Mario Ho and Ming Xi finally held their wedding ceremony in Deauville, France, on June 1, turning a marriage that began years ago into a public celebration at last. The couple shared the first photos on June 2, and one of their own captions — “Our anniversary + 1,” written in Chinese — made clear they were marking a date that had long been on hold.

The timing is why the images drew attention now. Ho is 31 and Xi is 37, and their wedding photos showed them exchanging vows with tears in their eyes before kissing for another shot. Their six-year-old son served as page boy, while their four-year-old daughter walked in as flower girl, a family detail that gave the ceremony the feel of a formal milestone and a belated one at the same time.

The couple had already registered their marriage about two months after Ho proposed in Shanghai in May 2019 with 99,999 roses, so the Deauville event was not the start of their legal relationship. It was the public ceremony they never had then, and the one they returned to only after years of family life, including the birth of their son in October 2019 and their daughter in November 2021.

They appeared to welcome guests on May 31 with dinner photos posted to Instagram, and Xi later showed up at the reception in a light blue dress. Ho shared a photo with his mother, Angela Leong, while Xi posted a picture with Chinese-American Olympic skier Eileen Gu, who commented beneath it, “The most beautiful bride.” Hong Kong media said pop star Jackson Wang was also present and served as a groomsman.

What stands out is not that the marriage is new, but that the ceremony is not. Ho and Xi have spent years as a married couple in public and in family life, yet they chose June 1 in Deauville to make the wedding itself the headline — a reminder that for some celebrity unions, the moment that matters most arrives long after the paperwork is signed.