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Georgia Toffolo has revealed her plans to elope with her fiancé James Watt, admitting she’s ‘desperate’ to tie the knot as soon as possible after getting engaged in October
Georgia Toffolo has revealed she’s ‘desperate’ to marry fiancé James Watt and is hoping to elope rather than host a swanky wedding ceremony.
The former Made In Chelsea star – who is also known by nickname Toff – has been engaged to Brewdog millionaire James Watt, who co-founded the Scottish beer brand in 2007, since October.
Admitting she’s keen to tie the knot sooner rather than later, Georgia said: “I’m just desperate to get married! I don’t want to do any of the planning, I haven’t planned a thing, I only want to be married – it’s the opposite of how I thought I’d feel. I thought I’d be swept up in what I’m going to wear and have hundreds of people there and all of that.”
Talking at the celeb-filled launch of Cirque Du Soleil’s new show, Corteo, Georgia, 30, said she’d like to save the stress of wedding planning, continuing: “My preference is to elope. I’m struggling to get it over the line. Our families are so excited for us and want to be involved, it feels a little selfish to elope. So, we’ll see.”
42-year-old James is reportedly worth an estimated £262 million on the back of his brewery and pub chain. He and Georgia met in 2023 after being set up by friends on a blind date, with the businessman then popping the question during a holiday to Greece last October, just days before Georgia’s 30th birthday.
Announcing the news on Instagram at the time, Georgia shared a beaming picture of the couple and wrote: “James asked me to marry him.
“It really was the best moment of my life so far. I never knew I could feel happiness like this. The easiest, quickest yes to being your wife. @brewdogjames. Our love story is my favourite. How we managed to find each other out of billions of people out there will always be my greatest blessing. I love you forever and the magical life we’re building.”
This is not the first time Georgia has been proposed to, as she was engaged to Nigel Farage’s former colleague George Cottrell. But he reportedly spent eight months in prison in America over a money laundering scandal.
The pair called time on their romance at the time but reunited in 2022 before ending things for good. And James was married to Johanna Basford, who is a Scottish illustrator. She created a colouring book for adults titled The Secret Garden, which has sold more than ten million copies across the world. The couple who divorced in 2020 share two children together.