Actor Hugh Grant, for long considered one of the most eligible bachelors in the United Kingdom, is set to marry for the first time at the end of this month, according to a traditional public announcement visible outside a London parish church.
Grant, 57, whose film career was launched in 1982 but began to gather serious international acclaim with the romantic comedies Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually, is to wed Anna Eberstein, the mother of three of his children.
"This is a day none of Hugh's friends ever thought would come," a newspaper said, reportedly quoting a friend in Hollywood, where Grant was arrested in 1995 for lewd conduct with a sex worker in his car.
While the actor has been associated with many glamorous women over the years, including Elizabeth Hurley, Jemima Khan and Drew Barrymore, Grant is to tie the knot with the 39-year-old Swedish television producer he has shared his life with over the past six years.
Grant's wedding ban was posted on an announcement board outside a Kensington parish church in London.
The BBC showed his latest work, A Very English Scandal, on Sunday.
