Arsenal player Theo Walcott weds his longtime girlfriend Melanie Slade

Arsenal footballer Theo Walcott 24, is officially a married man. He wed his teenage sweetheart Melanie Slade also 24 in a fairytale castle in Italy, Castello di Vincigliata.

Melanie and Theo met in 2004 in West Quay shopping centre in the UK when she was a schoolgirl and he was playing for Southampton's youth team. They have been together ever since.