Nothing is as quite as romantic as the notion to just take off without telling anyone, do the 'deed' and return home to announce the happy news to surprised faces.

Well, a certain famous duo certainly thought so and on 20th March 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono quietly disembarked on the sunny Mediterranean shores of Gibraltar, got married in a civil marriage ceremony at the registry office and then after a quick photo shoot on the runway in front of the Rock, took off again for their now infamous bed-in for peace at the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam.  

This set the trend for innumerous couples to follow suit and, indeed, Gibraltar has been the destination wedding hotspot for celebrity couples such as Sean Connery & Diane Cilento, Lawrence Harvey & Margaret Leighton, Sarah Churchill (daughter of Winston Churchill) & Thomas Touchet, Douglas Hall (Newcastle United manager) & Louise Roberts.  Christian Lacroix's niece got married in Gibraltar and Roger Moore honeymooned there whilst Prince Charles & Princess Diana embarked on their honeymoon cruise from Gibraltar.  Most recently, Gibraltar has featured on the ITV series, 'Gibraltar, Britain in the Sun' as well as the popular reality show, The Real Housewives of Cheshire.