Newlyweds Wayne Rooney and Coleen McLoughlin have left the Italian Riviera, where they were married amid tight security.

Wayne Rooney and Coleen McLoughlin braved heavy showers to marry amid tight security on the Italian Riviera.

Final preparations were under way for the marriage of Wayne Rooney and Coleen McLoughlin today in one of the most eagerly anticipated footballer’s weddings of the decade.

Newly-wed rocker Rod Stewart and his wife Penny Lancaster were today enjoying the first day of their Mediterranean honeymoon after tying the knot in a private ceremony on the Italian Riviera, a spokeswoman for the couple said today.