 32, in 2019 with the plan to marry on January 11, 2021, to mark the fifth anniversary of after they met. 

The pair had been planning to get married in Bali however have been compelled to postpone their primary marriage ceremony ceremony because of the coronavirus pandemic, however nonetheless needed to mark the event in their very own particular approach. 

Michael and Crystal as a substitute held a ‘secret save the date gathering’ with solely their marriage ceremony celebration at their new house, the place they signed the authorized paperwork that means they have been married. 

Revealing the blissful information on Instagram a yr after saying ‘I do’, Michael wrote: ‘couldn’t wait any longer to make her Mrs Clifford.’

Crystal additionally joked on her story: ‘My small city Georgia mother goes to freak out about this.’

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The couple managed to maintain it a secret for an entire yr (Image: michaelclifford/ Instagram)

She later added: ‘I’ve been sitting right here for nearly three hours attempting to determine what to publish. I’m so overwhelmed with the entire love coming our approach and maintain getting so emotional!!

‘Moments like this fill my coronary heart with a lot pleasure and I wish to share every little thing and nothing on the identical time!

‘I promise I’ll cease freaking out quickly however for now I simply wish to say thanks for all of the love. I don't know how we saved this secret for a whole yr!’

Among the many friends on the couple’s secret marriage ceremony have been Michael’s 5SOS bandmates Luke Hemmings, Ashton Irwin and Calum Hood, with the band this yr celebrating their tenth anniversary. 

The couple’s ceremony was officiated by Brian Dales, lead vocalist of The Summer season Set and an in depth good friend of the couple, who additionally wrote an unique music for them. 

Michael Clifford marries Crystal Leigh
Michael and Crystal have been collectively for six years (Image: Instagram)

Whereas they're formally married already, Michael and Crystal are planning to have a primary ceremony in future the place they are going to recite their vows in entrance of extra family and friends. 

Crystal instructed Folks: ‘I actually needed to avoid wasting the entire conventional particular marriage ceremony moments for our precise ceremony so I’m in a position to get pleasure from them with my mother.

‘We’re really each solely youngsters, so we wish to be sure that all of our dad and mom get to expertise each side of our marriage ceremony since they solely get to do it as soon as! No strain.’

The couple added: ‘We have been most excited to be close to our buddies all collectively for the primary time shortly because of Covid.

‘To be formally married, even in secret, was so particular for us too — formally Mr. and Mrs.’

Michael and Crystal are additionally trying to have their actual honeymoon after their official marriage ceremony because the couple celebrated at house with building staff engaged on their new house which solely gave them ‘a few day of silence’.