Elvis-mad couple tie the knot Las Vegas style

An Elvis-mad couple have married in an Elvis-themed wedding after winning a national competition.

Dani Leighton and Juliette Massey's Elvis Wedding of the Century took place at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, on the 25th anniversary of Presley's death.

The Manchester couple had Elvis impersonators as the best men, and bridesmaids included lookalikes of Priscilla Presley and Marilyn Monroe.

The ceremony was performed by Emerald Elvis Mark Leen and the couple said the vows: "I promise that I am going to love you tender. I'll never put you through heartbreak hotel.

"So if you treat me nice and don't give me any suspicious minds I will love you from rags to riches. So love me forever my darling whether it's midnight or in the early morning rain. I want you, I need you, I love you because I just cannot help falling in love with you."

Speaking after the ceremony the couple, who have been together 10 years and have a five-year-old daughter Holly-Mai, said it was "absolutely fantastic."

Dani, 31, said: "It's been pretty amazing. When he rolled off all the Elvis songs in the vows it was superb." Juliette, 34, added: "It's been fantastic and we have had so much fun. The whole thing has taken our breath away."

The newlyweds were then driven to the airport to fly to Las Vegas for a second wedding ceremony at the Viva Las Vegas Wedding Chapel.

Today's wedding kick-started the Elvis Experience weekend in Blackpool, where thousands of fans will descend on the seaside town to pay tribute to Presley.

Special guest at the wedding was Elvis's step-brother David Stanley, who had flown in from the US. Mr Stanley's mother Bee married Presley's widowed father Vernon, in July 1960.