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Ex Emmerdale star Gemma Atkinson and Strictly’s Gorka Márquez address wedding rumours

Former Emmerdale star Gemma Atkinson and her fiancée Gorka Márquez have opened up about their wedding after rumours that their big day has been 'postponed.'

Gemma and Strictly Come Dancing pro dancer started dating in 2018 and are now engaged and have a daughter together.

The soap star set the record straight after recent rumours suggested that the couple had to rethink their wedding date.

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Updating her followers, she shared a post to her Instagram stories, alongside a laughing face and said: "Woke up to the news that we've been 'forced to postpone our wedding', when did we even book it?"

Gorka Marquez and Gemma Atkinson (Instagram)

Gorka shared Gemma's story on his own page, confirming that they have yet to make any formal plans for the big day.

Gemma’s recent interview sparked the change of date rumours when she said: "Gorka is literally on tour all of this year, We've only got four days off together."

Explaining their hectic schedule, she added: "He's got the two Strictly tours back-to-back, and then he'll be going on Strictly in the autumn. We don't even have a minute to sit down and begin making plans!"

This isn't the first time Gemma and Gorka have opened up about their wedding plans back in December, Gemma admitted that they had considered skipping a big ceremony, Digital Spy reports.

"We've done zero planning with all the COVID stuff," she revealed. "We've twice almost gone into the registry office and just done it but I don't think our families would be very happy. They want a good party!"

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