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Britney Spears is set to marry for the third time today, after finding love with actor and dancer Sam Asghari.<\/p>\n
The 40-year-old pop icon and her 28-year-old fianc\u00e9 are expected to exchange their vows in front of a small room of people which does not include her mum Lynne Spears, dad Jamie or sister Jamie Lynn. <\/p>\n
Sam had got down on one knee and asked her to marry him back in September, not long after she was freed from her 13-year-long conservatorship.<\/p>\n
The Oops! I Did It Again star is finally happy after years of being under control but it took a lot for her to get to this point.<\/p>\n
Before Sam, she was married twice – first to Jason Alexander and then later to Kevin Federline.<\/p>\n
She also shares Sean, 16, and Jayden, 15, with K-Fed.<\/span><\/p>\nHere’s everything we know about her first two weddings …<\/span><\/p>\n Jason Alexander<\/span> <\/h3>\n\n
\n \n \n \n \n<\/p>\n<\/amp-img> \n<\/figure>\nThe duo tied the knot in a chapel in Vegas<\/span> \n<\/figcaption><\/div>\nJason Alexander was one of Britney’s childhood friends and the two stayed close throughout the years.<\/p>\n
In 2004, when Britney was 23 years old, she partied with Jason in a fun-filled New Year’s Eve Week in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
And we all know what happens when two people get drunk in Vegas …<\/p>\n
Like many people, the drunken duo got married in A Little White Wedding Chapel in Sin City and even rented a green stretch limo.<\/p>\n
“It was just so crazy, man,” Jason told Access Hollywood about the spontaneous wedding on January 3, 2004.<\/span><\/p>\n“We were just looking at each other and said, ‘Let’s do something wild, crazy. Let’s go get married, just for the hell of it.'”<\/p>\n
Chapel owner Charlotte Richards even told Rolling Stone that the two ‘appeared to be extremely happy’.<\/p>\n
“I thought it was a marriage that would last forever,” she said, two days before Britney had the marriage canceled.<\/p>\n
Get all the biggest showbiz news straight to your inbox. Sign up for the free Mirror Showbiz newsletter. <\/b><\/p>\nKevin Federline<\/h3>\n\n\n
\n \n \n \n \n \n<\/p>\n<\/amp-img> \n<\/figure>\nBritney met Kevin in a nightclub<\/span> \n (<\/p>\n\n Image:\n<\/p>\n
CPS \/ LFI)<\/span> \n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n
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\n \n \n \n \n \n<\/p>\n<\/amp-img> \n<\/figure>\nThe two spent several months getting to know each other before getting engaged<\/span> \n (<\/p>\n\n Image:\n<\/p>\n
WireImage for Ogilvy Public Relations)<\/span> \n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/section>\n
A mere six months later, Britney married backup dancer Kevin Federline after meeting him on the dancer floor at Joseph’s club in Hollywood.<\/p>\n
The couple announced their engagement in July 2004. While on her private plane, Britney asked K-Fed whether she would marry him.<\/p>\n
Speaking to People, the Toxic singer said: “Then all of a sudden I said, ‘What if you want to get married?’ And I kind of went from there to asking him if he would marry me.<\/p>\n
“I asked him … He said no because he thought it wasn’t the right way to do it.” However, he asked her to marry him a few moments later.<\/p>\n
A week later, he gave her a five-carat diamond ring. The proposal received a lot of criticism as K-Fed had just broken up with actress Shar Jackson, who was pregnant with their second child at the time.<\/p>\n
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\n \n \n \n \n \n<\/p>\n<\/amp-img> \n<\/figure>\nThey ended up having a secret wedding after getting too much attention from the media<\/span> \n (<\/p>\n\n Image:\n<\/p>\n
Unknown)<\/span> \n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n
Things were out of control when their wedding, which was planned for October 16 of that year, became too publicized.<\/p>\n
It stressed the couple out and they ended up shocking the world when they tied the knot in a secret wedding.<\/p>\n
“It became this huge thing and I was like, ‘What are we waiting for? We know this is the real thing, why not just do it now?’ That’s why I wanted to sneak and do it our little way, “she told the publication.<\/p>\n
30 of their closest friends and family were invited to their wedding at their Studio City home, but they all thought it was an engagement party.<\/p>\n
She looked stunning in a $ 26,000 Monique Lhuillier wedding dress and half-gloves.<\/p>\n
Keeping the entire thing casual, the couple offered guests a meal of chicken fingers, crab cakes, ribs, and mashed potatoes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
\n \n \n \n \n \n<\/p>\n<\/amp-img> \n<\/figure>\nBritney and Kevin invited 30 guests<\/span> \n (<\/p>\n\n Image:\n<\/p>\n
Unknown)<\/span> \n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n
To celebrate the special day, they even hit up a club.<\/p>\n
Three years later, the couple decided to go their separate ways. According to a source, K-Fed’s party-boy behavior contributed to their split.<\/p>\n
In 2008, K-Fed opened up about the split, saying: “It’s hard enough to be in a marriage, and then have a kid, then kids, it changes everything<\/p>\n
“For me, I’d become more concerned with my children. Not that I ignored Britney, but my kids are always most important.”<\/p>\n
It was completely different for Britney, who claimed she married for the ‘wrong reasons’.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I married for the wrong reasons,\u201d she said. “Instead of following my heart and doing something that made me really happy, I just did it for the idea of \u200b\u200beverything.”<\/p>\n
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