Lauren Price married Carlie Jones on Saturday at Sant Ffraed House in Abergavenny, turning one of Wales' most exclusive wedding venues into the setting for a celebration that drew 110 guests and lasted deep into the night. The couple tied the knot in Monmouthshire, with friends and family travelling from across the UK to be there.
The wedding is drawing attention now because Price is not only a Welsh sporting name, but one of the country's best-known champions, and she marked the day with a line that cut through the noise: her biggest win, she told guests, was having her wife, Carlie. She described herself in her speech as an Olympic gold medalist, unified champion and, above all else, a bride whose personal life had reached the finish line she wanted most.
Price's day carried extra weight because it came only recently after she recovered from facial injuries sustained in April, when she beat Stephanie Pineiro. That made the walk to the aisle feel like more than a celebration. It was a return to health, to public view and, for Price, to a future built around something far beyond the ring.
The ceremony also pulled together the story of how the pair got there. Price and Jones first met as teenagers and, by all accounts, have built a life together through the highs and lows since then. Price was walked down the aisle by her grandmother, Linda, who raised her from three-days-old alongside Derek. Derek died in November 2020 at the age of 80. Jones was walked down the aisle by her mother, Karen.
The details of the day matched the scale of the occasion. Both brides wore bespoke gowns curated by Eva Ashley Bridal, and guests later gathered on the terrace as the sun set over the Monmouthshire countryside. Greg Chester, the venue manager at Sant Ffraed House, called it “What a knockout of a day,” and said an impromptu first dance at sunset was the icing on the cake.
For Price, who is also known for her boxing titles and her football career with Wales, the marriage settles the most personal part of her public story. What remains unanswered is not whether she won on Saturday — she clearly did — but how quickly she will return to the demands of a sporting life after a wedding that looked, by every account, like the day she had been waiting for.
