Britney's legally married, says registrar

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have filed their marriage licence with the Los Angeles county registrar’s office, an agency spokeswoman said.

The Oops! … I Did It Again singer, 22, married Federline during a September 18 ceremony in a Studio City home, but did not immediately file the licence with the county, raising questions about whether they were legally wed.

Now Kathy Tacawy, a county registrar’s spokeswoman, has confirmed that the documents were filed in Los Angeles County within the 10-day legal window. She said the marriage was official, but refused to comment further and would not say when the documents were filed.

A Spears spokeswoman previously said the couple had filed the marriage licence, but county officials had not confirmed it.

Federline, 26, has said the delay in filing the paperwork was caused when the couple moved up their wedding date as word leaked that they were planning to be married on October 16. Moving the date, he said, did not give their lawyers time to finish their prenuptial agreement.

In a recent posting on her website, Spears wrote: “This is the happiest I’ve ever been in my life. … We are just settling into our new home and it is coming together perfectly.

“I’m redecorating a lot of things because when we decide to start a family, everything in it needs to be perfecto!”

Her new album, Britney Spears Greatest Hits: My Prerogative, was released on November 9.

In January, Spears married childhood friend Jason Alexander in a surprise wedding in Las Vegas. That marriage was annulled 55 hours later.

Federline was previously involved with actress Shar Jackson of TV’s Moesha. They have two children – a two-year-old and a newborn.