Britney ties the knot in 'ceremony joke'

Pop star Britney Spears married a childhood friend in a Las Vegas ceremony – a joke that went too far, according to reports today.

The 22-year-old bride wore jeans and a baseball cap to tie the knot with Jason Allen Alexander of Kentwood, Louisiana, at the Little White Wedding Chapel on the Strip, according to People.com, the website for People magazine.

But an unnamed source close to singer told the website that the wedding was a joke that went too far and Spears is planning an annulment.

Calls to Spears’ representatives were not immediately returned.

Britney had a hotel bellman walk her down the aisle, the reports said.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that Spears and Alexander, 22, were granted a marriage licence, citing an affidavit of Application for Marriage License filed on January 3.

People.com reported that Spears and Alexander travelled to the Little White Wedding Chapel after a stop at the Ghostbar, a club in the Palms Casino Hotel. It reported that chapel staff told the couple that they couldn’t get married without a licence, so they were reportedly taken by the limo to the Clark County Marriage Bureau office in the downtown Las Vegas courthouse. They applied for and were granted the marriage licence, then driven back to the chapel, where they were married.

Spears released her fourth album “In the Zone” in November. It debuted at the top of the album charts. She begins a concert tour on March 2 in San Diego.